Book Blogger Hop: TBR Pile and Ethnic Characters

Hosted by Coffee Addicted Writer
Welcome everyone to another post of Book Blogger Hop (hosted by Coffee Addicted Writer). Each week there will be a new topic submit by a blogger and everyone can join in with their answers. You should join us! It's quite fun!

This Weeks Topic/Question

January 24th - 30th: Do you think you will ever read every book in your TBR stack? (submitted by Elizabeth)

Thoughtful Thrusday: What Draws You into a Book?

Hosted by Reading Is Fun Again
Pam over at Reading Is Fun Again (great blog name) started the new meme to get a few thoughts on a few bookish things.  You know how much I love sharing my thoughts/opinions on stuff I thought it would be perfect to add my two cents in too!

I created Thoughtful Thursday, because bookish thoughts kept popping up in my mind while reading, and I wanted to explore these questions and get your opinions too! -From Reading Is Fun Again

Today's Thoughtful Thursday Question

Does anything besides the text (and price) draw you into a book? Some books have covers that glow-in-the-dark. Some books have different colored text to differentiate POV characters. Some books have drawings intermixed with the text.

Mini Bloggiesta: Goals

I posted about 2 weeks ago, another Bloggiesta is coming.  This is my post for my mini-Bloggiesta goals.  Oh what?!  You don't know about Bloggiesta.  OMG!  Where have you been?  Ok!  Now that my shock is over, let me tell you about the amazing Bloggiesta.

In short, Bloggiesta is a blogging marathon revolving around ticking off those items on your to-do list and improving your blog while in the good company of other awesome bloggers doing the same thing. Our awesome mascot Pedro (Plan. Edit. Develop. Review. Organize) is ready to break out the nachos, enchiladas, drinks, mariachi music and whack a pinata or two! It’s nothing short of an awesome fiesta!     -From Bloggiesta About Page

Quicky Review #14: Army of One

Welcome to the first Quicky Review for 2014.  Here at My Little Pocketbooks Quicky Reviews are for shot stories mostly and children books.  Basically, the short stories get short reviews.
Here are just a few sentences on an audiobook (about 2 hours or less) I got free from Audible.com

There are other Quicky Reviews for you to check out too and don't worry there will be more to come. I like short stories because most of them are FREE and I can get in and out of one in no time.

Below are the links to the other Quicky Reviews from last year. 

Quicky Review #11: Riding the Bullet and Vampire Short Stories
Quicky Review #12: My Soul to Lose and The Booktaker
Quicky Review #13: Santa is Coming to California, Tallulah's Nutcracker and Hello Ninja 

Free Listens for January 2014

After noticing most bloggers post a list of free or really close to free e-books, every week, month or just once in awhile I decided to post a few free audiobooks.  I love free books. I mean who doesn't.

Yes, there is a such thing as a free audiobooks, and they are not just boring old classics either.  I seem to run across a few new ones here and there.  Some of them are short and sweet while others are prequels to popular series. 

When I run across a couple of free audiobooks, I will post them for you to check out as well.

If you are new to audiobooks this is a great way to try one or two without spending any money.

Happy Birthday Martin L. King Jr!

Happy Birthday Martin!

On everyone's calendar, today is marked Martin Luther King Jr Day.  But in fact his birthday was a week ago.  Martin Luther King Jr was born on January 15, 1929.  
Today, I wanted to let you know about a few books about him for adult and young readers alike.
There are so many great books out there to pick from and here are just a few notable and award winning reads.  Click here to see last years list of books. 

Review: Bless Me Ultima

 

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Bless Me Ultima Author: Rudolfo Anaya Genre: Fiction Publisher: Recorded Books Release Date: September 17, 2007 Audiobook: 11 hours and 16 minutes Narrator: Robert Ramirez Source: Free from Audiobooksync

Sunday Best #57

Hosted by Tanya at Girlxoxo.com
  So what is Sunday Best?
Every Sunday, we are going to share the best post on our blogs and other blogs we visited from the past week and link them up. Join us in showing off your Sunday Best and leave a comment or two.  

My Favorite Post from Me 

I'm Featured Today

Diversity on the Shelf: Approved Books
I Want to Talk About: Page Views
Golden Globe Pocketbooks

What I Am Reading...

Tuesdays With Morrie

What I Am Listening To...

Bless Me Ultima