Book Blogger Hop 23/01/2014

The Book Blogger Hop is hosted on the site Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer.

Its purpose it to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new blogs, 

befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to their own blog. 

Each week bloggers answer a different question. This week's question was wether I blogged for fun or for a living. 

I blog for fun! I have never made any money off this site, but I do get free books in exchange for reviews from time to time, which is always nice! 

What about you? Do you blog for fun or for a living? Let me know in the comments! 

Book Blogger Hop 19/12/2013

The Book Blogger Hop is hosted on the site Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer.

Its purpose it to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new blogs, 

befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to their own blog. 

Each week bloggers answer a different question. This week's question is: what books do you want for Christmas? 

Well, nobody gives me books for Christmas anymore (mostly because I usually don't ask for specific gifts and gifting me with books is hard) so it's not a question I have asked myself in a while. If I had to choose, I'd ask for these books: 

"The Chaos of Stars" by Kiersten White, because it has such a pretty cover, as well as "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman, because it has such gorgeous drawings (that aren't nearly as good in the kindle version, sadly) are two books whose physical copy I'd love to get for Christmas. 

So, what books do you want for Christmas this year? 

Book Blogger Hop

The Book Blogger Hop is hosted on the site Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer.

Its purpose it to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, 

befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to their own blog. 

Each week bloggers answer a different question. This week's question is: do you post your book reviews as soon as you have completed the book or do you wait a few days?

I usually wait at least a day, but it depends how long it takes me to process what I just read and to judge, as objectively as possible, what worked and what didn't.

What about you? Do you post immediately or do you wait? 

Book Blogger Hop

The Book Blogger Hop is hosted on the site Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer.

Its purpose it to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, 

befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to their own blog. 

Each week bloggers answer a different question. This week there were two questions. The first one was: Norman Bates VS Hannibal Lecter: Which one of these famous book murderers is scarier? 
Hannibal Lecter, definitely. He's reminder that monster can hide behind a classy, cultured and charming façade.  

The second question was: who is your favorite book villain?
I'm going to name two: Voldemort from the Harry Potter series and Jeanine Matthews from the Divergent trilogy. 
Voldemort is the Hitler of the Wizarding World: he's charming, charismatic and he's motivated mostly by an unquenchable thirst for power.
Jeanine's motives are a lot more understandable than Voldemort's: she does the horrible things she does for power, but also because she genuinely thinks that they are a necessary evil. She does everything to protect the world she knows from something that could destroy it. 

Halloween Edition: What scary book would you like turned into a feature film?

The Book Blogger Hop is hosted on the site Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer.

Its purpose it to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, 

befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to their own blog. 

Each week bloggers answer a different question. This week's question was:

Which scary book would you like to see turned into a feature film?

The Face, by E. F. Benson. I'm kind of cheating, since it's a short story and not a book, but I would love to see it on film nonetheless. It probably would look really good. I imagine it filmed in stark colors: the blue of the sea, the black of the stone, the bone-white of the head-stones. 

I'd especially enjoy seeing the main character's recurring dream, the graveyard scene and the ending. Probably because they're all set more or less in the same place. 

Book Blogger Hop: Halloween Edition: What Book Gave You The Creeps?

The Book Blogger Hop is hosted on the site Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer.

Its purpose it to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, 

befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to their own blog. 

Each week bloggers answer a different question. This week's question was:

What Book Gave You The Creeps?

I'm going to name a classic and choose "Carmilla", by Le Fanu. It's a perfect example of slow build done right. There is very little to no plot almost until the end, and the book is narrated in the first person by the main character, so the stakes aren't that high - the reader knows she's going to survive.
I also started reading knowing exactly who, or more precisely what, Carmilla actually is.
Yet all this, which normally would lead me to becoming a frustrated, ranting mess, somehow comes together beautifully.
"Carmilla" was creepy as hell. And it does build-up for 90% of the novella, but the reader gets a final showdown that's worth the wait.