New month, new read-a-long. This month I'm joining Evie @ Bookish and Rachelia @ Bookish Comforts on the Read-A-Long for Delirium by Lauren Oliver.
Every week they take turns putting up a recap of the chapters read and a discussion. Here's the schedule:
Chapters 1-7 on Feb 8 @ Bookish Comforts
Chapters 8-14 on Feb 17 @ Bookish
Chapters 15-21 on Feb 22 @ Bookish Comforts
Chapters 22-27 on Feb 27 @ Bookish
Darby Shaw, a brilliant Tulane law student who comes up with an ingenious theory to explain the baffling assassinations of two Supreme Court justices in one day. They were shot and strangled by ace international terrorist Khamel, who loves the film Three Days of the Condor, but government gumshoes don't get what connects the deaths. Silly government guys! They died so the conservative president, who just wants to be left alone to play golf, will appoint new, conservative justices who will help out a case involving an industrialist who is the enemy of pelicans and other living things. It's all spelled out for them in Darby's brief. She likes to do legal feats to impress her boyfriend, her boyish law prof Thomas (who, like Grisham, prefers to shave at most once a week, and is cool, smart, and antiauthoritarian). The prof likes to paint her toes red, in homage to Susan Sarandon in Bull Durham.
I can't believe it's already January 31, I feel like the month passed by so fast. I only read 4 books! I need to read more, I've found so many good books that I want to read thanks to Waiting on Wednesday, Teaser Tuesdays, Feed My Reader Friday, It's Monday, what are you reading?
I started this blog on November but I feel like I just started blogging this month. It was a little bit more time consuming than I thought but I'm learning and I think it's just a matter of getting used to things. It's been fun this month, getting to know new and old bloggers, joining read-a-longs, book clubs, discussions, tours and weekly memes. I'm hoping I'll finally get organized this week so it wont be as stressful as it is sometimes.
I just realized today that I had to link my challenges post for the month and freaked out because I still needed 3 posts. I realized I was wrong and I just need 2.
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine. Here we talk about a book that you're waiting to be released.
This is a new meme hosted by Paperbook Princess and Readers In Wonderland
The point of the meme is to find new blogs
All you have to do is:
Make a post! Easy right? Answer the weekly question, grab our button, and copy the code for the linky list we have posted.
Get the post URL, copy it, and enter the linky list.
The point of the meme is "leap frog" so it is a requirement to follow the person in front of you on the list! Not everyone, but the person directly before you. (And the hosts!)
Leave a comment on the post of whomever you follow, talking about the question and telling them you followed. (So they can follow you back!)
After you do the mandatory follows, you can then go around and comment/follow on anyone on the list!
Remember:
This runs for the ENTIRE week, meaning you have the entire week to go around and follow/enter.
Follow anyone who follows you back! Even if it's later in the week!
You can check out the full rules here.
It's Monday! What are you reading? is hosted by Sheila
Tell us what you read last week, what you're reading and what you plan to read this week.
This is my first blog tour and hopefully not the last, I am very excited.
For this stop we have the author's interview. Be sure to follow us along on every stop, there's a giveaway!
Author
Barbara Morgenroth
I was born in New York City but now live somewhere else. By now, I think of myself as a country girl and know more about gardening and animals than how to ride the subway.
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Know Me Better is hosted by I am A Reader, Not A Writer
Each week she picks 5 questions for us to answer.
This week's questions:
Top 5 songs on your playlist?
How much time do you spend reading each week?
What is the last thing you Googled?
Favorite places to travel
What is your favorite way to spend a rainy day?
I was thinking about the books I had to read and which ones I had already picked for next month when I thought about the Read by Theme book club. This month is Food/Drink and we could pick a book by its title, I immediately thought about Johnny Doesn't Drink Champagne and decided to use that one for the book club.
I don't know if I'll get to Bruno, chief of police and the Dark Vineyard but if I don't, I know I already read at least one book for this theme.
Other thing I was thinking, I was watching Law and Order during the week and there was a case about a woman with DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder).
I think our brain is amazing and I like reading about things like this. But I was interested in reading about it in Fiction so I did a little search and found two books I want to read. I still haven't bought them but thought they were very interesting. Identical by Ellen Hopkins and Multiples by Robert Silverberg (this one contains 14 short stories).
I'm not a psychologist or a doctor. I find a lot of things fascinating that have nothing to do with my degree. I just couldn't bear the idea of going to medical school, I don't like hospitals and psychology was just not for me. I'm interested in some things but not all of it.
Is it just me or do you find other things fascinating that have nothing to do with your major? If I had enough money I'll study all my life. But not go through college again, I'd just pick the things I like.
I started watching tv lately and I'm liking shows I had not seen before. Law and Order, Criminal Minds, Beauty and the beast (I just saw one episode but I think I'll keep watching it). I think this is the reason why I haven't read this past week. I'm still reading The Pelican Brief.
I'm going on a road trip today and I'm hoping to read that, that is if they don't make me drive.
Since I'm going away for the weekend, I don't know if I'll post tomorrow's Know Me Better but I'll try my best.
Feed My Reader Friday is hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer to share the new ebooks we've added to our readers, computers or phones during the week.
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine. Here we talk about a book that you're waiting to be released.
It's Tuesday and I really like Teaser Tuesdays hosted by Should Be Reading. But I still haven't finished reading The Pelican Brief. I started it last week and I've only picked it up once.
It's not that I didn't like it, because it was getting interesting but a lot of things happened that I just haven't read anything. I didn't want to put another teaser from the same book as last week so I decided not to post one today.
I'm hoping to actually finish this one at least in a couple of days so I can start other books before February. Maybe that's why I'm not in such a hurry, I've finished my challenges for this month, though I still had a couple of books to read before I started next month's.
This is a new meme hosted by Paperbook Princess and Readers In Wonderland
The point of the meme is to find new blogs
All you have to do is:
Make a post! Easy right? Answer the weekly question, grab our button, and copy the code for the linky list we have posted.
Get the post URL, copy it, and enter the linky list.
The point of the meme is "leap frog" so it is a requirement to follow the person in front of you on the list! Not everyone, but the person directly before you. (And the hosts!)
Leave a comment on the post of whomever you follow, talking about the question and telling them you followed. (So they can follow you back!)
After you do the mandatory follows, you can then go around and comment/follow on anyone on the list!
Remember:
This runs for the ENTIRE week, meaning you have the entire week to go around and follow/enter.
Follow anyone who follows you back! Even if it's later in the week!
You can check out the full rules here.
It's Monday! What are you reading? is hosted by Sheila
Tell us what you read last week, what you're reading and what you plann to read this week.
Know Me Better is hosted by I am A Reader, Not A Writer
Each week she picks 5 questions for us to answer.
This week's questions:
10 words that describe yourself?
Favorite TV Shows?
If you could take over the world, would you?
Who was the first boy you kissed?
How do you unwind?
I always wanted to join a Read-a-long and when I found this one I immediately joined. They were reading Divergent, my new favorite book! Sadly, I joined after the first Discussion.
This read-a-long is hosted by Evie @ Bookish and Rachelia @ Bookish Comforts
They do a recap of the chapters read every week and then post questions about them. We answer them on their post but I wanted to post my answers here as well. The real discussion this week is @ Bookish Comforts.
Here's the link to their Discussion # 2, chapters 10 - 20
If you haven't read the book, stop here because there are spoilers ahead.
Feed My Reader Friday is hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer to share the new ebooks we've added to our readers, computers or phones.
LIEBSTER BLOG AWARD
The rules of the Liebster Award are as follows:
1. Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog and link back to the blogger who presented this award to you.
2. Answer the 11 questions from the nominator, list 11 random facts about yourself and create 11 questions for your nominees.
3. Present the Liebster Blog Award to 11 blogs of 200 followers or less who feel deserve to be noticed and leave a comment on their blog letting them know they have been chosen. (No tag backs)
4. Copy and Paste the blog award on your blog.
I was nominated twice, does that mean I have to answer more than 11 questions? Ok I'll try, hopefully they have similar questions.
Thanks to A Bookish Escape and Salima Korri for nominating me
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine. Here we talk about a book that you're waiting to be released.
An angry rebel, John dropped out of school and enlisted in the Army, not knowing what else to do with his life--until he meets the girl of his dreams, Savannah. Their mutual attraction quickly grows into the kind of love that leaves Savannah waiting for John to finish his tour of duty, and John wanting to settle down with the woman who has captured his heart. But 9/11 changes everything. John feels it is his duty to re-enlist. And sadly, the long separation finds Savannah falling in love with someone else. "Dear John," the letter read...and with those two words, a heart was broken and two lives were changed forever. Returning home, John must come to grips with the fact that Savannah, now married, is still his true love—and face the hardest decision of his life.
Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two "teaser" sentences from that page
*Remember not to include spoilers
- Share the title and author so others can add the book to their TBR shelves if they like it!
This is a new meme hosted by Paperbook Princess and Readers In Wonderland
The point of the meme is to find new blogs
All you have to do is:
Make a post! Easy right? Answer the weekly question, grab our button, and copy the code for the linky list we have posted.
Get the post URL, copy it, and enter the linky list.
The point of the meme is "leap frog" so it is a requirement to follow the person in front of you on the list! Not everyone, but the person directly before you. (And the hosts!)
Leave a comment on the post of whomever you follow, talking about the question and telling them you followed. (So they can follow you back!)
After you do the mandatory follows, you can then go around and comment/follow on anyone on the list!
Remember:
This runs for the ENTIRE week, meaning you have the entire week to go around and follow/enter.
Follow anyone who follows you back! Even if it's later in the week!
You can check out the full rules here.
It's Monday! What are you reading? is hosted by Sheila
I'm excited for my second week of weekly memes, this is so much fun!
This post comes from Kate's Blog
Calling all bloggers!
Calling all bloggers!
Entangled needs you! *points at you*
Be part of The List.
Here's what you need to know:
One of my awesome publicists at Entangled is compiling a list of bloggers.
Here are the requirements:
Do you have a blog?
Do you love to review books?
Do you want access to books before they release?
If your answers to these questions is a resounding "YES" then you're the right blogger for the job.
We want you! Now's a great time to join The List.
If you want to be a part of The List, here's what you have to do:
1. Add Til Death to your Goodreads TBR pile: Til Death
2. Leave your information on her post: We Want You... To Be Part of "The List"
Know Me Better is hosted by I am A Reader, Not A Writer
Each week she picks 5 questions for us to answer.
This week's questions:
Where is your favorite spot to read?
Are you a fast or slow reader? Test your reading speed
Fanficton - Love it or Hate it? Have you ever read/written it?
Summer or Winter?
Truth or Dare?
When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people he can see in the distance.
But Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different to his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences.
Feed My Reader Friday is hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer to share the new ebooks we've added to our readers, computers or phones.
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine. Here we talk about a book that you're waiting to be released.
I'm seventeen and he's twenty-one. That's okay... isn't it? He drives a Lamborghini. So what? He was born in 1462. Uh-oh. He seeks revenge, but there is one person standing in his way. Me.
On a high school trip to London, Madison Lambourne meets seductive stranger Johnny De Vere, who believes he knows her already, and is torn between love and revenge. Eager to learn more about this beautiful, lonely young man, Madison agrees to go with him to a re-enactment at the Tower of London. Dressed as a highborn medieval lady in a black velvet gown, she accidentally slips through a doorway that leads to her past. Knowing she will not last long on the streets of medieval London, Johnny must follow her... with devastating consequences for them both. A wild time-travel adventure full of love, lies, mystery and betrayal.
