Feature & Follow #42 ~ Reading Outdoors!

Feature & Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read where two blogs are featured. Click the links above to follow the hosting bloggers and the featured bloggers and enter the link to your own post in the linky. Hop around to as many blogs as you can - find new blogs to follow and gain some new followers as well. Mingle and make some new blogger friends! :D

Follow me any way you'd like but especially by Bloglovin' or email (feedburner to the left) and Twitter. Thank you! <3

I also just made a blog button, which you'll find to the left! Feel free to grab it, and if you do, let me know so I can grab yours, too! Thank you to Chene from Mean Who You Are who referred me to a tutorial on how to make one with a code! :)

  Q: Spring is in the air! Show off your favorite outdoors reading spot. If you don't go outside...well where else to you read that isn't inside your house? We want pics! 

A: I like reading at our park while the kids are playing. :) Luckily I have these pictures from last year 'cause right now, it ain't looking too springy outside, lol. 

Where's your outdoor spot? 

Feature & Follow #16 ~ Cause Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

I'm so excited to finally be joining Feature and Follow Friday!! This is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read where they each feature a blogger with an interview as well as ask a question for all participating bloggers to answer. Please click the links above to follow the hosting bloggers as well as the featured bloggers and enter your own post link in the linky. Hop around to other blogs - find new blogs to follow and gain some new followers as well. Mingle and make some new blogger friends! :D

Q: Have you broken up with a series? If so, which one and why? 

I can't really think of one to be honest. I haven't read the last two books in the Sookie Stackhouse series, but from what I'm seeing around the blogosphere, tons of people are upset with the way the last book was written. So maybe that will end up being a series I break up with. I really hope not, though, 'cause I love Sookie. I don't want to be horribly disappointed by the end of the series, eek! 

I can't wait to read everyone's answers! Have you broken up with a series?   

Bout of Books 7.0 ~ Day 2 Update

I'm participating in my first read-a-thon, Bout of Books, organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal.

My Goal ~ Books to Read: 

• Finish The Garden by Paul T. Harry
• In Darkness We Must Abide by Rhiannon Frater
• Ink (Ink #1) by Holly Hood
• Taking on the Dead (The Famished Trilogy #1) by Annie Walls
• Of Silver and Beasts (Goddess Wars #1) by Trisha Wolfe
• Delirium (Debt Collector #1) by Susan Kaye Quinn

Monday May 13

Number of books finished today: 0

Total number of books finished: 0

Books read: I read Delirium (Debt Collector #1) by Susan Kaye Quinn before the read-a-thon started, so I can cross that one off my list. :)

Currently reading: The Garden by Paul T. Harry and Ink (Ink #1) by Holly Hood

Tuesday May 14

Number of books finished today: 1

Total number of books finished: 1 

Books read: I began Comes the Night (The Casters Series #1) by Norah Wilson and Heather Doherty and thought I'd finish it before Bout of Books started, but I just finished it today. 

Currently reading: The Garden by Paul T. Harry and Ink (Ink #1) by Holly Hood

Please click here to find the helpful template on the Bout of Books blog I use to keep track of my progress. :D

I have a question ~ should I count Delirium towards my total number of books read even though I read it before the read-a-thon since it was on my list? Thanks! :)

Feature & Follow #11 ~ Fun or Fail?

I'm so excited to finally be joining Feature and Follow Friday!! This is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read where they each feature a fellow blogger and ask a question which can be answered by participating bloggers. If you aren't already following the two hosting bloggers, please visit their blogs to follow them, the bloggers they're featuring, and enter your own blog in the linky. Hop around to other blogs - find new blogs to follow and gain some new followers as well. :D

Q: Give us a sneak! What are you reading? Tell us about a fun or fail scene in your current read.
 
I'm currently reading Darkness on a Pale Blue Stone by D.T. Peterson.  Okay, so to give you some background, the book takes place in 2072. A global blackout destroying all technology throws the world into chaos, and there is even talk of possible aliens whom the people of Earth are calling "Exterminators" destroying anything left that's human made.

Though this is a dark and scary kind of story, there's actually been some fun scenes that I've really gotten a kick out of. The opening scene was so much like an action movie with plenty of danger and suspense. I felt like I could picture Tom Cruise playing the main role - it was really cool. It felt like an homage to those kinds of movies like Mission Impossible, Snatch, etc. That's all I'll say so I don't give anything away! :D

How about you? I can't wait to read everyone's responses. This is a kick ass question!!

Since GFC is pretty much going by the wayside, I'd love to be followed by Bloglovin', email, and/or Twitter. Let me know if you're a new follower, and I'll gladly return the favor! :)

WiW ~ one book at a time vs. multiple books at a time

This is a new weekly meme hosted by Lauren from Epilogue Review. Each week there will be a something vs. something topic for you to post your thoughts about. Make sure to visit Lauren at her awesome blog, Epilogue Review, and also check out the other nifty blogs also participating. :)

Comments below with your thoughts are always appreciated! :)

The topic this week: Reading one book at a time vs. Reading multiple books at a time

I now prefer to read multiple books at a time. They can't be similar at all or else I begin to mix up storylines. :)  I used to read one book at a time because I worried I wouldn't enjoy the book as much if I didn't completely focus on it. However, I've found reading multiple books to be advantageous, especially because I like to not only read books I've received for review but also books my group on Goodreads is reading. The most I can read at a time is four. Any more than that is overwhelming. :)

Which do you prefer? One book at a time or multiple books? How many books can you read at a time, and how many would be too much?

Coming up on Thursday 6/28:
I've received two blog awards over the weekend, and I'll share them with you tomorrow! :D

summer break

My daughter's last day of school for the year was last Wednesday, May 30th. I'm so happy, and so is she! She's a huge help with her little brother, our puppy, and she's really great to be around. She really brightens my day. We're both looking forward to reading and sleeping in when we can. :)

She's currently reading Mockingjay and If I Stay. She's already asking me if I have any recommendations of what she can read next. :) I saw her teacher at a garage sale where I was (what else?) buying books. She told me my daughter can read at a seventh grade level, and my daughter has just finished third grade. She's an awesome little reader, and I could not be prouder of her. :)

Besides reading as much as possible, I'd like to take the kids to the pool, to the park, on bike rides, out for walks with our puppy...we didn't get out a lot last summer, and I think we really need to this time around. Plus, there are always really cool stuff going on at our local library, and the kids both have friends we can have over.

So basically, I'm hoping for a really awesome summer not just for me but for the kids as well. I'm excited to spend time with them doing fun things and going fun places, and I like not having to worry about having a specific schedule since I'm more of a go-with-the-flow kind of person. :)

There should be plenty of mini-adventures to read about here, so keep tuning in. I appreciate all of you and hope you're having a great summer, too! :D