Feature Follow Friday! What are your favorite books this year?

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What are your favorite books this year so far?

It was pretty difficult narrowing them down, but these are the ones that really stand out the most. 

Let me know if you follow me so I can friend you! I love meeting fellow book lovers, so feel free to comment and we can discuss some YA! 

What were you favorite books so far this year? 

Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday!!

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This Week's Question:

What do you like most about reading book blogs?

My Answer:

Really for me it's not the guest posts or the reviews even, my favorite thing about book blogs and any blog in general is the person who runs it and seeing their personality come through in what they do. Just in the way they write reviews and do discussions, the books they like, how they portray their excitement. I like getting a sense of the person behind the blog. That's my favorite.

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This Week's Question:

Do you have an undernoticed author you think we should all know about?

My Answer:

YES! Maria V. Snyder is a personal favorite of mine and I think she is amazing so you should definitely go read her. Her Study Series is one of my favorites. Also, Tara Altebrando's The Pursuit of Happiness was one of the first YA books I ever fell in love with. It's a must read.

Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday!!

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This Week's Question:

What hyped about book did you not enjoy?

My Answer:

The first one to come to mind was Fallen by Lauren Kate, it just didn't work for me for whatever reason. There's not really many though that I haven't enjoyed, I am a reader who is very easily pleased. I didn't necessarily enjoy writing my review for Fallen but I was honest. We just weren't meant to be book friends.

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This Week's Question:

What do you do besides reading/reviewing as a hobby?

My Answer:

Great question! It's almost hard for me to think of a hobby I do outside of reading and blogging honestly... because that's really the main thing I do in my spare time. I guess when I'm not blogging I'm writing, crocheting, or doing something with friends. My biggest hobby is still definitly reading though, I get grumpy if I don't get reading time. I actually give up quite a bit of sleep to guarantee I have my reading time. :)

Book Blogger Hop + Follow Friday!

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This Week's Question:

If you see a book that looks good, but it is part of a series, do you start with book one or just read the one you want to read?

My Answer:

I always, always, always start with book one. I can't read just part of a series. Series are all about getting indebted in the characters and becoming immersed in the world and I can't do that just reading the last book or book 2. My brain just doesn't work that way, plus I'm kind of nosy when it comes to my characters. I want to know as much as I can.

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This Week's Question:

What is your monthly book budget?

My Answer:

I don't have a monthly book budget really, maybe if I did I would be more organized with my buying but really I just pick up things randomly. I do try to only go once a month in order to pick up things I only really, really want, but that normally doesn't happen... and when I go to signings (which seems to be fairly often recently) that idea goes out the window.

Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday!!

The Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer at Crazy-for-Books!

This Week's Question:

How do you feel about losing followers? Have you ever stopped following a blog?

My Answer:

Losing followers leaves me paranoid. I always wonder what I have done wrong and I begin to really hope it was a Blogger mistake, but it is what it is. I myself have never unfollowed a blog because if I'm following you, that means there was something about your blog I liked. I'm not a big fan of seeing my numbers drop, but thankfully it doesn't happen that often.

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This Week's Question:

Who are your favorite authors?

My Answer:

I have a ton. Sarah Dessen, John Green, Stephenie Meyer, Richelle Mead, Jennifer Echols and the list goes on, and on, and on...

Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday!!

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This Week's Question:

What is the one bookish thing you would love to have?

My Answer:
I've always wanted a home library with walls lined with shelves, it's kind of a dream thing at this point. The other thing I would love to have is a bit less realistic and that is one of first editions of Harry Potter from its first ever UK printing. They're terribly rare but I think it would be amazing to have one.

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This Week's Question:

If you have, or think you will ever have a daughter, what book would you want her to read?

My Answer:

There are a lot of books that I would want a future child/daughter of mine to experience. Reading is a huge part of who I am so I would want them to experience the books that made me want to be a reader. I feel like I would read Harry Potter to them from the day they were born. I grew up with Harry, so I would love for them to do the same. The one book though I feel I would have to share would be The Diary of Anne Frank simply because that is the only book me and my mother ever talked about, and Anne's story is just very important to me. Also, she would read Twilight, I would love to hear what she thinks of our Vampires and Werewolves. :)

Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday!!

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This Weeks Question:
What is your favorite place to read?

My Answer:
I love reading outside, but I don't really have one specific place where I just relax and read. I like being amidst chaos in a way so I enjoy reading in coffee shops and places like that, I feel it makes me concentrate, but normally I just read in my bed.

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This Weeks Question:

What book are you reading?

My Answer:

Interesting question for me... I'm currently between books at the moment though I am kindasorta reading Ransom My Heart by Mia Thermopolis/Meg Cabot. The next books I will be reading are Arson by Estevan Vega and Matched by Ally Condie. :D

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Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday!!

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This Weeks Question:

When you are reading a book and you just can't get into it do you stop and move on or try to finish it?

My Answer:

Depends on the book. If It is a book that I have requested or accepted for review then I definitely try harder to finish. If I bought it or borrowed it, 50 - 100 pages in if it's not working then it isn't going to happen. Luckily though, this doesn't happen very much as I normally have a good idea of what I'll love.

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This Weeks Question:

What is your reading suggestion this week?

My Answer:

Well, I finished Delirium by Lauren Oliver last night and at the moment I'm a bit preoccupied thinking about that story so that is my recommendation. You all should read it because it is one amazing story.

If you're here from the Hop or Follow Friday be sure to let me know so I can come see your blog! If you follow, be sure to let me know!

Comments are my form of happy. :)

Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday!!

The Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer at Crazy-for-Books!

This Weeks Question:
What is your favorite beverage while reading or blogging?

My Answer:

Definitely coffee. I adore coffee. I actually would say that I pretty much live off of coffee during the week with school. I have such a busy day, coffee is pretty much all I have time for! I love, love, love curling up with a book and a HUGE cup of coffee. It's amazing. I highly recommend it.

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This Weeks Question:

How many reviews do you like to post a week?

My Answer:

How many do I like to? At least 3. How many do I? 1 normally, sometimes 2 and I hate it! I can't stand it but with school I just can't post as many as I would like to. I'm doing my best to maintain the blog and school and so far I have been very happy with how I've been, but I miss writing reviews and I am making it a goal to try and post at least 2 a week from now on.

If you're here from the Hop or Follow Friday be sure to let me know so I can come see your blog! If you follow, be sure to let me know!

Comments are my form of happy. :)

Book Blogger Hop + Follow Friday!

The Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer at Crazy-for-Books!

This Weeks Question:

How do you spread the word about your site?

My Answer:

Ummm.... *Looks away*

I don't know. I actually have an issue with spreading the word because I always feel so bad doing it. I don't want to seem like, "Hey! Look at me! I'm over here!! I have reviews! Come look!"

That's what I don't want and sometimes, I feel like that's what I'm doing. I don't feel I really do a good job at spreading the word if that's what I am doing, I mean it was more than a year before I had 100 followers.

Primarily though I have now started posting on Twitter and I do Blog Hop and Follow Friday. That's how I spread the word right now. I'm sure there are a ton of people who spread the word wonderfully, but I like to sit back and hide in the corner. I love followers, and I love comments and discussions, but I'm constantly afraid any type of promotion I do could be Spam... and I despise Spam.

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If you're here from the Hop or Follow Friday be sure to let me know so I can come see your blog! If you follow, be sure to let me know!

Comments are my form of happy. :)

Book Blogger Hop!

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This Weeks Question:

When you are writing a review, do you write it while you are reading or wait until you have read the entire book?

My Answer:

It's a little of both really. While I'm reading I think of things I definitely want to include and I even write them down in this 'idea book' I have, but when I'm really writing a review I don't feel like it's fair to actually sit down and write it with out having read the book all the way through. The things I write down ahead of time are things like, "I love that it's funny! Lend = awesome!" <--- exact quote taken during reading Paranormalcy, and another one was, "Music and voice are amazing!" <--- while reading The Mockingbirds.

So now you know how strange my notes are, but that's really how my reviews go. I collect all of the little note feelings and then sit down to write my review.

If you're here from The Hop, welcome!

Be sure to leave a comment so I can visit you!

Book Blogger Hop!

The Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer at Crazy-for-Books!

This Weeks Question:

Who are some of your favorite book bloggers and why?

My Answer:

You couldn't have asked a harder question because there are just so many book blogs I love! The two that really stand out though are probably Pure Imagination and of course, The Story Siren.

The Story Siren was the first blog I ever really learned from if that makes sense, I was a very, very new blogger and she had so much advice and her blog was a great resource for finding other blogs and just learning the ins and outs of blogging. Plus, she was amazingly nice and supportive whenever I asked a question.

Lori at Pure Imagination is one of my favorites because she's just so nice! I met her at the Decatur Book Festival and she let me tag along with her everywhere, for real, I felt like a lost puppy. She's definitely one of the nicest people I have met in a while, and she's the closest blogger to me at thirty minutes away! She's an awesome blogger and if you haven't seen her blog yet you should definitely go do that.

If you're from the hop be sure to leave a comment so I can go visit your blog!

Book Blogger Hop!

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This Weeks Question:

Post a link to a favorite post or book review that you have written in the past three months.

My Answer:

I'm not sure how much I like this weeks question. I don't really have a favorite blog post or review because all of them I feel aren't as good as I wanted them to be, simply because I'm a reviewer so spending a week writing one review while there are ten more in the waiting is not a very productive thing. The reviews of books that I love are always the hardest to write so I'd say my favorite review is the one I did on Fallen by Lauren Kate, because I didn't like it very much and the words just poured out of me. It's very seldom I give a negative review, but this one is really almost like my thought process.

You can read my Fallen review here.

My favorite review that I've done recently for a book I LOVED was definitely for The DUFF. I adored this book. LOVED it. I was surprised by how much I did and really my review is full of gushing, but everyone should read The DUFF.

You can read my review for The DUFF here.

If you're here from the Hop be sure to leave your link so I can try to come by and say hello!

The Book Blogger Hop!

The Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer at Crazy-for-Books!

This Week's Question:
Do you judge a book by its cover?

My Answer:

Absolutely. I feel like I should be ashamed to admit this but the cover is very important when picking a book. Not only are covers the first thing you see but normally they hold clues to the story, plus adorable and cute covers just make me want to hold the book and keep it forever. The cover isn't the main say or the only say in me reading a book, but great covers that I love are definitely more likely to be picked up by me.

If you're here from the hop, I hope you enjoy your stay! Please leave a comment so I can return the favor and visit your blog. :)

Book Blogger Hop!

The Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer at Crazy-for-Books!

This Week's Question:
Do you use a rating system for your reviews and if so, what is it and why?

My Answer:
Yes, I do use a rating system for my reviews simply because I have a hard time explaining exactly how I feel about the book because I go on my own personal emotions as judge. My ratings (A-F) are given to explain how high the book rates on the awesome scale. I wish I had one of those super cute picture ratings, but I am not tech savy so I feel this rating system works well for me and helps me formulate exactly how I feel when a review just isn't enough. I don't finish books I don't connect with though so most of my ratings are A's and B's so maybe my rating system is pointless, but it makes me feel better if nothing else.


If you're here from the hop I hope you enjoy your stay! Be sure to leave a comment so I can find your blog and visit you. :)

The Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer at Crazy-for-Books!

This Week's Question:

How many blogs do you follow?

My Answer:

I can't even keep track anymore but I always check out each update in my google reader. It's like an obsession but I like being up to date on what's going on. If I had to put a number on it I'd say I follow over 200.

If you're here from the hop be sure and leave your link so I can check out your blog!

Book Blogger Hop!

The Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer at Crazy-for-Books!

This Week's Question:

How Many books are on your to be read shelf?

My Answer:

I don't want to talk about it...

No, really my to be read pile/shelf/bookcase is pretty manageable although I'm not including all of the books I would like to read in the future into this list. My TBR pile is just YA books and particularly those for review. The review books always come first and currently that's no problem, I'm not swamped, but I have bookcases of books that need to be read. In short I just have A LOT of books, and I will get to them one day but my focus is my review books. If I get all of those then I'm good to go.

If you're here from the hop be sure to comment and let me know so I can come see your blog!!

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Book Blogger Hop!

The Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer at Crazy-for-Books!

This Week's Question: Do you listen to music when you read?

My Answer: Definitely not. When I listen to music I listen to the lyrics so it is very distracting. I love music and reading, but I have never put them together.

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The Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday!

The Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer at Crazy-for-Books!

This Week's Question:

Who is your favorite new-to-you author so far this year?

My Answer:

This is actually quite tough for me to answer. My favorite new authors would probably be Kimberly Derting and Kody Keplinger because their debuts were awesome! New to me though ... that's a bit more difficult. Probably Tricia Rayburn because I loved Siren and I hadn't read her Maggie series, or Maggie Stievfater because we all love Shiver right? Plus, I read Shiver late as in just a couple months ago.

I feel like I went all around that question, but I hope I answered it some at least! :)

If you're here from the hop welcome to my blog, and be sure to leave your link so I can check out your site.

-Christina

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Book Blogger Hop!

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This Week's Question:

Tell us about the book you are currently reading?

I just today started Glimmerglass by Jenna Black today and so far I really like it. I normally don't enjoy Faerie books so I'm excited to find one I like. I'm about half way through and with any luck will have my review up Saturday.

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