Book Blogger Hop (8) & FF Friday

The Book Blogger Hop was originally created by Jennifer from Crazy-For-Books in March 2010 and ended December 31, 2012.

Luckily, Billy from Coffee Addicted Writer will relaunch the Book Blogger Hop. Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end on Thursday. There will be a weekly prompt just like before. The hop's purpose will remain the same as it will give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.

 

Q: What are your thoughts on verification codes?

 

A: My answer is very simple. I don't like them. If I have to verify that I'm not a robot when making a comment then I won't comment. It's that simple.

 

 

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee’s View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to show off more new blogs!

 

 

Q: Tell us about the most emotional scene you've ever read in a book - how did you react?

 

A: The first thing that came to my mind is in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows where Harry is walking in the Forbidden Forest with his family to meet Voldemort and he knows he will die. I remember I was 8 months pregnant and sitting at my kitchen table with my 2 year old daughter. I just started crying and I couldn't stop. Every time I read that scene I break down. It was so powerful to me.

 

 

 

 

 

Book Blogger Hop (7) & FF Friday

The Book Blogger Hop was originally created by Jennifer from Crazy-For-Books in March 2010 and ended December 31, 2012.

 Luckily, Billy from Coffee Addicted Writer will relaunch the Book Blogger Hop. Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end on Thursday. There will be a weekly prompt just like before. The hop's purpose will remain the same as it will give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.

Q:  What are the top 5 books you would grab in an emergency?
A:  If my house was on fire AND I have the opportunity to save some books, I would grab my entire hardback collection of Jane Austen. My husband gave them to me for our 1st wedding anniversary and they are from Oxford Press. Beautiful books! Besides being Jane Austen, they have incredible sentimental value.

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee’s View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to show off more new blogs!

Q:  What is your guilty pleasure as far as reading? Is it a genre, or is it a certain type of book?
A:  My guilty pleasure is some good urban fantasy; especially Jeaniene Frost, Ilona Andrews and Kelley Armstrong.

Spring Cleaning Giveaway Hop

2nd Annual Spring Cleaning Giveaway Hop

It's time for some spring cleaning!

This is your chance to clear out your overflowing bookshelf and pass some of your books on to other booklovers.  Time to pass on those books that just weren't for you or the review copies that you are never going to get read.

And boy, do I have a box of books for you! Take a look

• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith

• The Giving Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini

• The Lost Prince by Selden Edwards

• A Tainted Dawn by B.N. Price

• Savages by Don Winslow

• The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling

• Jack by A.M. Homes

• The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

All you have to do is complete the rafflecopter form below! Good luck!

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Book Blogger Hop (6) & Feature & Follow Friday

The Book Blogger Hop was originally created by Jennifer from Crazy-For-Books in March 2010 and ended December 31, 2012.

 Luckily, Billy from Coffee Addicted Writer will relaunch the Book Blogger Hop. Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end on Thursday. There will be a weekly prompt just like before. The hop's purpose will remain the same as it will give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.

Q: Time to take a seat on the director's chair! If you could turn one of your favorite books into a film, who would you cast?
A: The Discover of Witches with Clive Owen as Matthew and Naomi Watts as Diana.

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee’s View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to show off more new blogs!

Q: Tell us about your favorite outdoor reading spot.

 

A: My spot is where ever my kids are playing. If they are riding their bikes in our street then I get my little chair out and get my book out!

 

Waiting on Wednesday: Royal Mistress

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

My Waiting on Wednesday:

Royal Mistress by Anne Easter Smith
To be released on May 7, 2013

From the author of A Rose for the Crown and Daughter of York comes another engrossing historical novel of the York family in the Wars of the Roses, telling the fascinating story of the rise and fall of the final and favorite mistress of Edward IV.
Jane Lambert, the quick-witted and alluring daughter of a silk merchant, is twenty-two and still unmarried. When Jane’s father finally finds her a match, she’s married off to the dull, older silk merchant William Shore—but her heart belongs to another. Marriage doesn’t stop Jane Shore from flirtation, however, and when the king’s chamberlain and friend, Will Hastings, comes to her husband’s shop, Will knows his King will find her irresistible.
Edward IV has everything: power, majestic bearing, superior military leadership, a sensual nature, and charisma. And with Jane as his mistress, he also finds true happiness. But when his hedonistic tendencies get in the way of being the strong leader England needs, his life, as well as that of Jane Shore and Will Hastings, hang in the balance.
This dramatic tale has been an inspiration to poets and playwrights for 500 years, and told through the unique perspective of a woman plucked from obscurity and thrust into a life of notoriety, Royal Mistress is sure to enthrall today’s historical fiction lovers as well.

Book Blogger Hop (5): Foreign Country

The Book Blogger Hop was originally created by Jennifer from Crazy-For-Books in March 2010 and ended December 31, 2012.

 Luckily, Billy from Coffee Addicted Writer will relaunch the Book Blogger Hop. Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end on Thursday. There will be a weekly prompt just like before. The hop's purpose will remain the same as it will give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.

Q: What is your favorite book set in a different country than the one you live in?
A: My favorite books are Jane Austen's Persuasion and Deborah Harkness' The Discovery of Witches; both take place in England. I would say I'm a HUGE anglophile. Plus, my favorite television show in Downtown Abbey. I'm all about England!

Book Blogger Hop (4): A Long Train Ride

The Book Blogger Hop was originally created by Jennifer from Crazy-For-Books in March 2010 and ended December 31, 2012.

 

Luckily, Billy from Coffee Addicted Writer will relaunch the Book Blogger Hop. Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end on Thursday. There will be a weekly prompt just like before. The hop's purpose will remain the same as it will give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.

Q: You're going on a long train ride. What books will you bring to read?
A: Luckily for me I have a big fat Kindle and I can load it up! I would look at my current TBR list and see what's next. Currently, I'm reading The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman so I would take that for sure. Next I would take The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan, The Midwife's Tale by Sam Thomas, French Milk by Lucy Knisley, and The Promise by Kate Worth. Those should keep by occupied for the trip.

Book Blogger Hop (3)

The Book Blogger Hop was originally created by Jennifer from Crazy-For-Books in March 2010 and ended December 31, 2012.

 

Luckily, Billy from Coffee Addicted Writer will relaunch the Book Blogger Hop. Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end on Thursday. There will be a weekly prompt just like before. The hop's purpose will remain the same as it will give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.

Q: Which do you prefer most: printed book or eReader?
A: How about both? I love my Kindle because it allows me to read anyplace, anywhere. Plus, and I don't know why, I seem to be able to read a lot more books on my Kindle. It's weird. But, at the same time, nothing beats turning the pages of a printed book. The smell, texture and words give a printed book so much more richness. I recently wrote a blog post about this very topic. Please check it out here.