Follow Friday 8-26-11

Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by ParaJunkee & Alison Can Read – helping bloggers get out there and meet new bloggers!

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Q. In books like the Sookie Stackhouse (True Blood) series the paranormal creature in question "comes out of the closet" and makes itself known to the world. Which mythical creature do you wish would come out of the closet, for real?

This is a fun question.  I think I would like the shifters to be real.  Seems like a lot of my favorites books have wolves in them.  I'm thinking Nightshade and Wolfsbane, City of Fallen Angels, Forever, oh and I may be trying my hand at a shifter book too. =)

What about you!  Leave me a comment or link with your ideas. 

Follow Friday 8/19/11

Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by ParaJunkee & Alison Can Read – helping bloggers get out there and meet new bloggers!

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Guess what?  This week, I'm one of the featured blogger for Follow Friday!  Check out Alison Can Read to find out more about me!

Question: If you could write yourself a part in a book, what book would it be and what role would you play in that book?

An interesting thought, writing myself into a book.   Not sure that I'll the hereon type.  Maybe I could be the brilliant tutor who trained the new shadowhunters in Cassandra Clare's books.  I am a teacher after all, that's where I'm comfortable.  Okay, yes, I like this.  I will be Clary's new teacher in City of Lost Souls.  I can teach her the ruins and how to use them.  This would be a perfect job for me!

What about you?

Follow Friday 8-12-11

Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by ParaJunkee & Alison Can Read – helping bloggers get out there and meet new bloggers!

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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? 

Did I really read as a teen?  Not like I do now.  I read the stuff I was forced to read, well kinda.  Honestly, I was a math and science girl in High School.  Makes sense that I'm a math teacher.  I read more with my kids when they were young then I ever did in High School.  So where did the reading passion come from?  It has to do with being a teacher.  I picked up the books my students were reading to strike up conversations with them.  Then Twilight came along and I had to read it.  It was pretty much all over after that.  Once I had discovered the YA reading world, there was no going back.  I don't really venture into the adult fiction world too much.  Why should I, when there are so many fabulous YA books I haven't read yet?


What about you?  What's changed with your reading habits?  Leave me a comment/link.


Have a good weekend.

Follow Friday 8/5/11

Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by ParaJunkee & Alison Can Read – helping bloggers get out there and meet new bloggers!

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Q. Talk about the book that most changed or influenced your life (was it a book that turned you from an average to avid reader, did it help you deal with a particularly difficult situation, does it bring you comfort every time you read it?).

This is so hard to answer because I can think of so many books that have had an influence on my life.

I guess I'll talk about my son.  He hated to read, struggling with vision issues.  Books are all visual and that made it hard for him.  But I started reading the Harry Potter books to him and all of a sudden he was lost in that world and loving it.  We read everyone of those books together and we have seen everyone of the movies together.  Not only did those book cause him to love the world of books, it also created great memories for the two of us.

So what about you?  Leave me a comment or a link to your FF.

Follow Friday 7/29/11

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Q. Let's step away from books for a second and get personal. What T-Shirt slogan best describes you? 





This is an interesting question.  I have a few options.  

First, I may go with the geeky teacher part of me.  I teach math but love tech so this works for me.

This would be code for "if at first you don't succeed, try, try again".

Geeky but I like it.

But if I want to show my weakness, I would have to go with the drinking shirt.  Now I don't drink alcohol so it wouldn't be the beer one, but if I could use the same idea with a Pepsi can instead of the beer glass I would very happy.  It also has the techy think I like.

Finally, if I really just want to combine everything, the teacher side as well as the caffeine dependent part, I would go with this one - a caffeine molecule 
So that's my answer.  What's yours?  Leave an answer in the comments or a link.  Happy Friday. 

Follow Friday 7-22-11

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Q. Name 3 authors that you would love to sit down and spend an hour or a meal with just talking about either their books or get advice on writing from?

 

So you want to know who I would want to spend an hour with? Hmm. I'd have to start with Cassandra Claire (The Mortal Instruments).  I absolutely love her books and would love to spend time talking to her about her inspiration and her characters.  Hopefully, I wouldn't go all fan-girl and embarrass myself. =)

After that obvious choice, it gets a lot harder to choose.  The last two would be a tie between three.  So I know I'm not following the rules here but when have I ever?  I follow all three of these women on twitter and know a little bit about their personalities.  It would be fun to get all three of them together to talk books.  I would choose Julie Kagawa (The Iron Fey series), Josephine Angelini (Starcrossed) and Jennifer L. Armentrout (Half-Blood). 

My three choices, turned four are:

Cassandra Clare

Julie Kagawa

Josephine Angelini 

Jennifer L. Armentrout

What about you?  Which authors would you want to spend an hour with?

 

 

Follow Friday 7-15-11

Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by ParaJunkee – helping bloggers get out there and meet new bloggers!

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I'm still new to Follow Friday although I've read them for a while on a lot of great blogs out there.

 

Q. What do I do when I are not reading?

In the summer, I spend a lot of time reading and blogging.


From August to May, I teach 8th grade math but love to share my reading passion too. I have a bookshelf full of my favorite in my classroom that I loan to my students. Last year, I had a reading group in at lunch reading with me.

Beyond my job, I have my family and three little Dachshunds that keep me very busy.

What about you?  Leave me a comment.

Follow Friday 7-8-11

Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by ParaJunkee – helping bloggers get out there and meet new bloggers!

Be sure to visit ParaJunkee’s blog to add your name to the linky if you’re joining in, and to get the button with code below. Click on the picture to get there.

I'm still new to Follow Friday although I've read them for a while on a lot of great blogs out there.

Q. Let's step away from besties...What is the worst book that you've ever read and actually finished? 

This is so hard because if I really don't like it, I don't finish it or review it.  Okay after doing some sorting on goodreads, I've got this.

Not That Kind of Girl drove me nuts!  The ONLY reason I didn't like this book was Natalie.  She gives strong girls/women a bad name.  The way she was strong was to make men look and feel stupid.  She drug her "best" friend through the pain of a humiliating experience over and over again to prove that ALL guys suck, can't be trusted and should be avoided at all costs.  Are you kidding me here.  The only reason I finished this book was because of Conner, the hot guy who put up with Natalie on her terms just to have a relationship with her.  Natalie man bashes, is cruel and drives her best friend away.  Not the characteristics of a strong women as far as I'm concerned.  Good thing this one came from the library.   Here's my review.

So, what about you?  What the worst book you've ever finished? 

 

Follow Friday #3

Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by ParaJunkee – helping bloggers get out there and meet new bloggers!

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I'm still new to Follow Friday although I've read them for a while on a lot of great blogs out there.









Q. ACK! Your favorite book/movie character (example Hermione Granger played by the Emma chick) just walked into the room! Who is it and what would be your first reaction? You get extra points if you include visual stimulation.

A. Okay, I'm going to admit it.  I like Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullin.  I know, he has his odd moments but I think that is why I still like him.  He's real.  As far as how I would react? Melt and then hide.  I don't think I could talk to him face to face.  Now if I could talk to him on twitter - that would be so cool.  =)

What about you?  What's your favorite book/movie charter?

Follow Friday #2

Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by ParaJunkee – helping bloggers get out there and meet new bloggers!

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I'm still new to Follow Friday although I've read them for a while on a lot of great blogs out there.





Q. In light of the Summer Solstice. Also known as Midsummer...let's talk about fairies. What is your favorite fairy tale or story that revolves around the fae?

This is so easy. I don’t even have to think. My FAVORITE fae story is the Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa. I love Ash. He is so serious and all male.  I love Puck.  He is so funny and he makes me laugh. I love Meghan. She is a strong female but she still female.  I think Grimalkin is a hoot! I am always waiting to see what that cat is going to do or say next.  I can’t wait for the Iron Knight.

So what about you?

First ever Follow Friday

Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by ParaJunkee – helping bloggers get out there and meet new bloggers!

Be sure to visit ParaJunkee’s blog to add your name to the linky if you’re joining in, and to get the button with code below. Click on the picture to get there.

I'm new to Follow Friday although I've read them for a while on a lot of great blogs out there.

Question: Genre Wars! What's your favorite genre and which book in that genre made it your favorite?

To answer this question, I have to admit that I love Twilight. Yes I do. My favorite genre is Paranormal romance and Twilight was the first book that I read in this genre. After reading it in a matter of hours, I ran to get the rest of the series and then spent a long time looking for something that was in the same genre. 

My next great find was The Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare. From there I discovered goodreads.com and then twitter. Soon I had more paranormal romance books then I could read. So my next step was this blog. I'm coming up on my 6 month bloganniversary and things may be out of control. 

But it's all good! 

I'm all about the books and I enjoy reading.

So what's your favorite genre and what book started it?