Showing posts with label Book Blog Bonanza. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Book Blog Bonanza. Show all posts

Friday, 23 September 2011

Bk Blgr Hop: Sept 24th-27th & FF (36) & TGIF (19)

Book Blogger Hop 
 Blogger Hop is hosted by Crazy-for-Books and is an awesome way to for book bloggers to interact and find each other. Such a wonderful idea! There's a new question every week that all the participating blogs have to answer.

This week's question is: 
 
“As a blog reader, what information (besides the book review) do you like to see in other bloggers’ reviews of books? (For example – Author bio, social media links, book synopsis from Amazon/Goodreads or one written by the blogger, page count, ISBN number, link to purchase, etc.)”

My Answer: I like to see Publisher name, release date, link to Author's page/Facebook.  I like A synopsis/summary,  and page count. Any extra's are always a plus. 


Follow Friday




Follow Friday is an opportunity to discover and follow other book related blogs! Want to join? Check it out at Parajunkee.

This week's question feature is from
obsession with books

Q. Do you have a favorite series that you read over and over again? Tell us a bit about it and why you keep on revisiting it?

My Answer: I have quite a few series that I LOVE, and read again and again:

1) Harry Potter - I think this will be a popular choice this week. Who can resist this magical world and the fantastic characters within. I think i've read the series at least 10 times over.


2) The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann - I've loved this since I was about 10 years old. It brought my love for nature and animals. I always felt connected to the animals and loved their journey, strength, faith and friendship. Such a good series and sends such a good message. I still love foxes now!


3) A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket - I don't know why but I always loved this series, it seemed so different. I've read this more times than I know, I can read 5 or 6 of them in a day - they are really easy and so gripping.


4) Narnia series by C.S Lewis - Like Harry Potter, who can resist these magical books. The Horse & His Boy was always my favourite. 


5) Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy - such good humour - always makes me laugh out loud. Great action, awesome characters and fast paced plot lines. This series is truly EPIC!!!


TGIF!


This meme is hosted by GReads!

This Friday's Question:
 

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


My Answer I had never done any before this year, so actually ended up signing up to quite a few. 


- Morbid Romantica is a challenge to read a book from a theme each month, all Paranormal Romance, the months have themes like 'Vampire Hunters', 'Nephilim', 'Zombies', 'Ghosts' etc. 
I did really well with this for the first 4 months or so but then dropped off, I just sort of forgot about it!.

 
- Support You Local Library Challenge is to encourage people to use your local libraries, they are there for you and need your support. Save your money and borrow the books you read. Head to your library as soon as possible. I am aiming for 'Mega-Sized' read over 51 books from my library by the end of the year. This shouldn't be too hard as i work in one! 
I have completed this challenge, I am currently on 60 library books read this year. :D 


- Off the Shelf Challenge it to read those books that you have on your shelf but never got round to reading. I think I was aiming for 50 books.
I'm still going with this one but am a little bit behind. I'm on 36 so far.
 

- 100+ Reading Challenge is exactly as it sounds, read over a hundred books in one year.
I have completed this challenge and have actually read 141 books so far this year. I've upped my goal to 150, but I think I'll pass that soon, so may aim for 200. 


- A-Z Reading Challenge - Read 26 books this year, one from each letter of the alphabet. My list of books is here 
I'm not doing too bad with this one, I've read 20 out of the 26. Should manage this no problem 


- Mini-Challenge is to read an old book, a new book, a borrowed book and a new book. Here are my picks:  
Something Old: - Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
Something New: - I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore 
Something Borrowed: - Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon                     
Something Blue: - Blue Moon (Immortals) by Alyson Noel
As you can tell, I've completed this one too. I got this one done quite early on. 
 

Overall, I think I am on schedule! What about you???

Happy Hopping, have a great weekend everyone!!!

 



Friday, 12 August 2011

Book Blogger Hop: August 12-15th & FF (30) & TGIF (13)

Book Blogger Hop 
 Blogger Hop is hosted by Crazy-for-Books and is an awesome way to for book bloggers to interact and find each other. Such a wonderful idea! There's a new question every week that all the participating blogs have to answer.

This week's question is:
“Let’s talk crazy book titles! Highlight one or two (or as many as you like!) titles in your personal collection that have the most interesting titles! If you can’t find any, feel free to find one on the internet!”

My Answer: I don't seem to have many strange or interesting titles in my collection. However, working in a library I come across all sorts of strange titles. Here are some of the ones that made me either laugh or go 'What?!?!':

- The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat by Oliver Sacks  ( WTF? You what?)
- How Much Poo Does An Elephant Do? (Why would you want to know that?)
- The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse by Robert Rankin (LOL love it!)
- Cows In Action: The Moo-lympic Games by Steve Cole (there's a whole series with similar titles, so random!)


There are probably loads more, but that's all I can think of at the moment.




Follow Friday



Follow Friday is an opportunity to discover and follow other book related blogs! Want to join? Check it out atParajunkee.

This week's question feature is from
Steph Likes Books


Q. How has your reading habits changed since you were a teen? or If you are still a teen what new genres are you in love with currently? 

 

My Answer: I read a lot more now than I did as a teen, but that's mainly because I don't have coursework or homework to do instead. Also I went through a faze as a teen where I would have 3 books on the go at once, one for school breaks, one for bedside reading and one to carry round with me. I am more focused now and try to stick to one at a time, I actually get through them quicker this way. Although technically I have started having two on the go as I have one physical book (hardback/paperback) and one that I'm reading on my computer as PDF's for reviews.

TGIF!


This meme is hosted by GReads!

This Friday's Question:

Author Block Party: 
If you could gather a handful of authors to hang out with, 
who would you choose?

 

My Answer: This would be the biggest party in the world! A block party, I'd take over the streets. Here is my list of invites (in no particular order):

 

- Maggie Stiefvater

- Suzanne Collins

- Rachel Caine

- Derek Landy

- Alexander Gordon Smith

- J.K Rowling

- Lemony Snicket

- Garth Nix

- Aprilynne Pike

- Sarah Ockler

- Y S Lee

- Cecelia Ahern

- Steve Feasey

- Meg Cabot

- Ally Condie

- Beth Revis

- Veronica Roth

- Alison Croggon

- Kate Constable

- Louise Rennison

- Christopher Paolini

- Malorie Blackman

- Michelle Paver

- Alyson Noel

- Joseph Delaney


Again there are probably more, but that's enough to get the party started don't you think? :D

 

 

Happy Hopping, have a great weekend everyone!!! 

 

 

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Tuesday, 5 July 2011

 
Hey everybody! This week will be the first ever instalment of the Weekly Book Blog Bonanza! The idea is that any and all book bloggers add their link to this list, and then all of the participants can have a look at each other's blogs, see some great content, and gain some new followers! If you're interested in participating, here are the rules:

  • You must be following the host blog (Teen Fiction Centre)
  • You should try to post a Book Blog Bonanza feature on your blog, with the Bonanza's badge
  • You should answer the Question of the Week in your post
  • If someone follows you, try to follow them back
  • Have fun!
So there are the rules, I hope you agree that they are all completely fair! here is this week's question:

"Who is your favourite book character of all time and why?"
 
Answer: That is a very hard question I have so many that I love, they all become like friends and family members when I am reading, that it's hard to just pick one. I would have to say that I always loved Winnie The Pooh, he would have to be my all time favourite, the lovable, huggable bear, so cute, funny, sweet, well-meaning and loving. He would always make me funny and I loved the way he would dote on Christopher Robin and look out for Piglet. I could give him a big hug right now. :D

So who's your favourite? Head over to Teen Fiction and sign up.