Follow Friday! (26)

If you had to spend eternity inside the pages of a book which book would you choose and why?

I know it's going to be the #1 answer, but..... c'mon. Is there really any contest? I have to choose the Harry Potter series. I'd be perfectly content spending my days at Hogwarts.

But, since I've yet to receive my acceptance letter, I suppose spending some time in Neverland wouldn't be so bad, so long as Peter shared his inability to grow up.

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Follow My Book Blog Friday! (25)

What is your biggest pet peeve when it comes to books?

Stereotypes/cliches.  Beautiful people.  Insta-love. 

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What I want to see in contemporary YA - Just Contemporary, week 5

"New Adult" Challenge

REVIEW! Saving June 

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Follow My Book Blog Friday! (24)

Letter to Santa: Tell Santa what books you want for Christmas!

Every You, Every Me by David Levithan.

Invincible Summer by Hannah Moskowitz.

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (preorder).

What Caesar Did for My Salad: The Curious Stories Behind Our Favorite Foods by Albert Jack.

Deadly Little Voices by Laurie Stolarz.

The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler.

 

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Waiting on Wednesday

REVIEW! Before I Fall

REVIEW! Lola and the Boy Next Door *

REVIEW! The Daughter of Smoke & Bone *

*These were both added the week before, but I think they still count!

Follow My Book Blog Friday!

If you could pick one character in a book, movie or television show to swap places with, who would it be?

Hermione Granger. Only I'd ditch Ron and go for Draco.

TGIF! (19)

TGIF is brought to us by Ginger at GReads!

It's a way for bloggers to celebrate the end of the week with a nice re-cap of their weekly posts and to answer a random question.

Reading Challenges: Did you sign up for any this year? How has your progression been?

I signed up for my first challenge this year! Amanda hosted the awesome Bout of Books read-a-thon right before school started up for me, so it was a great week for me to squeeze in a last bit of reading before my life became hectic. My progression was less than stellar, but I did what I could. I plan to participate in more read-a-thons in the near future.

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Waiting on Wednesday

I WANT GUEST POSTERS! *

Top Ten Tuesday

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TGIF! (17)

TGIF is brought to us by Ginger at GReads!

It's a way for bloggers to celebrate the end of the week with a nice re-cap of their weekly posts and to answer a random question.

Books to Television: Which books would you love to see made in to a tv series or movie?

How am I supposed to list these?! There are so many I'd want to watch as either tv series or movies.

Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa.

Wicked Lovely series by Melissa Marr. 

 TOUCH series by Laurie Stolarz.

The Half-Life of Planets by Brendan Halpin and Emily Franklin.

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins.

Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta.

Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John.

Jessica Darling series by Megan McCafferty. (Although this would possibly ruin my image of Marcus Flutie forever.)

Secret Society Girl series by Diana Peterfreund.

.... And many, many more.

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Waiting on Wednesday
Ladybird, Ladybird giveaway! *
Where in the world is...?

TGIF! (15)

TGIF is brought to us by Ginger at GReads!

It's a way for bloggers to celebrate the end of the week with a nice re-cap of their weekly posts and to answer a random question.

Book Associations: Which genre, authors, or particular books do you think people associate with your reading style?

Contemporary, contemporary and more contemporary. I'm the Contemporary Lit Queen. Usually people associate Sarah Dessen as my favorite author, and continually recommend her books (but I've already read all of them, of course). I can't think of any other particular/specific books that people associate with my reading style, though.



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Waiting on Wednesday
REVIEW! The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
REVIEW! Jenna & Jonah's Fauxmance

Bout of Books read-a-thon: begin!

I'm featured! "Who am I Stalking?" *

Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday.

I came across the Hop and Follow Friday while I was blog hopping - how appropriate! - and decided to join in on the fun.

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly thing going on over at Crazy-for-Books. Follow My Book Blog Friday is hosted by Parajunkee. If you're a new blogger like I am, or have been blogging for a while, stop by the sites and get involved!

--------------------------------------------Weekly question: What's one genre that you wish you could get into, but just can't?

Dystopia. I try and try and try, but it never gets any better. They always sound cool, though! Which is why I feel like I have to give them a shot.

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TGIF! (9)

TGIF is brought to us by Ginger at GReads!

It's a way for bloggers to celebrate the end of the week with a nice re-cap of their weekly posts and to answer a random question.

Blogger Confession: What's the last book you could not finish? (or had a hard time finishing?)

Going Bovine by Libba Bray. I know, I know. It's an amazing book. It won the Printz award, after all. Plus the writing is catchy. And a kid with mad cow disease? What's not interesting about that? I was hooked until I got about halfway through, and then everything just quickly fell flat for me. I like creepy, crazy, funny, strange. But not the kind that Going Bovine offers. For lack of a better way to say it, the story basically unraveled, along with my interest.

I haven't completely abandoned it, though. I hope to return to it sometime in the future, because it is in no way a "bad" book. I'm just not feeling it at the moment.

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Vlogging: This is How We Roll

Waiting on Wednesday

REVIEW! The Iron Queen - You must read this; it's fabulous! **

In My Mailbox

Coming up this week:

Review of Stay by Deb Caletti!

Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday.

I came across the Hop and Follow Friday while I was blog hopping - how appropriate! - and decided to join in on the fun.

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly thing going on over at Crazy-for-Books. Follow My Book Blog Friday is hosted by Parajunkee. If you're a new blogger like I am, or have been blogging for a while, stop by the sites and get involved!

--------------------------------------------Weekly question: When did you realize reading was your passion and a truly important part of your life?

I honestly don't remember. I've been reading since forever, and have never stopped.


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Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday.

I came across the Hop and Follow Friday while I was blog hopping - how appropriate! - and decided to join in on the fun.

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly thing going on over at Crazy-for-Books. Follow My Book Blog Friday is hosted by Parajunkee. If you're a new blogger like I am, or have been blogging for a while, stop by the sites and get involved!

--------------------------------------------Weekly question: How many books are in your TBR pile?

A lot. More than my Goodreads account says (which is only 36). I have my own separate checklist/TBR list, too. And I even keep a list on my phone. It really all depends where I am at the time of hearing about a good book. So I can't say for sure how many are in my TBR pile, but I know it's over 100.

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Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday.

I came across the Hop and Follow Friday while I was blog hopping - how appropriate! - and decided to join in on the fun.

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly thing going on over at Crazy-for-Books. Follow My Book Blog Friday is hosted by Parajunkee. If you're a new blogger like I am, or have been blogging for a while, stop by the sites and get involved!

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Weekly question: Which book blogger would you most like to meet in real life?

Sarah, from writer, reader, dreamer. And Nafiza, from Bibliophilic Monologues.

I've been following both of their blogs now for a long while and have gotten to know them through their posts and exchanging of comments. We also have similar reading tastes (for the most part), and that's always a plus. They're both great people.  I admire their work.


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Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday.

I came across the Hop and Follow Friday while I was blog hopping - how appropriate! - and decided to join in on the fun.

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly thing going on over at Crazy-for-Books. Follow My Book Blog Friday is hosted by Parajunkee. If you're a new blogger like I am, or have been blogging for a while, stop by the sites and get involved!

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Weekly question:



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* Sorry for the lack of updates, guys! School is killing me right now, so I haven't had much time for reading (other than for my classes). At the moment I'm reading The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson; I hope to have a review up within the week - so far so good. I'm really enjoying it!

Hope everyone's doing well. :]

TGIF!

TGIF is brought to us by Ginger at GReads!

It's a way for bloggers to celebrate the end of the week with a nice re-cap of their weekly posts and to answer a random question.

Writing negative reviews: Are you guilty of it? 

Of course. As a book reviewer/blogger, I feel that I owe other readers, and the author, an honest review. "Negative," I think, is a harsh term. Most times I don't feel clear-cut negatively or positively about a book; I typically see some good and some bad - pros and cons, which I do my best to point out in my reviews. My main struggle is using a five-star rating system, which gives the appearance that I either really like or dislike a book. I know other bloggers use different styles of rating systems (such as letter grades for every element, including the cover art), and I know others that entirely did away with ratings. I personally use the rating system as a quick-glance judgement for readers; I understand that sometimes people aren't interested in fully reading a review.

Any way I look at it, I will not shy from writing the "negative" review. Of course, I won't bash the author or anything else to that extreme. Never. I think that's when "negative" reviews gain the unpopular views from outsiders, which blurs the lines for us bloggers. But so long as you can keep level-headed and keep the review pertained to the story itself, a "negative" review is perfectly fine.

(My apologies for the rambling!)

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Waiting On Wednesday
REVIEW! Bumped by Megan McCafferty

In My Mailbox

Coming up this week:

REVIEW for The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter!

Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday.

I came across the Hop and Follow Friday while I was blog hopping - how appropriate! - and decided to join in on the fun.

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly thing going on over at Crazy-for-Books. Follow My Book Blog Friday is hosted by Parajunkee. If you're a new blogger like I am, or have been blogging for a while, stop by the sites and get involved!

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Weekly question: Do you read one book at a time, or do you have several going at once?


I prefer to read only one book at a time. I used to start several at once, but that never worked out because I'd end up neglecting and forgetting the others I wasn't currently reading.


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Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday.

I came across the Hop and Follow Friday while I was blog hopping - how appropriate! - and decided to join in on the fun.

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly thing going on over at Crazy-for-Books. Follow My Book Blog Friday is hosted by Parajunkee. If you're a new blogger like I am, or have been blogging for a while, stop by the sites and get involved!

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Weekly question: If I gave you $80 and sent you into a book shop right now, what would be in your basket when you finally staggered to the till?

Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr, Jenna & Jonah's Fauxmance by Brendan Halpin and Emily Franklin, At Face Value by Emily Franklin, Falling in Love with English Boys by Melissa Jensen, Like Mandarin by Kristen Hubbard and plenty of others!

Aren't these covers all gorgeous?! I'm dying to get these books! Want, want, want!

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Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday.

I came across the Hop and Follow Friday while I was blog hopping - how appropriate! - and decided to join in on the fun.

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly thing going on over at Crazy-for-Books. Follow My Book Blog Friday is hosted by Parajunkee. If you're a new blogger like I am, or have been blogging for a while, stop by the sites and get involved!

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Weekly question: Do you ever wish you would have named your blog something different?

Occasionally I'll come up with other names and be like, Dang! Totally should've used that! So much cooler! But I'm okay with what I have; it may not be a fancy shmancy, elusive and catchy one-word name, but it's straightforward.


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 ------------------------------------------------  * * Remember to check out my giveaway to win an e-copy of Karen Metcalf's In the Storm! * *

Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday (20).

I came across the Hop and Follow Friday while I was blog hopping - how appropriate! - and decided to join in on the fun.

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly thing going on over at Crazy-for-Books. Follow My Book Blog Friday is hosted by Parajunkee. If you're a new blogger like I am, or have been blogging for a while, stop by the sites and get involved!

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Weekly question: Why do you read the genre that you do? What draws you to it?

I primarily read contemporary YA fiction. Why? Because I was a teen not so long ago, and it's what I can relate to best. I don't need to be taken to another world or galaxy or universe filled with faeries and unicorns and zombies and vampires and werewolves to be happy. Those are occasionally good, of course. But I like learning and seeing more of the world we live in, the world I know. I like going along with a character who's been through what I've been through, to see how they handle it. I get to view the world I know from different perspectives. I enjoy observing what's around me, so to read about what I observe from a different view is sometimes enlightening.


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Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday (19).

I came across the Hop and Follow Friday while I was blog hopping - how appropriate! - and decided to join in on the fun.

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly thing going on over at Crazy-for-Books. Follow My Book Blog Friday is hosted by Parajunkee. If you're a new blogger like I am, or have been blogging for a while, stop by the sites and get involved!

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Weekly question: What book influenced or changed your life? How did it influence/change you?

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. I'm not sure how old I was when I first read this, but I was young. I already knew I liked to read, but Speak made me realize I LOVED reading and couldn't get enough. It was beautifully written and had such a captivating story and I thought, I want to write something just as compelling, I want to use my voice to talk to everyone. I decided I wanted to become a writer, and nothing got in my way after that.

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Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday (17).

I came across the Hop and Follow Friday while I was blog hopping - how appropriate! - and decided to join in on the fun.

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly thing going on over at Crazy-for-Books. Follow My Book Blog Friday is hosted by Parajunkee. If you're a new blogger, like I am, or have been blogging for a while, stop by the sites and get involved!

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Weekly question: What very popular and hyped book in the blogosphere did you NOT enjoy and how did you feel about posting your review?

Well, this is very fitting. I just published my Hunger Games post below.  Yes, I did not enjoy The Hunger Games. However, it was not a review. I feel fine with having posted it. I genuinely, really did not enjoy reading it, and I'm entitled to say so.

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