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.

Book Blogger Hop

This week's question comes from Somer who blogs at A Bird's Eye Review (her blog design is ADORABLE - check it out!):

 "Do you read only one book at a time, or do you have several going at once?"

My Answer:

I usually concentrate on one book at a time. However, I started a popular science physics book (The Elegant Universe) a while back and just haven't been able to keep reading it/finish it, so I've had two currently-reading books since I started that. I also just started going through The Chronicles of Narnia series, and I wanted to break that up with another book, so I technically have 3 currently-reading boooks right now! But normally, I really do just read one book at a time.



Book Blogger Hop



This week's question comes from Ellie who blogs at Musings of a Bookshop Girl:

 "If I gave you £50 (or $80) and sent you into a bookshop right now, what would be in your basket when you finally staggered to the till?"

My answer:

This is a great question! Let me go check my bn.com wishlist for my likely upcoming buys!
1. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
2. Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos
3. Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
4. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
5. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
6. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
7. The Mind and the Brain by Jeffrey Schwartz
8. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Plus, I'd probably pick up something that looked good as I walked around! You sure can get quite a few books for $80 :)

Has anyone read any of these books? Any that I should pick up before the others?

Book Blogger Hop

This week's question comes from Mia who blogs at Girl About Books:

 "Who's your all-time favorite book villain?"

My answer: Could I argue that Raskolnikov is a villain in Crime and Punishment? His theory and violent acts are definitely villainous, but there is so much depth to his character that even though he commits heinous acts of violence, one begins to forgive him by the end after seeing his suffering and slow redemption, both internally and externally in his exile to Siberia. Does this make him a villain? Not to mention, Crime and Punishment is my favorite book.