Book Blogger Hop, Yay!

Don't Forget to Enter my Halloween Giveaway!  Ends 10/30!!

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly hop hosted by Crazy-for-Books and is a way for bloggers to find other great blogs to read and make new friends in the blogging world.

This week's question:
"What is the one bookish thing you would love to have, no matter the cost?"

My answer:
I'm pretty sure most of us avid readers are going to have the same answer to this one ;)  I, of course, would love a huge home library.  And could the house that it's in please, please, please, please be in France??  And maybe I could get unlimited books published in French for my French reading habit??  Pretty pretty please?  With suger on top?  LOL we can always hope.

I don't know about you, but I am SO pumped for Halloween this weekend!  I was in France last year for it, and they don't celebrate Halloween like we do here (at least they didn't in my city..).  And I didn't have any Ghost Hunters Live episodes to watch.  And I didn't have any scary movies to watch.  (Unless you count Hocus Pocus that took me two weeks to download from iTunes because of a slow internet connection, which I couldn't watch for 2 weeks after Halloween anyway because of the slow download time..).  I am excited!

And of course, don't forget, if you haven't done so already, to enter my Halloween Giveaway!  Sign-ups close tomorrow, October 30th, but if you get yours in on Halloween morning I'll let that enter too :)  More info can be found here (follow the link).

Happy Hopping!  I can't wait to check out some new-to-me blogs this weekend, as last weekend was too busy for much hopping on my part.

Happy *almost* Halloween!  And who else is jealous that France gets a whole week off now for All Saint's Day?!

Hop + Nanowrimo!

Don't Forget to Enter My Halloween Giveaway!  It's International!

Oh my gosh it's finally Friday!  I have barely been home all week, which explains my lack of posting.  What with work, school, and French Club events, life has gotten a bit crazy.  Thankfully next week looks like it's gonna be a bit more "low key".  On to the Hop.....

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly hop hosted by Crazy-for-Books and is a way for bloggers to find other great blogs to read and make new friends in the blogging world.

This week's question is:
Where is your favorite place to read?  Curled up on the sofa?  In bed?  In the garden?

My answer:
I will read pretty much anywhere because my house if full of comfy places to sit.  We just got new furniture this summer :)  I love reading by a window though, especially when it's sunny out.  But I also love sitting by a window when it's rainy, windy, or snowy outside.  I love the beauty of nature no matter what it's doing :)  In the Summer, I try to read outside on our patio because we have a great swing.  But there are lots of bees, and I'm afraid of bees.  So I don't sit out there all day, just at certain times of the day when the bees aren't around.  I like reading in bed too, but my back gets sore easily from that. 

I read on someone's blog that they love reading in the bathtub!  I need to try that.  It sounds awesome!


And on to Nanowrimo.....
I heard about Nanowrimo for the first time a few weeks ago and it looks awesome!  I can't remember who's blog I read about it on, otherwise that person would totally get a shoutout :)  This will be my first time participating, and I'm really excited because I used to write constantly growing up but haven't had much time since starting college years ago.  I am in desperate need of writing buddies to cheer me on.  And I'd love to cheer you on to if you are participating!  Here is my Nano page.  If that link doesn't work, my username is tomgirl571 ;)

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Book Blogger Hop!

Before moving on to the question of the week, let me remind you all that I have a Halloween giveaway going on!  It's my first ever giveaway and there will be 2 winners.  It ends 10/30.  Info is here.



The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly hop hosted by Crazy-for-Books and is a way for bloggers to find other great blogs to read and make new friends in the blogging world.
This week's question is:
When you read a book that you just can't get into, do you stick it out and keep reading or move to your next title?

My answer:
I hate wasting my time on books that I'm not enjoying.  That being said, I'll usually read between 50-100 pages of a book before deciding if it's worth continuing or not.  I rarely have to scratch reading a book though because I'm pretty particular about what I read. 

What are your thoughts on this?  Do you continue reading no matter how boring/awful a book is or put it down?

I look forward to hopping around to all your blogs :)  Have a great weekend!

Oh, and in case you were waiting for my review of The Time Traveler's Wife, or my review of the book with the bad ending, just scroll down :)  They were both posted this week!

Book Blogger Hop!

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly hop hosted by Crazy-for-Books and is a way for bloggers to find other great blogs to read and make new friends in the blogging world.

This week's question is:
What's your favorite beverage while reading or blogging, if any? Is it tea, coffee, water, a glass of wine, or something else?

My answer:
I'm a coffee addict through and through.  It could be 100 degrees outside and I'd still be drinking my scolding hot coffee.  So most of the time, I drink coffee when I read.  I'm also really big on tea, so I drink that a lot while I read.  If it's later in the evening, I've been getting into my mom's habit of having a glass of wine every night, so when I read late at night I do drink wine when I read.  And of course as soon as the snow starts to fall I'll be drinking hot chocolate! 

What about everyone else?? 

I finished The Time Traveler's Wife and I'm almost done with The Girl Who Played With Fire, so expect reviews of those this week, plus a review of the book I mentioned a few weeks ago with the really bad ending.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Hop + Guest Post at The Book on the Hill!

It's finally Friday again!  I can't wait to get through my 2 classes today, go to work and clean as fast as possible, and come home to my cozy house and read.  I have a cold and I'm not really feeling good at all.  Hope you all feel much better than me :)

Before answering this week's Hop question, I wanted to let you all know that my very first guest post (ever!) will be up this weekend at The Book on the Hill!  I wrote about my relationship with the French language, and I think you should all check it out, and check out the rest of Charlotte's blog too, because it's awesome!  If anyone else is interested in doing a "French Friday" guest post for Charlotte, there is info on her blog.  She's also looking for more bloggers for her Book Blogging Around the World feature, so check that out as well.

This week's Hop question is:
How do you spread the word about your blog?

My answer:
I've tried a few things, but my favorite way to get new followers is just to comment on other blogs.  I love checking out new blogs, but I also love commenting on blogs I've been following for a long time.  If I had the time, I would comment a ton every single day.  Unfortunately my schedule doesn't allow me to do so, but I still try.  The Hop is a great way to find new blogs.  I don't have an account at the Book Blog Ning, but I do browse there on occasion and find some great blogs through that aswell.  I have a Twitter account, but I do not understand Twitter at all, so I'm still kind of figuring out how that whole thing works. 

I can't wait to get home this evening and read what everyone else has to say for this week's question!

The Book Blogger Hop

Let me first say that things are finally starting to get back to "normal" since school started!  I'm almost back into my old reading habits :)
And now for the Hop!

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly hop hosted by Crazy-for-Books and is a way for bloggers to find other great blogs to read and make new friends in the blogging world.

This week's question is:
When you write reviews, do you write them as you are reading or wait until you have read the entire book?

My answer:
I always take notes while I'm reading, or underline certain parts/lines that I like or want to talk about.  As I read, I think about the book and my feelings of it, especially my thoughts towards certain events.  If I think the book starts slowly, I take note of that so I can mention it in the review.  But the actual review writing doesn't come until I've finished the book.  I usually wait a few days to write the review too, because I always like to have time to think about the book and really let it all sink in.

What about everyone else?  Do you write your review as you go or wait until you've finished it?

Happy Hopping!

Book Blogger Hop

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly hop hosted by Crazy-for-Books and is a way for bloggers to find other great blogs to read and make new friends in the blogging world.

This week's question is not really a question at all, but here it is:
In Honor of Book Blogger Appreciation Week (which I did not partake in, though I LOVED reading everyone's BBAW posts all week!), let's take time this week to honor our favorite book bloggers and why we love them.

My response:
This is such a great topic :)  I love so many blogs, and it would take forever to list them all (and I can't list them all right now because I'm supposed to be leaving for class!).  I follow some really awesome blogs that I didn't realize I'd love so much when I discovered them, and now I can't wait to log into my Google Reader everyday to read what they have to say!  Instead of listing all of them, I'll just say that if I comment on your blog, I love it.  If I don't comment, I still love it but I am very guilty of lurking on blogs when I don't have time to make comments.
A do want to give a special shoutout to a few blogs, though.
The Book Lady's Blog was the first book blog I ever discovered.  I was living in France at the time and missing my bookshelves back home, and it was so much fun to go to Rebecca's blog and read all the funny and interesting things she had to say.  I still read it everyday :)
The Book On the Hill I love because I get to see some great book in French.  Plus Charlotte has a great personality and always has something interesting to say.
Readerbuzz was one of the first blogs I discovered on this Hop, and it was great reading about her time in France and how it transformed her (I totally get what you mean!).  She is funny and I love the books she writes about.
And recently discovered was Pink Sheep Cafe.  The layout is adorable!!!  (hello-pink sheep!!)  And I find myself adding everything reviewed there to my TBR list! 

I appreciate you all checking out my blog :)  And I also appreciate you all for having such awesome and fun blogs and having so much to say about books <3

Book Blogger Hop

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly hop hosted by Crazy-for-Books and is a way for bloggers to find other great blogs to read and make new friends in the blogging world.

This week's question is:
Post a link to a favorite post or book review that you have written in the last 3 months.

My response:
I have two favorites I think.  I really loved reading The Gendarme, and I think I did a pretty good job describing its greatness in my review, which is here.  But I also really like my review of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (if nothing else but for the awesome SAAB quotes I was able to supply at the end!).  I'm excited to start hopping to all the blogs I follow and seeing what you've all posted!  I also can't wait to get out there and discover some new blogs!

I realize also that I have posted pretty much nothing all week!  I am so sorry and I feel like a failure.  I have a review done of The Jungle which I'll probably end up posting later today.  School has just been getting most of my time, and I've been exhausted and feeling a bit under the weather (which is, ya know, what happens when it's in the 90s one week and then the next it's in the 50s and 60s!), and I was barely on the Internet this whole week.  I did get quite a bit of reading and knitting done though :) 

Hope everyone has a really awesome weekend!  Have any plans??  I'm taking Gramma to dialysis tomorrow, which I've learned to love, not only because Gramma feels way better because of it, and I get to spend time in the car with her, but I also use the 3 to 4 hours in between dropping her off and picking her up to just catch up on my reading and blogging and blog visiting.  Sunday is probably going to be lazy!  I'm so tired right now that I'm wondering if maybe I'm anemic.  (I'm not....but I always do wonder when I get this exhausted!)

Bon weekend!

Book Blogger Hop

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly hop hosted by Crazy-for-Books and is a way for bloggers to find other great blogs to read and make new friends in the blogging world.

This week's question is:

Do you judge a book by it's cover?

My answer:

Yes, I sometimes do.  I really don't care that much about book covers, but if I'm just browsing a book store for random books, it's always the pretty covers that catch my attention.  I don't really like covers with photos on them..  However, if I hear about a book online or through word of mouth, I don't care at all about the cover, and it doesn't effect my decision to buy and read the book.  Of course, titles catch my attention more than anything, so if the cover of a book is absolutely hideous but I love the book's name, I'll pick it up and read the back blurb, and sometimes end of buying it that way.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!