Not Book Blogger Hop

Cause what kind of Friday would it be without a cute puppy? Right? Of course.

Anyway, because I really don't have the time to participate in the Hop, but really, really loved this week's topic, this is not Book Blogger Hop.

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

To be honest, I really don't know. Reading has always been a part of my life, I can remember begging my mom to read to me when I was probably 3 years old (which is as far as most of my memories go back), even though she had a really sore throat. Yeah, I was a nice kid ;)
During the first two years of college I didn't read as many books as I used to and after starting to again, I realised just how much I'd missed it. I did read stories on Fictionpress in the meantime, but not entire books, as most weren't finished yet.
But over the past year, ever since I can share my love of reading with all you guys here in the blogosphere and on GoodReads, I've come to realise just how much this means to me. Sharing my passion somehow makes it more real and blogging has made it a bigger part of my life than it already was.

So, while this is me not participating in the Book Blogger Hop, I'd love to hear your answers to this awesome question! Leave it in the comments or leave me a link to your post and I'll be sure to check it out!

Happy reading and have a nice weekend!

Book Blogger Hop!

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This week's question:
"If you find a book that looks interesting but is part of a series, do you always start with the first title?"

YES!! Oh my god, I can't imagine starting with the second or third book in the series! I like things orderly and always group together series I own in my bookcase in the right order. My brother just started reading Harry Potter at the seventh book, I was horrified. (and a little amused that a lot of it isn't making sense to him, shows I'm right :D)
It always annoys me that at the book sales here they only have the third book in a series and I can't buy it cause I haven't read the first two so it makes no sense to get it.

Anyway, that's just me, what are your opinions?

Book Blogger Hop

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This week's question:
How many blogs do you follow?

There are 38 in my bloglist, 3 of those are about book-tours and one is the other blog I participate in: The Broke and the Bookish. I try to check what's going on at those I follow at least every other day and mostly manage to read and comment on posts that interest me. I've fallen behind a bit this week because of the test I had to take yesterday at the end of my ear-nose-throat internship (totally passed by the way :D), but I'm going to do some catching up today.

How many blogs do you (actively) follow?

Book Blogger Hop

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This week's question:
How many books do you have on your 'to be read shelf’?

Shelf??? Do you mean that thing I call my bookcase, which isn't really visible underneath that pile of unread books anymore?
I always say I have a shelving problem. My boyfriend disagrees, he says I have a book buying problem. Same difference really.
I haven't counted in a while, but I'm sure it's over 50 (it was 50 a year and a half ago and I'm scared to count again). I've been trying to cut down by avoiding the book store, but after a month and a half I got really bad detox effects, so that didn't work out so well.
This is by the way only my stack of physical books, I also have many, many, many unread ebooks and the number of books on my to-read list is 402 (gotta love Goodreads, adds at least 20 books a month to this list).

So tell me, do you have a shelving problem or are you more of a less is more kind of person (I don't get this when it comes to books, but I know people who do)?

Book Blogger Hop

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This week's question:
Do you listen to music when you read? If so, what are your favorite reading tunes?

I almost always listen to music while reading, but I also almost always have the radio on or listen to music on my computer. If the book is good, I won't remember what I've listened to, but some of my favourite cd's to turn on while reading are:
- Sara Bareilles - Little Voice (love her and have seen her perform, which was amazing!)
- Anything by Kane (a dutch band I love)
- Lifehouse - No Name Face
- The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Fruit (have seen them perform too, so much fun)

And lately I've been playing Push Me To The Ground by Shane Shu, Pack Up by Eliza Doolittle and Half Of My Heart by John Mayer and Taylor Swift over and over agagin.

What do you listen to while reading? Or does it distract you too much? I can tune most anything out while reading.