BBAW: Reading Meme

Do you snack while you read? If so, favorite reading snack?
~No, Never!

Do you tend to mark your books as you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify you?
~That is most horrifying!!

How do you keep your place while reading a book? Bookmark? Dog-ears? Laying the book flat open?
~I use bookmarks I've received from Authors.

Fiction, Non-fiction, or both?
~Fiction

Hard copy or audiobooks?
~Both

Are you a person who tends to read to the end of chapters, or are you able to put a book down at any point?
~I usually read to the end of Chapters

If you come across an unfamiliar word, do you stop to look it up right away?
~I look it up right away.

What are you currently reading?
~Bengal's Heart- Lora Leigh

What is the last book you bought?
~Catching Fire- Suzanne Collins

Are you the type of person that only reads one book at a time or can you read more than one at a time?
~I usually read two at a time.

Do you have a favorite time of day and/or place to read?
~Nope

Do you prefer series books or stand alone books?
~Both

Is there a specific book or author that you find yourself recommending over and over?
~Lately it's been Kristin Cashore and Suzanne Collins

How do you organize your books? (By genre, title, author’s last name, etc.?)
~Author's last name

15 Books

I saw this over at Carrie Vaughn's Blog. Thought I'd give it a whirl. Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you’ve read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes. Here are my 15 books, in no certain order:

1. The Mists of Avalon- Marion Zimmer Bradley
2. Dead Until Dark- Charlaine Harris
3. Kushiel's Dart- Jacqueline Carey
4. Moon Called- Patricia Briggs
5. Slave to Sensation- Nalini Singh
6. Wicked- Gregory Maguire
7. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone- J.K. Rowling
8. The Lord of the Rings- J.R.R. Tolkien
9. Poison Study- Maria V. Snyder
10. Night Pleasures- Sherrilyn Kenyon
11. Dark Lover- J.R. Ward
12. Guilty Pleasures- Laurell K. Hamilton
13. Twilight- Stephenie Meyer
14. Bitten- Kelley Armstrong
15 Dead Witch Walking- Kim Harrison

Guest Blogging & Other Fun Stuff

Today....

I'm guest blogging over at Babbling About Books and More.

Review & Book Giveaway! Stop by and check it out.

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My Mosaic

The rules:
1. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr.
2. Using only the first page of results, pick an image.
3. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

Now, the questions:
First name?
Favorite food?
What high school did you go to?
Favorite color?
Celebrity crush?
Favorite drink?
Dream vacation?
Favorite dessert?
What do you want to be when you grow up?
What do you love most in life?
One word to describe you.
Your flickr name.

10 Commandments of the Out-of-Control TBR Pile

I seen this over at Erotic Horizon and it was just too good not to repost. :)


1. Thou shalt not buy discounted books from the bargain bin. This path can only lead to regret.
- But Half Price Bookstore is so hard to resist.

2. Thou shalt not buy the next two books in a series when thou has not yet read book one.
- I'm guilt of this. But I have gotten better over the last year, really I have.

3. Thou shall give away a book if thou has already tried to read it three times on three separate occasions.
-It usually only takes me two tries and then I pass the book on.

4. Thou shall keep a thorough record of all books thou owns so to avoid the dreaded and oft-embarrassing double-up.
-Surprisingly enough I don't have a list of all the books I own. But I do have my TBR list set up in a database program. LOL!

5. Thou shalt covet thy neighbours books. Thou shalt also covet thy best friend's, mother's, daughter's and thy library's books.
-Hell yeah!

6. Thou shalt not attend charity book sales without a plan. A good plan.
-Oh, I always have a plan. It consists of a piece a paper with the name of books I plan to look for.

7. Thou shalt not borrow books from others unless thou desperately wants to read them.
-I rarely borrow books, unless it's from the library.

8. Thou shalt not buy books just because thou likes the covers.
-Oh I'm so very guilty of this one. I highly doubt it'll change.

9. Thou shalt not re-buy already owned books just so the covers and sizes match.
-This one too. Especially if the new book is out in hard cover and the rest of the
series is in paperback. I can't put a hardcover in the middle of a shelf with paperbacks, that's just wrong.

10. THOU SHALL NOT BUY MORE BOOKS THAN THOU CAN READ!
- Not likley to happen.

Book Obsession? Uh... just little bit. :)

I snagged this meme from Ciaralira. Renee from Renee's Book Addiction has also post this book meme. If haven't already you should check out their blogs. I'm not gonna tag anyone, but feel free to play along. :)

1. What author do you own the most books by?
Sherrilyn Kenyon. 25 books, 6 of them are written as Kinley MacGregor.

2. What book do you own the most copies of?
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris. I have the original paperback, the new one with the tv poster on the front. Then the last one is in an omnibus called Dead In Dixie which is sold through the Science Fiction Book Club.

3. What fictional character are secretly in love with?
Clay Danvers from the Women of the Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong. He's a werewolf and all sorts of yummy.

4. What book have you read more than any other?
It's a toss up between J.R. Ward's Dark Lover & Charlaine Harris' Dead Until Dark.

5. What was your favorite book when were ten years old?
Sadly I wasn't a big fan of reading when I was that age. But did enjoy books by Christopher Pike & R.L. Stein.

6. What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
A Lion Among Men (book 3 in the Wicked Years) by Gregory Maguire. It wasn't the worst all around. But it wasn't as good as book one. I had a hard time getting through this one.

7. What is the best book you've read in the past year?
Devil In Winter by Lisa Kleypas. I love all the books in The Wallflowers series, but this is one of my favorites.

8. If you could tell everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?
Nalini Singh's Slave to Sensation.

9. What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. This is a book I had to read for an English elective my Senior year of high school. It was pure torture. I couldn't believe how bad it was. I don't think I even finished it. It still amazes me I passed that class.

10. Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
Uh, neither.

11. Shakespeare, Milton or Chaucer?
Shakespeare

12. Austen or Eliot?
Jane Austen... Not that I've read her(I know so very bad of me). But I love the movies based on her books.

13. What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
The classics. It's not that I don't want to read them, I just haven't gotten around to them.

14. What is your favorite novel?
It's kinda hard just to name one. Ok, well one of my favorites is The Mists of Avalon by Marian Zimmer Bradley

15. Play?
I haven't read many plays, but Romeo and Juliet is the one that stands out.

16. Poem?
I can't think of a specific poem. But I like Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost.

17. Essay?
N/A

18. Short Story?
Sea Crossing by Virginia Kantra, featured in the anthology Shifter.

19. Non Fiction
Riding in Cars with Boys by Beverly Donofrio

20. Graphic Novel?
Fray by Joss Whedon

21. Science Fiction?
I don't read much SciFi, and mostly what I read is really closer to Futuristic Romance. But my favorite would be: Grimspace by Ann Aguirre

22. Who is your favorite writer?
Can't really pick just one. Here are a few at the top of my list: Sherrilyn Kenyon, Charlaine Harris, Lisa Kleypas, Patricia Briggs, J.R. Ward, Nalini Singh, Julia Quinn, Kim Harrison, Kelley Armstrong, Lora Leigh

23. Who is the most over reated writer alive today?
I'm sure there are a few, but I'm not naming names.

24. What are you reading right now?
Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews & To Sir Phillip with Love by Julia Quinn

25. Best Memoir?
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
26. Best History?
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir

27. Best mystery or Noir?
Where Evil Hides by Dean L. Hovey

Friday the 13th Book Meme

Name thirteen of your favorite books you've read so far this year!

1. Devil In Winter- Lisa Kleypas

2. Scandal by Spring- Lisa Kleypas

3. Kiss of the Demon King- Kresley Cole

4. Seduced by Darkness- Delilah Devlin

5. Sins of the Flesh- Devyn Quinn

6. Night After Night- Kathryn Smith

7. Coyote's Mate- Lora Leigh

8. Kushiel's Justice- Jacqueline Carey

9. Bone Crossed- Patricia Briggs

10. Grave Sins- Jenna Maclaine

11. Hell Kat- Vivi Anna

12. Road Trip of the Living Dead- Mark Henry

13. White Witch, Black Curse- Kim Harrison

Book Meme

1) Which book has been on your shelves the longest?
The Mists of Avalon by Marian Zimmer Bradley

2) What is your current read, your last read and the book you’ll read next?
Current: Desire Unchained- Larrisa Ione
Last: Angels' Blood- Nalini Singh
Next: Maximum Ride- James Patterson

3) What book did everyone like and you hated?
Magic Bites by: Ilona Andrews. I don't "hate" it, but it's the only one I can think of. I didn't enjoy it as much as most people did. I like book 2 Magic Burns alot more.

4) Which book do you keep telling yourself you’ll read?
Pride and Prejudice

5) Which book coming out in 2009 is top priority to read?
There are about five or six that are must buys, but at the top of the list is Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward.

6) Last page: read it first or wait 'til the end?
With most books, I'll take a peek at the last page.

7) Acknowledgements: waste of ink and paper or interesting ?
I've been part of an Acknowledgement so I think they are pretty damn cool. It's always interesting to see who the Author thanks.

8) Which book character would you switch places with?
Any of the Shellens in the Black Dagger Brotherhood. ;)

9) Which Authors do you want to read that you haven't yet?
To name a few: Mario Acevedo, Shannon K. Butcher & Megan Hart

10) Which books are still on your shelf from when you were in school.
Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl

11) Which book has been with you to the most places?
Dead Until Dark- Charlaine Harris

12) Any “required reading” you hated in high school that wasn’t so bad ten years later?
Not so much a single book. More of a Genre. Senior Year I was forced to take Science Fiction class as an elective. There was nothing else left. At the time I wasn't a fan of SciFi at all. Now I love it.

13) Stephen King or Anne Rice
I have read both. But my favorite would be Anne Rice. That is when we was still writing her vampire and witch series.

14) Used or brand new?
Both. I buy most of my books brand new. But I do shop at Half-Price Books and I use the site Paperback Swap.

15) Have you ever seen a movie you liked better than the book?
There haven't been too many. The two I can think that come close is Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone & Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

16) Who is the person whose book advice you’ll always take?
AmyC & Barbara. I don't read every book they suggest, but a lot of them I do.

17) Recommend a series/ or book:
Eververse by: Stella and Audra Price

***I don't plan to tag anyone, but feel free to play.

One Romance Meme

AmyC blogged about this meme last week, I'm just getting around to it. I'm not gonna tag anyone, so feel free to play. :)

1) One romance book you've read more than once.
Dead Until Dark- Charlaine Harris

2) One romance book you want on a desert island.
Night Play- Sherrilyn Kenyon

3) One romance book that made you laugh.

Not a romance, but Mark Henry's Happy Hour of the Damned had me laughing out loud.

4) One romance book that made you cry.
Broken Wing- Judith James

5) One romance book you wish you had written.
Kushiel's Dart- Jacqueline Carey

6) One romance book you wish you could alter the ending of.
Lover Unbound- J.R. Ward, Not the whole ending just part of it.

7) One romance book you are currently reading.
To Seduce A Sinner- Elizabeth Hoyt

8) One romance book you have meant to read.
Dirty- Megan Hart

which is on my March list

9) One romance book that changed you or your views in some way.
Changed my views pertaining to romance.... Not a book but an Author, Lisa Kleypas. Reading her books really made me fall in love with Historical Romance. I use to dread reading Historicals. Now I'm a bit addicted to them now.

10) One romance book made into a movie that you liked both the book & the movie.
The only one I can think of is Twilight. While the movie wasn't as good as the book. I did enjoy it.

Kreative Blogger Award

My friend Crystal over at Book Reviews by Crystal nominated me for the Kreativ Blogger Award. Thank You! It's always a nice surpise to get one of these awards. :) Now I'm gonna give it to some of my favorite blogs out there.

Here are the rules:
~Mention the blog that gave it to you.
~Comment on their blog to let them know you've posted the award.
~Share 6 Values that are important to you.
~Share 6 things you do not support.
~Share the love with 6 other blogging friends.


***Like the ladies over at The Book Smugglers I've changed a few things to this award/meme. :)


6 New Authors I Plan To Read:
1. Carrie Lofty
2. Helen Scott Taylor
3. Kimberly Frost
4. Lisa Hendrix
5. S.J. Day
6. Pamela Clare (she's new to me)


6 Authors That I Thought I'd Never Read, But Did:
1. Lisa Kleypas
2. Julia Quinn
3. Karen Marie Moning
4. Ann Aguirre
5. Eve Kenin/Eve Silver
6. Judith James


Now for my 6 friends to share this with:

Best Book Pimpin' Blog: Ramblings On Romance Etc...


Best Historical Reviews: Happily Forever After


Best New Blog: The THRILLIONTH Page
(again, this one is new to me. :))


Best Contests: Book Binge


Best Fantasy Recommendations: Romance Book Wyrm


Best Urban Fantasy Reviews: Urban Fantasy Land

Five Books

I snagged this from Shiloh Walker's Blog

Looked fun!

Name five books you've got close by...
~Night Life by Caitlin Kittredge
~Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
~Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon
~Shadow Touch by Marjorie M. Liu
~Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward

Name the last five books you bought...
~Born in Sin by Kinley MacGregor
~Gale Force by Rachel Caine
~Marked by Moonlight by Sharie Kohler
~Wanderlust by Ann Aguirre
~Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh

Name five books you want to buy...
~Dark Curse by Christine Feehan
~Noah by Jacquelyn Frank
~Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
~Mercury's War by Lora Leigh
~The Rogue Hunter by Lynsay Sands

Name five books you debating about buying...
~The Awakening by L.L. Foster
~City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
~Driven by Eve Kenin
~The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
~Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Cherie Priest

Book Meme

Do you remember how you developed a love of reading?
I mentioned before I hated reading when I was in school. I really got into reading about 1998. Started reading Anne Rice and then the Buffy Book, but really got hooked after reading Harry Potter.

What is your favorite genre?
Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Historical Romance, Fantasy

Do you have a favorite novel?
Yes, lots of them.

Where do you usually read?
On my bed.

When do you usually read?
During the day, at night time. If i'm watching tv, I read during the commericals.

Do you usually have more than one book you are reading at a time?
Yes, I'm usually reading two books. Sometimes three.

Do you read non-fiction in a different way or place than you read
fiction? Nope

Do you buy most of the books you read, or borrow them, or check them out from the library?
I use to get books from the library. But I live in a small town and our library is small, so a lot of times I can't find what I'm looking for. I buy most of my books.

Do you keep most of the books you buy?
Nope, a lot I sell at Half-Price Books or run contests.

What are you reading now?
Lilith Saintcrow's To Hell and Back
Sherrilyn Kenyon's Night Pleasure

Do you keep a TBR list?
Yep. If you want to see it, click this link...
http://bookgeek76.blogspot.com/

What's next?
Delilah Devlin's Into the Darkness &
Eoin Colfer's The Time Paradox

What books would you like to re-read?
Dark-Hunter series, which I started re-reading this week

Who are your favorite authors?
Charlaine Harris, Sherrilyn Kenyon, J.R. Ward, Laurell K. Hamilton,
Kelley Armstrong, Nalini Singh, Kim Harrison, Lora leigh, Lynsay
Sands, Shiloh Walker, Patricia Briggs, Lara Adrian, Stephenie Meyer,
Stella and Audra Price.....just to name a few. LOL!