Blog Hop (3) & Follow Friday (4)

Book Blogger Hop is a weekly BOOK PARTY is an awesome opportunity for book bloggers to connect with other book lovers, make new friends, support each other, and generally just share our love of books!  It will also give blog readers a chance to find other book blogs to read!  It is sponsored by Crazy For Books, click on the link to get the full list of everyone participating and complete rules.

This weeks question is:
"Summer is coming quickly - what 2011 summer release are you are most looking forward to?"

My answer:  Dust & Decay by Jonathan Maberry.  I read and absolutely loved Rot & Ruin (you can read my review here), the first in this series, and can't wait to read what happens next.  It is due out in August.  Here is the summary from Good Reads:  

Six months have passed since the terrifying battle with Charlie Pink-eye and the Motor City Hammer in the zombie-infested mountains of the Rot & Ruin. It's also six months since Benny Imura and Nix Riley saw something in the air that changed their lives. Now, after months of rigorous training with Benny's zombie-hunter brother Tom, Benny and Nix are ready to leave their home forever and search for a better future. Lilah the Lost Girl and Benny's best friend Lou Chong are going with them.

Sounds easy. Sounds wonderful. Except that everything that can go wrong does. Before they can even leave there is a shocking zombie attack in town. But as soon as they step into the Rot & Ruin they are pursued by the living dead, wild animals, insane murderers and the horrors of Gameland –where teenagers are forced to fight for their lives in the zombie pits. Worst of all…could the evil Charlie Pink-eye still be alive?

In the great Rot & Ruin everything wants to kill you. Everything…and not everyone in Benny's small band of travelers will make it out alive.

 Follow Friday is sponsored by Parajunkee's View. Click on the link to get the full list of everyone participating and complete rules.

Q. Keeping with the dystopian and apocalypse theme that seems to be running rampant on parajunkee.com, I have one very hard question for you: If you were stocking your bomb shelter, what books would you HAVE to include if you only had space for ten?

 

 

 

Answer:  This is such a hard question!  And I am sure the answer would change all the time.  I am an ancient Greece and Roman junkie, so I would bring:

1) my copy of The Odyssey 

2) Oedipus Rex

3) The Antigone

4) Calvin and Hobbes book (because I'd need some laughs)

5) The Far Side (same reason)

6) Graceling by Kristin Cashore

7) Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

8) Fablehaven by Brandon Mull

9) The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry

10) The Hitch Hicker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Blog Hop (2) & Follow Friday (3)

The Blog Hop is sponsored by Crazy For Books.

This weeks question is: 
"If you find a book you love, do you hunt down other books by the same author?"

Blog Hop & Follow Friday

I am trying this Blog Hop for the first time.  It is sponsored by crazy-for-books.

This weeks question is:
"Pick a character from a book you are currently reading or have just finished and tell us about him/her."

I have just finished reading the young adult fantasy Graceling by Kristin Cashore.  The main character is Katsa and she is wonderful.  She lives in a world where some people are born with a Grace, and this is signified by having two different coloured eyes.  Katsa is born with the Grace of killing and the king exploits this to keep everyone in line.  Katsa is young, strong, can fend for herself, and think for herself.  I love a strong heroine, and Kristin Cashore certainly succeeded with Katsa.  I so enjoyed reading Graceling and watching Katsa grow and develop and realize her inner strengths.  I will post a full review of this book very soon.

Follow Friday is sponsored by Parajunkee's View.  Today's question for Follow Friday is:

Q. Do you have anyone that you can discuss books with IRL? Tell us about him/her.

 Unfortunately, I don't have someone I can discuss books with consistently, which is one of the reasons I have started this blog.  This is also why I have enjoyed reading other book blogs.

Follow Friday Blog Hop

I am trying something new here called Follow Friday sponsored by Parajunkee's View.  The idea is to check out other people's blogs.

This weeks question is:  Do you judge a book by its cover?

Yes, I do!! I find that the cover gives a feel for the book and can often set the tone.  I often use the cover to pick books depending on my mood.  I love a good cover.  That being said, I have been pleasantly surprised by some books and disappointed by others.