Book Blogger Hop and Follow Friday

Q. Do you judge a book by it's cover?

My answer: A great book cover can initially attract me to a book, especially if it's bright or really stands out from the books around it. However, I still read the summary on the back or inside flaps (and maybe a page or two to really tell) to see if it's a book that I would like. So, I guess my initial judgement about a book is by it's cover since that's the first thing I see, but I'm willing to change my judgement regardless of the cover once I've checked it out further.

This hop has been postponed until later today. I will update my post once I see the question go up. Happy Friday everyone!

Book Blogger Hop and Follow Friday

"Since today is April Fool's Day in the USA, what is the best prank you have ever played on someone OR that someone has played on you?"

My Answer:

Well, I'm not much of a prankster nor do people really go after me on April Fool's Day, so I don't have a good answer to this question. However, I do know that my younger sister got my mom with quite a few things last year. She put something (saran wrap? a rubber band? I can't remember) around the kitchen sink faucet, so that when my mom turned the sink on all of the water squirted up at her. She also got a detention slip from the band teacher saying that she was always late to class and a big disruption. My mom freaked out over that (especially since she has three girls, all of whom are perfectly well behaved and had never been disciplined in school before). Of course, the band teacher was just helping my sister trick my mom!

Q. What is the book that you really don't want to admit to loving?? 

There aren't really any books that I would never admit to loving if I actually love it. However, I guess since I like to read classics and literary works, I'm a little slow to admit to loving the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. But we all need some quirky humor, right?!

Book Blogger Hop and Follow Friday

This week's question comes from Mina who blogs at Mina Burrows:

 "If you could physically put yourself into a book or series…which one would it be and why?"

My Answer:

I think I'm following the crowd on this one but I'd love to be put into Hogwarts and Harry Potter's world. However, I would not want to be Harry, Ron, or Hermione since their adventures are just a little too dangerous. Instead, I'd like to be one of the 'normal' students just in the background, living my magical life.



Q. Inspired by the inane twitter trend of #100factsaboutme, give us five BOOK RELATED silly facts about you.

1. I always, always, always carry at least one book with me, no matter where I'm going. "You just never know when you might have a little free time to pull out a book!"

2. When I'm home, I love glancing at my bookshelf through the day, pondering how pretty my books are and when which one I want to read next.

3. In elementary school, I use to go to the library during recess to help re-shelve books. Play outside or work in a library? Hmm, library!

4. My copy of The Fellowship of the Ring, which I bought in sixth grade, took me so long to read when I was that age, and I've read it several times since then, that I had to tape the cover back onto the book. I have bought another copy, but I cannot bring myself to part with that one. I can still remember when I bought it (at the school's book fair).

5. My mom once told me that she sometimes felt like a bad mother because she had to tell me to stop reading and go do something; I mean, what kind of parent tells their child not to read?! But really, she is a wonderful mother.