BBAW - My Blog Goals

I can't believe this is the last day of BBAW. This week has flown by and I've met so many new bloggers and had so much fun. Thanks BBAW for giving us our own special week! I really can't believe I managed 4 post in one day and left comments on all those other blogs all before noon, well most before my work day even started.

I just started my blog this summer on a whim and didn't really know what I wanted to write about at first. I love movies and books so it has developed into a review blog mostly with a few other post here and there. My goals for the coming year are to blog on a more consistant basis (hopefully, time won't get away from me too often). I plan to have more interviews and giveaways. I also want to triple my followers, so I'm going to have a contest to help that along (more details on that in a future post).

My goal for the book blogging world is to leave more comments on these other fabulous blogs I follow and subscribe to. And who knows, maybe make up some more new awards (that has been been fun).

Thank you everyone who has been stopping by this week, please check out the blogs listed on the three awards I gave out today. They are all beyond fabulous!! Especially our newbies... they need comments and followers!

BBAW - My Reading Habits

Do you snack while you read? If so, favorite reading snack?

Rarely. But if I do it's usually something like M&M's or those candy corn pumpkins Diane & I love.

Do you tend to mark your books as you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify you?

Fiction I never mark, but non-fiction I sometimes highlight.

How do you keep your place while reading a book? Bookmark? Dog-ears? Laying the book flat open?

I have a magnetic bookmark I use, because the cats steal everything else. Sometimes I mark pages with post-it flags also.


Fiction, Non-fiction, or both?

If it's a book, I love it!

Hard copy or audiobooks?

Definitely hard copy. I like audiobooks, but I get too easily distracted and miss things, then have to replay.


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?

Depends on the book and the author.


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

If it's fiction I just keep reading, but non-fiction I will look up words.


What are you currently reading?

Dream Reachers, Dark Slayer and I'm just about to start the new Dan Brown, because it came in the mail today!

What is the last book you bought?

Dark Slayer


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 obviously read more than one at a time, but I do try to make sure the genres are atleast different. Otherwise I tend to get the characters confused. I am blonde afterall...hehehe

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

I read books everywhere and always have atleast one with me. My favorite time of day is early evening, just after the sun has set.....must be that vampire blood.

Do you prefer series books or stand alone books?
I love both, but if I really love the characters nothing beats a series. They become like your best friend from college. You don't talk to them all that often but when you do the time in between disappears

Is there a specific book or author that you find yourself recommending over and over?

Steve Berry or Michael Crichton... either author usually has something for everyone.

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

Right now most are in boxes if I've read them, the rest are piled all over my room, but when I had my library in my house, they were by hard cover or soft cover, then by genre, then alpha by author. I'm a bit OCD.

BBAW is finally here!!!

Book Blogger Appreciation Week is finally here and I have a great week planned celebrate! I only have one review planned for this week and since this week is special, I chose an amazing series by one of my favorite authors, LJ Smith. My review of Night World will post later today. Tuesday, I will be posting an interview with fellow blogger, Today's Adventure's NotNessie. Wednesday, will be an interview and book giveaway with the author of King by Right of Blood and Might, Anna L Walls. Thursday, will be an interview and book giveaway with the author of A Circle of Souls, Preetham Grandhi. And Friday, I have a special surprise waiting. It promises to be an exciting week in the book blogging world!!