Happy Feature & Follow Friday! Looking At Favorite Book Covers

Happy Friday everyone!  It's going to be an extremely busy weekend, but I have next weekend off!  Yippee!  I haven't a day off in weeks.  Yes, that's right, weeks.  I think my last day off was in the middle of February.

Anyway, it's time for a blog hop!

It's Friday!!!!! Time For A Blog Hop!

Happy Friday everyone!

I love this blog hop.  The rules are simple: create a post answering the host's weekly post prompt, enter your blog link into the linky thing on the host page, then follow the hosts, the weekly featured blogger, and as many other participating bloggers as you like!

This week's question:

What are some of your biggest pet peeves with books?

Oh boy, there's a few things.  I actually wrote a post on this very subject about a year back (curious?  Click here to read it!), but I'll keep this one short!

It's Friday! Time For A Blog Hop

It's Friday people!  I'm getting a dental filling, teaching a dance lesson, and then I'm off to dance swing in front of a live band.  It's going to be quite a day!

So now it's time for a blog hop!

The rules of this blog hop (hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read) are simple: write a post using the weekly post prompt, enter your blog link into the linky thing on the host site, and then follow the hosts, the featured blog, and as many other blogs as possible!

This week's post prompt:

Write a letter to your favorite author

It's Back! Feature&Follow Friday

Yay! It's back!  It's baaack!  And it looks pretty cool!

Okay, so this blog hop has a couple new changes, but the major points are the same: Write a post for the hop that answers the weekly question (or post prompt as they now call it), enter your blog into the linky thing on the host post, and then follow as many people as you can!  Following the hosts is a must (Alison Can Read and Parajunkee), as well as following the weekly feature (which, by the way, you now get to vote for next week's feature!).  Have fun!

This week's prompt:

Ten Reasons You Read Your Favorite Genre

It's Friday! Time For A Blog Hop!

Happy Friday everyone!  It's sunny and gorgeous out here in Connecticut, and I'm looking forward to going out for a walk later.

But before I do that, it's time for a blog hop!

This weekly meme is hosted by Ramblings Of A Coffee Addicted Writer.  The rules of this hop are simple: write a blog post answering the weekly question, enter your post link into the linky thing on host's post, and then check out the other participating blogs and follow people!

This Week's Question:

Do You Have A Favorite Place To Read?

I always seek out the big comfy couches and armchairs when I want to read for a good long time.  

A good portion of the time, I'll just curl up while I read, like a normal person.  But I'm a bit of a strange reader.  I have this trademark reading position that apparently I've done since I was little kid:

Ten-year-old me

Twenty-six-year-old me

Irregardless of the available furniture, however, I will read anywhere.....

.....Anytime!

How about you?  Where do you like to read?

Enjoy your weekend!

-Lisa The Dancing Bookworm

Hello Friday! Time For A Blog Hop!

It's a lovely, frigid Friday morning here in Connecticut.  A perfect day for reading, I should think!

Anyway it's time for a blog hop!

This blog hop is simple: answer the weekly question on your own post, enter your web link in the Linky thing on the host site, and then hop around and check out the other participating blogs.  Easy!

Here's this week's question:

Are You Able To Read In The Car?

I'm able to read in the car for a short while, maybe an hour or so, but then I start to get a bit queasy and need a break.  I find audiobooks are the way to go, regardless of whether I'm driving or just along for the ride.

Have a nice day folks!  Feel free to take a look around.  Happy reading!

-Lisa The Dancing Bookworm

Book Blogger Hop!

Happy Friday everyone, and what a gorgeous day it is!  Birds are chirping, the sun is shining, and it's time for me to try a new blog hop!

This is a weekly blog hop, hosted by Ramblings Of A Coffee Addicted Writer.  The goal is to find new blogs to follow and get new followers in return.  Here are the rules:

1) Write a post answering the weekly question
2) Enter your blog into the Linky List on the main post
3) Check out the other participating blogs!

This week's question, submitted by Elizabeth@Silver's Reviews:

Can You Pass By A Bookstore Without Stopping In?

Nope!  There's a B&N about 7 minutes out from where I work.  When I have a few hours to kill, I always go there to peruse, read, maybe even purchase something.  Sometimes my husband will even join me!

Thanks for stopping by!  Feel free to take a look around, although there are some parts that are still a work in progress!
-Lisa the dancing bookworm

Feature and Follow Friday!

Howdy readers!  It's time for a Friday blog hop!

This blog hop is hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.  The goal is for all participants to gain new followers.  The rules are simple:

1) create a post answering the weekly question.

2) enter your blog name into the Linky tool that's provided.

3) follow the blog hosts and the featured blogs, and give a quick hello to let them know

4) follow, follow, follow as many participating blogs as you can!  Post a comment to say hi, and if someone follows you, follow them back!

This week's question:

What is your favorite movie?

Feature & Follow Friday Blog Hop!!!

Happy Friday people!  It's time for a blog hop!

This blog hop is hosted by parajunkee and alison can read and the goal is to get a bunch of new followers!  Here are the rules:

1) write up a post answering the weekly question

2) enter your blog into the list

3) follow the hosts and the featured blogger

4) follow as many participating blogs as you like and they'll follow you back!

This week's question:

(congratulations to The Boundless Booklist for being the featured blogger, btw!)

Is there a book you were required to read in school that you actually loved?

Oh, God, there was more than one book of course!  I was one of those nerdy kids who actually looked forward to my English classes.  There were a handful of books I hated, a few that I absolutely loved, and many that really impressed me.

Here's my top ten (in no particular order):

(read this book twice, still awesome!)

(First non-fiction I ever enjoyed)

(Always wanted to read this, and while I was disappointed with the ending, I still liked this book)

(One of our high school projects was to create a board game involving this book, most fun project I ever did)

(This book makes me cry, both as a kid and as an adult)

(my most favorite classic, I've read this at least five times!)

(I really, really liked this story.  I thought it was very beautifully written)

(Don't remember why I liked this story so much, but I did!)

(Such a wonderfully sad story, the only novel by Steinbeck that I actually loved)

(first Shakespeare play I ever read, still my favorite)

There were many other books I enjoyed reading, but didn't really love.  Here we go, if you're interested:

• Lord Of The Flies, William Golding (it was good, but it kinda scared me)
• Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens (I woulda loved it, but I kept dozing off in the beginning)
• 1984, by George Orwell (The best classic distopian I ever read, but there wasn't enough emotional attachment for me)
• Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare (It's a beautiful story, but I could never like the characters....don't hate me)
• Macbeth, by William Shakespeare (Once again, beautiful...but I don't do tragedies)
• Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley (I think I read this because of Wishbone first, but then read it again for school.  Good story)
• Grapes Of Wrath, by John Steinbeck (the reason I couldn't love this was because it didn't end very happily)
• A Child Called IT, by Dave J. Pelzer (first book I ever read about child abuse)
• Animal Farm, by George Orwell (my first allegory. Really enjoyed it actually)
• The Crucible, by Arthur Miller (I visited Salem with my dad because of this play)
• Night, by Elie Wiesel (the best nonfiction about the Holocaust that I ever read)
• Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton (I liked the twist ending of this one)
• Beowolf (This story was weird, but kinda cool)
• A Separate Peace, by John Knowles (I was really proud of myself for spotting the metaphors in this read)
• The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brian (good Vietnam story)

Of course there were some that didn't impress me:

• Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley (couldn't finish it in high school, finally did last year and couldn't like it)
• The Red Pony, by John Steinbeck (the pony dies! In the first part!)
• The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne (good story, just couldn't get into the writing)
• The Catcher In The Rye, by J.D. Salinger (did not get this story....at all)

It's Friday!!! Time For A Blog Hop!

Mornin' folks!  Happy Friday!  I've been sleeping in later and later lately, so we're approaching lunchtime by this point, but it's still technically morning (my hubby's still in bed in a comatose state).

Anyway it's time for the Feature & Follow Friday Blog Hop, hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.  The goal is to gain more followers and like-minded friends (ie, other fellow bookaholics)

Here are the rules:
1) Enter your name on the Linky thing on the host's blog post.
2) Create a blog post that links back to the host's post and that answers the weekly question
3) Follow! Follow! Follow! Follow the hosts, the weekly featured blogger, and as many other participants as you would like.

This week's question:

If you could get a tattoo, what would it say or what would the graphic be?

Happy Friday! Time For A Feature and Follow blog hop!

Hey folks!

Gosh, I haven't posted a thing in ages!  Stupid life getting in the way!

Anyway, it's time for F&F Friday!

This is a blog hop hosted by parajunkee and alison can read.  The goal of the blog hop is get as many new followers as you can!  You make a post answering this week's question, enter your blog into the linky thing, and then follow as many blogs as you can!

This week's question:

How do you write your reviews?

Huh.  Well, lately I make sure I have some basic information about the book, along with my rating.  Next, I put up a synopsis that I find from either Shelfari or Goodreads, or from the book flap itself (I have absolutely no patience when it comes to writing up a good synopsis myself).  After that I write up a quick little sentence that sums up what I think of the book, and then I write a more detailed paragraph on what I liked or didn't like about the story.  That's it.

How about you?  Do you have your own system on writing reviews?

It's Friday! Time For A Blog Hop!

Hello Friday!  I've missed you terribly!  How've you been?

Well, it's time for me to get cracking here!  It's time for a blog hop!

Hello Friday And Happy Feature Follow!

Happy Friday everyone!  Time for a blog hop hosted by parajunkee and alison can read!

Here are the rules:
1) go to the hosts' blogs and enter your website into the linky thing
2) create a post answering the weekly question
3) Follow, follow, follow!  Following the hosts and the featured blogger is a must, but you can follow as many more as you would like!

Friday with a Fitbit and a Blog Hop!

Mornin' Friday!  I haven't blogging all that much lately, and now I'm finally getting back into it (darn all those people who want to learn to ballroom dance! :D ).  I also decided I need a little gadget to tell me whether I'm being active enough or not, so yesterday I bought a Fitbit Flex!  If anyone shouts at me saying it was expensive, pointless thing to buy, I will respond by saying I've tried to motivate myself by getting a gym membership, I've tried to keep food and exercise calendars and diaries, and I've tried having my husband (a health freak) bully me into exercising.  None of it worked, so I tried the Fitbit app for a few weeks, liked it and was able to keep up with it, and decided to get the little Flex-thing.  Aaannd I like it!

....But I digress.  It's Friday and it's time for a blog hop!

Hello Friday and Happy Early Valentine's Day! Time For A Blog Hop

Happy Friday and Happy Early Valentine's Day.  Because I'm working tomorrow (*sigh*), I took the day off today so Dave and I could still get a romantic, relaxing day together. :)  So enjoy all the chocolate people!

But I digress.  Today is a blog hop day!

It's Friiddaaaay! Time For A Blog Hop!

Happy Friday people!  It's time for the Feature & Follow blog hop, hosted by parajunkee and alison can read.

It's Friday! Time For a Blog Hop!

Happy Friday readers!  It's time for Parajunkee's and AlisonCanRead's Feature & Follow Friday blog hop!

The rules:
1. create a post answering the weekly question
2. enter your blog into the linky list
3. follow the featured blogs and the two hosts
4. follow as many blogs as you like and have fun!

It's Friiiidaaaay! Time For Feature & Follow Friday!

Hey folks!  It's time for parajunkee's and alison can read's weekly blog hop!

Here's how it works: Every week, there's a featured blog or two, as well as a weekly question!  You create your own F&F blog post that answers the question and enter your blog into the list on the original blog page.  Then you follow, follow, follow!  It's required to follow the blog hosts and the featured blogs, but for everyone else it's up to you how many of the participating blogs you want to follow!  It's also nice if you leave a comment with the blogs you're following.

It's Friday! Time For Feature And Follow!

Happy Friday!  It's freezing out and it's snowing, but it's still Friiiddaaaayy!  Time for the Feature And Follow Blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.

This blog hop is awesome!  Every week there's a featured blogger, and there's a weekly question.  You create a post answering the question of the week, publish it on your blog, and then follow, follow, follow!  The rule is you must follow the featured blogs and the host blogs, and the rest of the participating blogs are optional.  And if someone follows you, follow back!

This week's question:

Do you have any fun collections (other than books)? Suggested by Peace Love Books.

It's Feature & Follow Friday and I'm The Featured Blogger!!!

Happy Friday everyone!  It's time for the blog hop hosted by Alison Can Read and Parajunkee, and guess what?!  This blog's the featured blog this week!! Whoo-hoo!