Friday Follow The Tome Edition

Q: What is the longest book you’ve read? What are your favorite 600+ page reads?

Currently, the longest book I've read since I've started book blogging is The Better Part of Darkness by Kelly Gay, it's a total of 394 pages and it was possibly the best book I've read this year.  I haven't read a lot of 600+ page books that fit on this blog but one that comes close in page count is Beautiful Creatures.  I really liked this book a lot.  All Southern Gothic and a touch of "creep" factor.

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Friday Follow March 16, 2012

Q: What is the best book you’ve read in the last month? What is the worst book you’ve read in the last month?

I would have to say the best book that I've read in the last month has got to be Griffin Rising by Darby Karchut.  I'm one of those people who base a book purchase on how pretty the cover is.  This is not a book that I would have normally picked up for myself.  A friend of mine asked me to read it and I LOVED it.  I guess I learned my lesson judging a book by it's cover!



I would have to say that for right now my least favorite book I've read in the last month is Blood Bound by Rachel Vincent.  I don't know what it was about this book but I just could not connect with any part of the book at all.  It seems that "everyone" loves this book but me.  I may try again.  I had a lot going on in my life at that point so it may have been me.



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Friday Hops February 24, 2012

Q: Activity!!! Take a picture or describe where you love to read the most…

Well my camera is currently not anywhere near me so I guess I'm going to go the "describe" route.  Personally, I LOVE to read in bed.  There are days, especially my days off, where I just don't want to get out of bed and spend a good chunk of the day under the covers with a good book.  My second favorite place to read, especially in the winter months when it's so cold, is in a nice warm bath (TMI?).  I'm all about keeping it real and so there it is out in cyber-space.  I like to read while taking a bath.

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This Friday's Question: 

Required Reading: Which book from your school days 

do you remember reading & enjoying? Is there a book published now that you'd like to see in today's curriculum for kids?

The book that I remember most from my school days that enjoyed reading so much that I continue to read it these days is Where The Red Fern Grows.  I remember my fourth grade teacher reading this book to us out loud in class and from that day forward I've been hooked.  The books that have been published recently that I would love to see as required reading in schools today are Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympian's series and the spin off series Hero's of Olympus.  In High School I took a class called Myths and Legends and LOVED it.  I think especially since so many of the new books that are coming out, especially in YA, are trending toward being dystopian or spin offs of a Myth or Legend that learning about said Myths and Legends is a great idea.  And as an added bonus these series are seriously fun right?!

 

Activity on the Blog:

(Review) Blood Bound by Rachel Vincent

(Review) Sinner Takes All by Tera Patrick

(Discussion) Book Buying Habits/Patterns

Book Recommendation Thursday - Shatter Me

WOW

(Review) Chasin' Eight by Lorelei James

Top Ten Tuesday

The Weekly Wrap Up

Giveaways:

The Guess the Arrival Giveaway (INTERNATIONAL)

100 Follower Giveaway

Friday Follow #1

First, I want to thank everyone who stops by.  I'm in my first few days of book blogging and so far I am having so much fun! I've even created a twitter account for my new blog notmomsbookblog.  Anyway thank you for stopping by and leave me a link to your FF and I'll be sure to drop by and say hi!

Q: Which book genre do you avoid at all costs and why?

Honestly, I read just about anything.  Though I tend to steer clear of Poetry (I'm entirely way to dyslexic to understand what's going on) and hardcore Horror...well because I like to sleep at night.  Off the top of my head those are the only two genre's that I avoid at all costs.  How about you?