Fun Friday #8

This is a meme that one of my really good blogging friends, Destiny @ Green Lillipads, started, and I thought it was a really awesome idea! You just post a book, CD, song, movie, etc. that you think is really cool for that week :). This week's cool-spotlight is on:

The 19 Dragons
By SM Reine
Publishing year: 2011
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Some Action, Steampunk

Synopsis (from goodreads.com): There are nineteen provinces in the Land held aloft by nineteen pillars. Above the earth there is sky, and nobody knows what goes below except the Nineteen Dragons.

That is all you need to know, but that is not all there is to be known.

The Device has been stolen and the godlike Dragons have been rendered mortal. Someone is murdering them one by one, and each death brings the world closer to its end. Unless the Device is somehow restored to its deceased owner, the Dragons are doomed to destruction-- and the human world will go with them.
 
 
Happy Reading!

Book Blogger Hop #18 & Fun Friday #7

As always, the Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jen over @ Crazy-for-Books.

This week's question is:

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

My answer: I probably relized that reading was a giant portion of my life when I was introduced to GoodReads. I loved it, and I liked the fact that it was based on books. I couldn't tear myself away from the computer because of the site. Now, I can't tear myself from the computer because of my blog :)

When did you realize reading was a big part of your life?

**Since Blogger's GFC is on and off lately, you can follow me via GoodReads and/or Twitter as well!**
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This is a meme that one of my really good blogging friends, Destiny @ Green Lillipads, started, and I thought it was a really awesome idea! You just post a book, CD, song, movie, etc. that you think is really cool for that week :). This week's cool-spotlight is on:

Switched at Birth (TV Show)
Created By: Lizzy Weiss
Premiering year: 2011
Short Synopsis: The one-hour scripted drama revolves around two teenagers who were switched at birth and grew up in very different environments.

Promo #3 (it's the longest one):




Happy Reading!

Book Blogger Hop #17 & Fun Friday #6

As always, the Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jen over @ Crazy-for-Books.

This week's question is:

"How many books are in yout To-Be-Read (TBR) pile?"

My answer: As for my Kindle and phsyical books on the shelf, it's about 60-70. As for GoodReads, my TBR pile is 2 113 books deep. LOL! :D

How many books are on your TBR pile?

**Since Blogger's GFC is on and off lately, you can follow me via GoodReads and/or Twitter as well!**
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This is a meme that one of my really good blogging friends, Destiny @ Green Lillipads, started, and I thought it was a really awesome idea! You just post a book, CD, song, movie, etc. that you think is really cool for that week :). This week's cool-spotlight is on:

A Book a Day
Blogger: YA Reader
Opening year: 2011
Goal: Her goal is to read one book everyday in 2011.
Elsewhere: Follow her on TWITTER!

Current status: As of right now, YA Reader has read 148 books in 161 days.
 
 
Happy Reading!

Book Blogger Hop #16 & Fun Friday #5

As always, the Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jen over @ Crazy-for-Books.

**Since Jen couldn't get the post up this week, her blog BFF Lori over at Lori's Reading Corner is hosting Book Blogger Hop!**

This week's question is:

"Who is the one author that you are dying to meet?"

My answer: To be honest, I don't have just one author that I'm dying to meet. As of right now, I would love to meet JK Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, Cassandra Clare, and Gwen Hayes. Believe me, those are only my top favorites; that is not even one-eighth of the list that's forming in my head. I would really love to meet any author if I got the chance, since I've never met one before :).

What author would you want to meet?

**Since Blogger's GFC is on and off lately, you can follow me via GoodReads and/or Twitter!**
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This is a meme that one of my really good blogging friends, Destiny @ Green Lillipads, started, and I thought it was a really awesome idea! You just post a book, CD, song, movie, etc. that you think is really cool for that week :). This week's cool-spotlight is on:

Hate List
By Jennifer Brown
Publishing year: 2009
Genres: Young Adult, Realistic Fiction, Coming of Age, Romance, Some Action

Synopsis (from goodreads.com): Five months ago, Valerie Leftman's boyfriend, Nick, opened fire on their school cafeteria. Shot trying to stop him, Valerie inadvertently saved the life of a classmate, but was implicated in the shootings because of the list she helped create. A list of people and things she and Nick hated. The list he used to pick his targets.

Now, after a summer of seclusion, Val is forced to confront her guilt as she returns to school to complete her senior year. Haunted by the memory of the boyfriend she still loves and navigating rocky relationships with her family, former friends and the girl whose life she saved, Val must come to grips with the tragedy that took place and her role in it, in order to make amends and move on with her life.
 
 
Happy Reading!

Book Blogger Hop #15 & Fun Friday #4

As always, the Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jen over @ Crazy-for-Books.

This week's question is:

"Share your favorite post from the last month and tell us why it's close to your heart!"

My answer: To be honest, I don't think I have a favorite post from May. They are all special to me; they symbolize that I'm here for my followers, and also my love for book-blogging. I think all of them are close to my heart really :D.

What's your favorite post from last month?
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This is a meme that one of my really good blogging friends, Destiny @ Green Lillipads, started, and I thought it was a really awesome idea! You just post a book, CD, song, movie, etc. that you think is really cool for that week :). This week's cool-spotlight is on:

Wither (Chemical Garden trilogy, #1)
By Lauren DeStefano
Publishing year: 2011
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Coming of Age, Romance, Futuristic
Themes: DeStefano states, "I suppose it's really up to what the reader takes away from it! But I'd personally say life, death, and freedom."

Synopsis (from goodreads.com): What if you knew exactly when you would die?

Thanks to modern science, every human being has become a ticking genetic time bomb—males only live to age twenty-five, and females only live to age twenty. In this bleak landscape, young girls are kidnapped and forced into polygamous marriages to keep the population from dying out.

When sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellery is taken by the Gatherers to become a bride, she enters a world of wealth and privilege. Despite her husband Linden's genuine love for her, and a tenuous trust among her sister wives, Rhine has one purpose: to escape—to find her twin brother and go home.

But Rhine has more to contend with than losing her freedom. Linden's eccentric father is bent on finding an antidote to the genetic virus that is getting closer to taking his son, even if it means collecting corpses in order to test his experiments. With the help of Gabriel, a servant Rhine is growing dangerously attracted to, Rhine attempts to break free, in the limited time she has left.
 
 
Happy Reading!

Stay tuned today for my interview with Cyndi Tefft!

Book Blogger Hop #14 & Fun Friday #3

As always, the Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jen over @ Crazy-for-Books.

This week's question is from Britta @ I Like These Books:

"Which book-to-movie adaption have you most liked? Which have you disliked?"

My answer: I'm not really sure of this one. There's only so many that I've seen the movie for. It's either I've seen the movie, but haven't read the book; or I've read the book, and have yet to see the film. So basically this week is answered yet again by the words Harry Potter :).

The best b2m adaption, to me, is Deathly Hallows (Part 1) because they put a bunch into it. They really are bringing out all of the aspects from the book. The "worst" adaption to me is Half-Blood Prince. This is one of my favorite books in the series, but the movie just didn't live up to it. There wasn't as much detail in the movie as there was in the book, and it cut down on some of the things I would've loved to see.

What are your favorite & least favorite b2m adaptions?
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This is a meme that one of my really good blogging friends, Destiny @ Green Lillipads, started, and I thought it was a really awesome idea! You just post a book, CD, song, movie, etc. that you think is really cool for that week :). This week's cool-spotlight is on:

Between (Between, #1)
By Cyndi Tefft
Publishing year: 2011
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Coming of Age, Romance
Themes: Death, Afterlife, Heaven

Synopsis: It just figures that the love of Lindsey Water's life isn't alive at all, but the grim reaper, complete with a dimpled smile and Scottish accent.

After transporting souls to heaven for the last 300 years, Aiden MacRae has all but given up on finding the one whose love will redeem him and allow him entry through the pearly gates.

Torn between her growing attraction to Aiden and heaven's siren song, Lindsey must learn the hard way whether love really can transcend all boundaries.
 
 
Happy Reading!

Fun Friday #2

This is a meme that one of my really good blogging friends, Destiny @ Green Lillipads, started, and I thought it was a really awesome idea! You just post a book, CD, song, movie, etc. that you think is really cool for that week :). This week's cool-spotlight is on:

Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush #1)
By Becca Fitzpatrick
Publishing year: 2009
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Coming of Age, Romance
Themes: Fallen Angels, Nephilium

Synopsis: For Nora Grey, romance was not part of the plan. She's never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school, no matter how much her best friend, Vee, pushes them at her...until Patch comes along.

With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see inside her, Nora is drawn to him against her better judgment, but after a series of terrifying encounters, Nora's not sure whom to trust. Patch seems to be everywhere she is, and to know more about her than her closest friends. She can't decide whether she should fall into his arms or run and hide. And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a truth that is far more unsettling than anything Patch makes her feel.

For Nora is right in the middle of an ancient battle between the immortal and those that have fallen - and when it comes to choosing sides, the wrong choice will cost her life.
 
 
Happy Reading!