Blog Hop (4) and Follow Friday (2)

This weeks Book Blogger Hop is available here (and for those who don't know what it is, she explaines it as well!)

The question is: “In honor of Banned Books Week, what is your favorite “banned or frequently challenged book”?” Click here for 2010-11 list in PDF format. You can also click HERE to view past years and choose from any of those titles!


To be honest, I had to peruse the lists, because to my knowledge, we don't get a lot of books banned here in Canada. I remember having our 6th grade teacher read "Underground to Canada" out loud in class, and I would say that's probably banned in some places. When I was reading over the list, I was so surprised! Things like the 4th Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants book - seriously!! Some of them I wanted to pick for this just because I couldn't believe they were there! But, I eventually settled on Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire because that is my favorite book from my favorite series. As a side note, these lists make me want to punch out a lot of parents. Sorry if that offends you. I presume I will now find my blog on the Banned Blogs list, if such a think exists.

For my Follow Friday Fix, I went to Alisoncanread.com this week and you can too by clicking here

This week's question is:

What book that hasn't been turned into a movie (yet) would you most like to see make it to the big screen, and who would you like cast as your favorite character?

This is a pretty tough question! I chose "How I Paid for College" by Marc Acito because it is a HILARIOUS book, and would make a great movie. There are quite a few characters in it, and its been awhile since I read it, but I'll do my best to cast it (also, you may need to adjust age a little bit, I sometimes forget that stars get older...)

Edward - Jay Baruchel

Paula - Selena Gomez

Kelly - Ashley Tisdale

Natie - Kevin McHale

Doug - Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Ziba - Megan Fox

Edward's father Al - Jon Hamm

Edward's Stepmother Dagmar - Gwyneth Paltrow

The Best Giveaway I Have Seen Yet!!

Now, I know I haven't excactly "been around the block" when it comes to the book blogging world, but in my 6 months or so of reading them (and writing for 2) this is the best book giveaway I have come across!


Unabridged Anna's 500 Follower Giveaway!!


Now, I was hesitant to post a blog about this, because I WANT TO WIN!! so promoting it seems like I'm giving it away to someone else! But, greed is not sexy (haha) so I will be a good sport, take my entry for writing this blog, and encourage you to do the same!! Click here to take you to the giveaway!


Good Luck!! (but I still do hope I win!!)

I will perform a dance similar to this when I win

Fall Into Reading 2011 Question 1

Last week I started the Fall Into Reading Challenge hosted by Callapidder Days (you can find the challenge here if you want to start). There is also weekly questions associated with this challenge that I plan to answer.


This week's question is:
How much do book reviews influence your decision to acquire and/or read a book?


This is a tough to decide, because I will often add books to my TBR list based on reviews of books I read on the blogs I follow. So if I read a negative review of a book I hadn't heard of before, I probably won't add it to my list, but if they review a book very positively, I probably will. But, with that said if I hear about a book from another source, maybe a recommendation from a friend, then a poor review of the book most likely would not deter me from reading it. So I think the answer is that it depends on whether or not I had already decided to read the book prior to reading a review for it. 


Also, as a little update on my progress, I'm still working on my first book for the challenge, which is Unbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi. I'm pretty neutral about this book, so I'm looking forward to finishing it and moving on to the next one :)

Top Ten Tuesdays (2)

Top Ten Books I Want To Reread


I chose the first 7 books because I had to read them for school, which puts a negative spin on everything, so I would like to reread them. Especially 1, 5, 6, & 7 because I enjoyed them at the time, so I would enjoy them even MORE now! Eight and 9 are books I love, they are just so long that it deters me from picking them up for a second go, and finally 10 is the book(s) that shaped my childhood, and turned me into the bookaholic I am today, so I couldn't possibly deny some of them a reread from time to time.

1) To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

2) 1984 - George Orwell

3) The Giver - Lois Lowry

4) The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

5) The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton

6) Dead Poet's Society- N.H. Kleinbaum

7) Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card

8) Harry Potter 4-7 (1-3 are short, and I have reread them several times) - J.K. Rowling

9) The full Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis

10) Sweet Valley anything - Francine Pascal

Also, I didn't like the way last weeks post looked with all the book covers strewn around, but when I was reading other peoples lists I didn't like that there weren't covers on some (because I didn't know some of them), so I'm trying something new this week that I saw on others, and that is to link the post to their goodreads page, so if you don't know it, its easier to figure out!

Let me know which you like better :)

Fall Into Reading 2011

This is a reading Challenge (my first to participate in) from Callapidder Days where you make a list of the books you would like to read this Fall (Sept. 23-Dec.21). I think this is a great way to get on track with my outrageous TBR list, and give me some sort of guidance as to what to pick up next! And I love lists. Obsessively.

I'm going to break this into 3 categories: 1) stand alone books 2) new series books 3) next book in a series I already read (just for organizational purposes)

Stand Alone Books
1) Unbearable Lightness - Portia de Rossi
2) Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
3) Bel Canto - Ann Patchett
4) The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd

5) Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
6) Let the Great World Spin - Colum McCann
7) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Society - Annie Barrows
8) The Color Purple - Alice Walker

New Series Books
9) Delirium - Lauren Oliver
10) Divergent - Veronica Roth
11) A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin
12) Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins
13) Matched - Allie Condie

Next Book In A Series I Already Read
14) It Had To Be You - Janice Thompson (Wedding by Bella # 3)

15) ...And Then He Ate My Boy Entrances - Louise Rennison (Georgia Nicholson # 6)
16) Startled By His Furry Shorts- Louise Rennison (Georgia Nicholson # 7)
17) Love is a Many Trousered Thing - Louise Rennison (Georgia Nicholson # 8)
18) Stop in the Name of Pants! - Louise Rennison (Georgia Nicholson # 9)
19) Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? - Louise Rennison (Georgia Nicholson # 10)

 

20) Club Dead - Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse #3)
21) Dead to the World - Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse #4)

 

22) James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper - G. Norman Lippert

As ambitious as I would love to be, that's all I will add for now, so I don't end up being disappointed I couldn't finish. If I get near the end, I will add some more if I have to. I will label all my reviews with 'fall into reading' so you can find them easily :)

Blog Hop (3) and Follow Friday (1)

I missed the Blog Hop last week because my in-laws were in, and my blogging had to take a back seat to them, because I don't get to see them that often! Also, in my review of the past two Book Blog Hops, I noticed a lot of people doing the Follow Friday (hosted by parajunkee and AlisonCanRead) as well. I didn't realize I was going to love these meme's so much, so I held of doing another (I'm just a blogging newbie after all!) but now I'm going to join :)


For any other Newbie's, the Book Blog Hop is hosted by Crazy-for-Books and it's a fun way to meet other blogger's by simply answering a little (normally book-related) question, and then hopping around to see what everyone else has said!

This week's question is: not yet posted

The new meme I'm doing this week is Follow Friday, it is another question based meme, with the same sort of principle, except the folks at Parajunkee and AlisonCanRead also pick a blog to promote, which I think is pretty cool because sometimes people participate by answering the question, but not going around to other people's blogs.

Do you have a favorite series that you read over and over again? Tell us a bit about it and why you keep on revisiting it?

I used to reread books more frequently when I didn't have an ereader (it's too easy to connect and buy something new now), but I am still forever reading Summer Sisters by Judy Blume, and I have reread the shorter Harry Potter books a few times. I have so many books on my TBR list that rereading would take up too much time! Also, now that I have started blogging, I need to read new material to keep you updated on!




I really enjoy these meme's, so a BIG thank you to the hosts of these!!

Amazing Book Space

I couldn't help but share the amazing book/lounge area devoted to reading!! I'm wondering how much work it would be to get this put in my house! 

My only issue with it is, I would want to get some light installed in there too, as the wall I have in mind for it doesn't have great lightening. But look at the storage! All those shelves and a few drawers!
This is such an EXACT replica of what I want! I wonder how much the materials would be??