Follow Friday - (8.2.13) To DNF or finish, that is the question...

This weeks Question: 
How do you handle a book you don’t like? Do you DNF or do you power through?

I try and get through it.  It's very rare that I DNF a book.  It took me over a year to finish Queen of the Damned, but I did.  Hated it too.  I think it's more of a curiousity is killing my cat kind of thing.  BUT I always give an honest review.  Like my blog says - I write about how books rock and suck.  Some people may not like my opinion, but it's there none the less.

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Book Blogger Hop 9/8/2011

“Many of us primarily read one genre of books, with others sprinkled in. If authors stopped writing that genre, what genre would you start reading? Or would you give up reading completely if you couldn’t read that genre anymore?”

Hard to say. I don't think I'd give up, I'd be super ass sad though. I really, really love Paranormal Romance, it's what got me really back into reading. I think if it all went away, I'd have to double up on erotica, menage and cowboy romances (especially erotic cowboy menage romances).

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Book Blogger Hop 9/2/2011

“What are you most looking forward to this fall/autumn season – A particular book release? Halloween? The leaves changing color? Cooler temperatures? A vacation? (If your next season is other than fall/autumn, tell us about it and what you are most looking forward to in your part of the world!)”

I'm seriously looking forward to being able to go outside again without feeling like I stepped into an oven.  Georgia is hot and for a Michigan girl who loves snow and cold weather, I feel like I'm melting.  I say bring on the snow and let me start a fire in the fireplace.

Book Blogger Hop 8/26/2011

“Non-book-related this week!! Do you have pets?”

Boy do I ever. We have Ginger, a boxer we picked up while living in Mexico. We also have Blue, a Blue point Siamese cat we also got in Mexico - his nick name is "fat cat with a little head". Then there's Snarf, the black and white male we got while living in Alabama - he's as serious as a business man. Bunny is the oldest female cat and she was born with no tail. She's got a nub she wags like a dog. She's also the momma to our other 2 cats - Bunny Clone (Cloner for shits and giggles) and Sassy (occasionally Sassafras). Cloner looked like her momma when born, but has a super long tail. When Sassy get excited, she'll whip her tail in a circle. When she's being petted and she's really in to it, she'll drool.

Book Blogger Hop 8/19/2011

“What’s the LONGEST book you’ve ever read?”
(Note: I’m putting one caveat on this question. You aren’t allowed to say the Bible, Torah, Qur’an, or other religious/spiritual text.)


Hmm - the Twilight saga is pretty long and so are a few Harry Potter books.  I think the long paperback I've read is The Last Mermaid by Shana Abe at almost 600 pages.  there are some prett long Laurell K. Hamilton books as well.

Book Blogger Hop 8/11/2011

“Let’s talk crazy book titles! Highlight one or two (or as many as you like!) titles in your personal collection that have the most interesting titles! If you can’t find any, feel free to find one on the internet!”

Ok, the first one I'm going to say is: The Twilight of Lake Woebegotten.  I thought it was a weird title and I thought it was a weird book - comical, but wierd.

The second book I'll mention is: Go the F*&k to Sleep.  Sorry, it was funny.  Escpeically if you listened to it read by Samual L. Jackson.  Come on kid, go the F to sleep!

Book Blogger Hop 8/5/2011

“What is the one ARC you would love to get your hands on right now?”

I would give my right nut for a copy of One Grave at a Time by Jeanniene Frost.  Or the next Lords of the Underworld book, The Darkest Surrender, by Gena Showalter.

Book Blogger Hop 7/29/2011

“Highlight one book you have received this week (for review, from the library, purchased at the store, etc.) that you can’t wait to dig into!”

I'm going to have to pick Night Walker by Lisa Kessler. As a memeber of Lisa'a Street Team, I've receive postcards and trading cards promoting the book but now I have the book. I can't wait to read it:)

Book Blogger Hop 7/22/2011

What’s the ONE GENRE that you wish you could get into, but just can’t?

That would probably have to be Historical Romance.  I am moderately ok with something like a western romance or Medieval romance.  I can't stand Regency Historicals, I've tried them and they're like torture to me.

Book Blogger Hop 7/15/2011

How/Where do you get your books? Do you buy them or go to the library? Is there a certain website you use like paperbackswap?

Lots of places. Goodwill, The BookSeller, Walmat, Books-A-Million online, Barnes and Noble (online usually), AllRomance, KoboBooks, Net Galley, BooksForNooks and yard sales.

Book Blogger Hop 7/1/2011

“What keeps you reading beyond the first few pages of a book, and what makes you want to stop reading a book and put it back on the shelf?“

 

I think what keeps me reading is if I want to find out more, if I like the characters and if I like how the writing flows.  I'll put one down if it's too wordy and I can't get into to the plot.

 

Book Blogger Hop 6/24/2011

“When did you realize reading was your passion and a truly important part of your life?”

Only in the last few years really.  I used to read just to get myself to sleep, but reading developed into a much more time consuming habit not shortly after.  I still have to red to get to sleep, now I read for hours instead of minutes.  I don't watch much TV or very many movies.  I like to read instead; I always have something to read with me - ALWAYS.  If I have to wait at a doctor's office, I whip out my book/Nook, if I have to wait in a long line at the grocery store -= book, if i have to wait a long time int he drive-thru = book.  I'm almost always reading.

Book Blogger Hop 6/17/2011

“How many books are currently in your To-Be-Read (TBR) Pile?”

Well - Goodreads says I have 1252 on my TBR shelf - and I only put them on there when I own the book and physically/digitally have it to read.  I know for sure I haven't put my classics shelf in GR or most of my YA/teen shelf....so I'm saying at least 1300 books.  (It's a sickness, I know!)

EBF: Book Blogger Hop 6/10/2011

“Who is the ONE author that you are DYING to meet?

 

  My Answer:  I'd love to meet is......either J.R. Ward, Laurell K. Hamilton or Richelle Mead.  I just love their books to death and would love to pick their brains for advice.

Book Blogger Hop 5/20/2011

 "If you were given the chance to spend one day in a fictional world (from a book), which book would it be from and what would that place be?"

Too many to choose from I think.  I'd love to go to Hogwarts or St. Valdamir's Academy.  I'd like to visit Seattle and go to Georgina's bookstore.  I think maybe I'd like to go to Calder so I could spot some brothers.  Going to the island to cavort with the Sons of Destiny has been featured in a few great dreams.  I also think it'd be wicked awesome to go Gena Showalter's world of Atlantis.