Blog Hop Friday: 10/22/10

In the spirit of the Twitter Friday Follow, the Book Blogger Hop is a place just for book bloggers and readers to connect and share our love of the written word!  This weekly BOOK PARTY is an awesome opportunity for book bloggers to connect with other book lovers, make new friends, support each other, and generally just share our love of books!  It will also give blog readers a chance to find other book blogs to read!  So, grab the logo, post about the Hop on your blog, and start HOPPING!

This week's question:   

"Where is your favorite place to read? Curled up on the sofa, in bed, in the garden?"

 

My Answer:  My bed!  I have these great, fluffy pillows, soft flannel sheets and an amazing down comforter so I get all cozy and I can read for hours.  During the day though, my favorite place is my recliner.  Lately, since I've been homeschooling, I've been doing a lot of reading at my dining room table while my kids do their school work so I guess that will become my 3rd favorite place :)

Book Blogger Hop - October 15-17, 2010

In the spirit of the Twitter Friday Follow, the Book Blogger Hop is a place just for book bloggers and readers to connect and share our love of the written word!  This weekly BOOK PARTY is an awesome opportunity for book bloggers to connect with other book lovers, make new friends, support each other, and generally just share our love of books!  It will also give blog readers a chance to find other book blogs to read!  So, grab the logo, post about the Hop on your blog, and start HOPPING!

This weeks question:   "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 actually try my hardest to finish it.  It doesn't always happen but I try.  I have a ton of book on my TBR list and lots of them are from the library so I have a time limit so I can't spend a lot of time on a book that I'm not enjoying but I usually try to read to the halfway point before I quit.  It has only happened a couple of times where i actually quit the book (The Poisonwood Bible is the only one that comes to mind right now) but I really hate doing it.  I'm always afraid that it will get better and I will have missed an important book! 

Blog Hop Friday 10/1/10

In the spirit of the Twitter Friday Follow, the Book Blogger Hop is a place just for book bloggers and readers to connect and share our love of the written word!  This weekly BOOK PARTY is an awesome opportunity for book bloggers to connect with other book lovers, make new friends, support each other, and generally just share our love of books!  It will also give blog readers a chance to find other book blogs to read!  So, grab the logo, post about the Hop on your blog, and start HOPPING!  The Hop lasts Friday-Monday every week, so if you don't have time to Hop today, come back later and join the fun!  This is a weekly event!

This week's question comes from Tina who blogs at Book Couture.

"How do you spread the word about your blog?
(e.g. Social Networking sites, Book Blog Directories, comments on other blogs...)"

 

My Answer:  Mostly through meme's such as the blog hop!  I post my reviews on Goodreads and I have a Twitter account.  I'm also a member of Books Blog Ning.  I think by leaving comments on other blogs that I follow has really helped as well.  I'm still working at it but I'm pretty happy with my following so far!

Blog Hop 9/24/20

In the spirit of the Twitter Friday Follow, the Book Blogger Hop is a place just for book bloggers and readers to connect and share our love of the written word!  This weekly BOOK PARTY is an awesome opportunity for book bloggers to connect with other book lovers, make new friends, support each other, and generally just share our love of books!  It will also give blog readers a chance to find other book blogs to read!  So, grab the logo, post about the Hop on your blog, and start HOPPING through the list of blogs that are posted in the Linky list below!!

The Hop lasts Friday-Monday every week, so if you don't have time to Hop today, come back later and join the fun!  This is a weekly event!  And stop back throughout the weekend to see all the new blogs that are added!

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

My Answer:  I wait until I have read the entire book.  I can't review a book as I am reading them.  I like to have a sense of the whole book to do my review.  I do have to write my review as soon as I have finished the book though so it is still fresh in my mind.

Yay for Friday and Blog Hops!

All I can say is Thank Goodness it's Friday!  What a week!  Friday is my favorite day blogging though because I love to spend an hour (or 2 or 3) checking out new blogs!  The first one is Book Blogger Hop hosted by Jennifer over at Crazy-For-Books.  Head over to her site and link up and then check out some amazing blogs!

For today:  In honor of Book Blogger Appreciation Week, let's take time this week to honor our favorite book bloggers and why we love them!

My answer:  There are SO many blogs that I enjoy reading!  Here are only a few because otherwise it would take forever to read my answer :)

I enjoy A Cozy Reader's Corner Reviews for several reasons!  We like a lot of the same genres and I have put several books on my TBR list that she reviewed.  I love that she also reviews children's books since I not only have three children but also do daycare and teach preschool.  I love getting new books to read to my kids!

I also really enjoy Sarah Reads Too Much!  Her blog describes me perfectly (just insert *Jessica* instead of *Sarah*) and she also reviews some great books that have been put on my TBR list.  She is super friendly and just has a great and fun blog!

 

Follow Me Friday is a hop hosted by Parajunkee's View.  She is featuring Bailey from Bailey's Book Review who poses the question:  Favorite YA or do you just stick with adult books? 

 

My Answer:  Both!  I love YA because it reminds me of all the high school drama and I thank my lucky stars I am over all that!  However, after reading a few YA, I need to get some adult books in there as well.  I just really like to read a variety of different genres!

Blog Hopping Friday!

Book Blog Hopper is hosted by Jennifer over at Crazy-For-Books.com.  It is a fun book party where bloggers can meet other bloggers and share their love of books!  So, head on over, sign up and start hopping!

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 haven't been blogging that long so this wasn't really that hard of a choice for me!  My favorite post was my review of Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill.  I really enjoyed the book and gave it 5 out of 5 stars.

I think everyone who likes creepy books should read it, especially since it's getting close to Halloween!

Blog Hop Friday!

Happy Friday everyone!  It is that time again...blog hopping time!  Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer over at Crazy-for-Books.  If you want to participate and find some fabulous blogs, click on the link and sign up!

Question of the Week:

Do you use a rating system for your reviews and if so, what is it and why?

Yep, I use the standard old five star rating.  I use it to give people a general idea of how great (or horrible) I thought the book was.  People rate everything from pain to happiness on a scale so it is a pretty universal way for me to let someone know how I felt about the book.  I wanted to go with something a little more unique than the stars but just haven't had the time to make something up yet so there it is....

To join the fun and make now book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:

Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Host { Parajunkee.com } and any one else you want to follow on the list


Follow our Featured Bloggers - http://nymfaux.blogspot.com//


Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing.


Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say hi in your comments


Follow Follow Follow as many as you can


If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love...and the followers


If you want to show the link list, just follow the link below the entries and copy and paste it within your post!


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Book Blogger Hop - August 20-23

It's no secret I love to read!  So, I found this blog and immediately fell in love with it.  It's a blog for book reviewers and readers to share their love of books!  It lasts from Friday to Monday each week so you don't have to join today if you don't have time.  It's where I have found many of the book blogs I follow and have gotten some great suggestions on new books to read.  If you start to follow someone through the Book Hopper Blog then leave them a comment and let them know!

The question of the week is:  How many blogs do you follow?

My answer:  Okay, I am new to this whole blogging thing so I am still building my "following" list.  Currently I am following 8 blogs.  Sad huh?  But I am working on getting more.  I just get so easily distracted by all the cool stuff on each blog so it takes me a day to go through 3 blogs (remember I have 3 kids of my own and 3 kids I babysit so I can't stay on the computer for long).  However, since I have found this blog hop, I will be building my "following" list quickly!