Follow My Book Blog Friday With Alison Can Read #14

Q: I like unique names for characters and am looking forward to coming up with some when I start writing. What's the most unique character name you've come across? 

I know this will probably be used repeatedly by people today but I think Hermoine has got to be one of the most unique character names. 

 Also, Renesmee is quite unique as well. 

So there goes!  

Oh and for boys I would probably say the "bad" boys of Hogwarts, Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle. 

All of these names are just not your traditional boy names. 

And, being someone who prefers originality, I actually applaud the authors for being unique!

Follow My Book Blog Friday With Alison Can Read #13

It's Friday and you know what that means!!! It's time for Follow My Book Blog Friday! :)



 

Question of the Week: Many readers/bloggers are also big music fans. Tell us about a few of your favorite bands/singers that we should listen to in 2012 

Music is a HUGE part of my life. I have always listened to it and my mom even taught us to have a great appreciation for music from a young age, all genres, old and new. That being said, my list might be a bit sporadic for some of you, due to the mass variety of artists. Anyway, here goes...  

Older
The Eagles
Steve Miller Band
Tom Petty
Elton John
Fleetwood Mac
The Rolling Stones
Phil Collins
Journey
Boston
Pink Floyd  

Newer
Adele
Florence and the Machine
Lady Gaga
Maroon 5  

Alternative
Foo Fighters (BEST concert EVERRRRR)
Coldplay
Linkin Park
Smashing Pumpkins
Third Eye Blind (older stuff)
311 (older stuff)
Matchbox 20 (older stuff)
Alanis Morrisette
Alice in Chains
Ben Folds
Blink 182
No Doubt
Radiohead
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sublime
The Wallflowers  

Country
Reba McEntire
Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban
Tim McGraw
Clay Walker
Faith Hill
Martina McBride  

Rap/Hop Hop
Jay-Z
Eminem
Rihanna
Notorious BIG

Ok... so that's a TON and I have barely scratched the surface... lol...

Follow My Book Blog Friday With Alison Can Read #12

Question of the Week: Go count the number of unread books sitting on your shelf. How many? 

So I don't have a ton of books that are unread at my home that actually belong to me... I would guess there are 10 or less.

However, I do have a list of books to read (i.e check out from the library) and that list has 102 books on it! All of which I have never read

Follow My Book Blog Friday with Alison Can Read #11

Once again I am linking up with Alison Can Read for her Friday blog hop for Book Lovers and Book Bloggers!

Question of the Week: The New Year is here -- and everyone wants to know your New Years Blogging Resolution! What are you going to try to revise, revamp and redo for 2012 on your blog? 

This question is hard for me, because I honestly haven't had a ton of time to plan things out for my blog... Maybe, however, that could be my resolution! Spending more time on my blog... Maybe just commenting more to blogs I read, posting more (like say at least a post a day or every other day) and just trying to keep current. I think my issue is that I feel like it has to be an all or nothing deal so when it feels like I am spending too much time blogging I completely pull away and then don't blog anything at all. That being said, I will be taking the Oregon Bar in late February, so this resolution may not be able to come to fruition until after that hurdle is jumped. (Just for those of you who care and will hold me accountable to this)

Follow My Book Blog Friday with "Alison Can Read" #10

Soooo I realized I have been MIA on my blog for the entire week! Want to know why? I've been back to the books studying for the Bar and I have been really busy because it's ALMOST Christmas!!!!

Anyway, I am back, at least to do my favorite blog hop and socialize with some of my other fellow book junkies...



And without further ado.... the question of the week is...

If you had to spend eternity inside the pages of a book which book would you choose and why? 

First I would say I would LOVE to be part of the Quillette tribe, so I could get close to Jacob Black... wouldn't mind spending eternity with him, if you get my drift... Wink wink!

And secondly, I would LOVE to live in Trenton, NJ and be friends with Stephanie Plum! She leads a CRAZY life and I think it would be nonstop fun, excitement, and laughs

Follow My Book Blog Friday with "Alison Can Read" #9

Question of the Week: When you've read a book, what do you do with it? (Keep it, give it away, donate it, sell it, swap it..?)

Lately I have been checking out books from the library, so I would say give it back to the library. However, with the books I own, I do a combination of keeping it/loaning it to others.

Follow My Book Blog Friday with "Alison Can Read" #8

It's that time again! Time for my favorite Friday blog hop! Those of you who are here from the blog hop, welcome! Hope you enjoy yourselves! Leave me a comment if you follow and I will be sure to drop by your blog.

Here is the question for this week...

Question: Keeping with the Spirit of Giving this season, what book do you think EVERYONE should read and if you could, you would buy it for all of your family and friends?

I read this book earlier this summer and LOVED it

Follow My Book Blog Friday with "Alison Can Read" #7

 I missed this blog hop last week due to an extended holiday weekend... It is certainly nice to be back again :) those of you who are first time visitors, hope you enjoy my blog and it's nice to have you here

Question: What is your biggest pet peeve when it comes to books? Maybe you don't like love triangles or thin plots? Tell us about it! 

This question is kind of hard for me to answer, however, there is something that has bothered me about quite a few books I have read lately... While I do enjoy reading books with perspectives of more than one character, a HUGE pet peeve of mine is when the author does a sloppy job of transitioning between characters and their stories, feelings, etc. Obviously this is a difficult way to write a book, and some people just CAN'T do it well. They should often just stick to what they know well. 

Follow My Book Blog Friday with "Alison Can Read" #6

This week's question is....

Letter to Santa: Tell Santa what books you want for Christmas!

Hmmmm considering I have been checking out a lot of books from the library lately and not buying them... it's hard to say. I would like to get the third Hunger Games book on my Kindle. And I would like to get the full Harry Potter series of books, since I only recently started reading them and I really like them a lot. Maybe also a bunch of John Grisham books and all of the Twilight books since I never bought them, but always just borrowed from my sister.

Follow My Book Blog Friday with "Alison Can Read" #5

The question of the week is.... (drum roll please....)

Question: In light of 11.11.11 and Veteran's Day tell us about your favorite soldier and how he or she is saving the world. Fictional or real life.

I don't just have one favorite soldier, I have many. When I was getting ready to graduate High School I had tons of friends who decided to go into the service, in various branches. In particular I would like to mention Danny (my bestest best best friend's husband) who serves in the Air Force, Stephanie (a long time friend) who also serves in the Air Force, Dave who serves in the Air Force, Jeremy who serves in the Army, Shelly who serves in the Army, Josh who served in the Air Force, Gary who serves in the Army, Jason who served in the Marine Corps, and many more whom I cannot think of right now, but whom should not be forgotten or appreciated.

Follow My Book Blog Friday with "Alison Can Read" #4

This week's "question" which is more a of request:

Take a pic with you and your current read! Too shy? Boo! Just post a fun pic you want to share.

Soooo here is a picture with my current read (just starting today) and my African Grey Parrot, Harrison :)



Harrison likes to chew on EVERYTHING... even my library books...

Follow My Book Blog Friday with "Alison Can Read" #3

Happy Friday all! I'm linking up again this week with Follow my Book Blog Friday at Alison Can Read! If you are here from the blog hop, welcome! Hope you enjoy my blog!

Q. If you could have dinner with your favorite book character, who would you eat with and what would you serve?

First off I would have to say that I would like to eat with Peeta Mellark from the Hunger Games trilogy! He seems like he would make good company and I really like his character in the books. Since his family owns the bakery, I would say that we would probably eat something from there...

Then I would probably have to say Jacob from Twilight. I am NOT an Edward fan at all. While I was reading the series I kept hoping and praying that Bella would end up with Jacob and I was more than displeased when I saw that he had ended up with her DAUGHTER instead... Can we just say AWKWARD??? Anyways, I think Jacob would be a much safer bet for a dinner date than say one of the vamps... After all, this question says who would you eat with? Not, who would you let eat you.... And I would say that Jake and I would probably have some hamburgers and fries or a nice big steak!

Finally I would like to have dinner with Susie Salmon from the Lovely Bones. I think she would be a great dinner date because she could tell me about all of her adventures in the "in between" and I could see us eating sweets or other desserts for dinner :)

Feature and Follow Friday with "Alison Can Read" #2

Linking up again with Friday Follow at Alison Can Read!

This week's question is...

Q.What superhero is your alter-ego?

Honestly, I have never thought of this.... However, I am a clean and organization FREAK, so I would say that my superhero alter would be someone who is somewhat OCD where cleaning and organizing is concerned and could maybe use that superhero power as a way of cleaning and organizing the world! :)

Feature and Follow Friday with "Alison Can Read" #1

So for the first time I am joining in on a Friday Hop with a book blog... each week they ask a question and request that we answer it in our blog, so here goes!

Q: If you could have characters from a particular book meet and form an epic storyline with characters from a particular TV series, which would you choose and why?

A: I would like the characters from Twilight Series (books) to meet with the characters from True Blood (tv show) and form an epic storyline. I love both of these groups of characters and I think it would be fascinating to see what kind of storyline could be made with both, since while they both focus on vampires, they do so in very different ways.