Book Blogger Hop: The Rewards

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Happy Friday everyone. 

TGIF!!!!!  Hope you all had a great, productive week full of page turning fun.  I just handed in my finals and I am going to do nothing but read what I want and drink wine.  LOL!  

What are your weekend plans?

What is Book Blogger Hop all about?

Each week the host at Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted writer will prompt a new topic submit by a blogger and everyone can join in with their answers. You should join us! It's quite fun!  No really it is!

This Weeks Topic/Question

September 11th - 17th: What is most rewarding about being a book blogger? (submitted by Elizabeth)

Quicky Review #30: Trouble in Paradise and If I'm Dead

Welcome back to another Quicky Review.

A lot of the time I like to read short stories, prequels and free audiobooks that are short and sweet.  But why do a full review on a book that is say... 100 or less pages long.  I do Quicky Reviews for the shorties and children books as well.  Basically, short stories get short reviews.

Here are just a few sentences on two novella in audiobook form from a few months ago.

There are other Quicky Reviews for you to check out too and don't worry there will be more to come.

Previous Quicky Review

Quicky Review #27: The Julian's Chapter
Quicky Review #28: Pluto

Quicky Review #29: Loogie and I'll Be Home for Christmas 

5 Things I Learned While Not Blogging

As you can see from my Archives list at the bottom of the blog, I have taken some time off from blogging since May.  I slowed down a ton and just posted a few things here and there.  Of course I posted the D.O.T.S. reading challenge review linky once a month.  And yes, I was riddled with blogger guilt.  You know what I mean.  Feeling like you are a complete slacker for not posting a blog post every single day then every single week. Those feelings of losing all you blog readers are a bit overwhelming at times.  And let's not talk about those feeling of not joining all the cool kids on the blog events going on like Bout of Books. 
But you know what?
After a month of those feelings I kinda of got over it.  Like I almost forgot I even had a blog some days.  I don't know how that happened but it did.  I had other life stuff going on (and I still do) so there was a reason behind it all. 
Now that I am making an effort to blog again I have a few life/blog lessons I thought I would pass on to you.  These are the 5 things I learned while I wasn't blogging. 

What I Am Reading...

The Mango Season

Review: Insurgent

Insurgent Author: Veronica Roth Genre: Dystopia Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Release Date: May 1, 2012 Audiobook: 11 hours and 22 minutes Narrator: Emma Galvin Source: Free from e-Library

Sunday Delight: Getting Back in the Saddle

Happy Sunday

I know you are wondering what the Apple Cider Vinegar on the header is all about.  Well as you may have noticed it's that time of year when the weather is changing.  For many of us that means cold season is coming.  Apple Cider Vinegar is the best, most natural way to fight the cold going around.  NO really it is!  I put it up there as a reminder to get your bottle and start by taking it once a week for the month then up it to twice a week or more as needed.  It will keep you healthy and if you do get sick, you will not be sick for a long time.  There are so many ways to take it but I like to do it first thing in the morning.  

1 part honey

1 part Apple Cider Vinegar

1 part hot water

1 pinch of Cayenne pepper (optional)

Other people have different recipes and different thoughts on it.  I highly advise you to read as much as you can before taking anything at all.  Here is a great place to start

PINTEREST: APPLE CIDER VINEGAR FOR COLDS

Now back to my regularly scheduled blog post.

I am thrilled to say as of right now (Thursday night) I have officially gotten my blogging back in the saddle.  I have 10 scheduled blog post!!! Whoot!  Whoot!

Cover Characteristics: Chess Pieces

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Each week we will post a characteristic and choose 5 of our favorite covers with that characteristic. If you want to join in and share your 5 favorite covers with the weeks particular characteristic, then just make a post, grab the meme picture (or make your own) and leave your URL in Linky (so we can visit).
You don’t even need to participate, just stopping by and saying hi would be great! Don’t forget to stop by the other participants!

I have missed doing this meme so much.  I am a book cover judge and I have been judging for years.  So to get to do a whole meme dedicated to just covers is like second nature for me and fun.  Today's theme is all about Chess pieces.  My revelation about this was chess piece on the cover means thriller/mystery.  Hmmm!  Oh by the way, I didn't pick Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer because I thought everyone else would pick it.  

Your move.  

Click on the book titles below to go to their Amazon page.

~ Chess Pieces ~ 

1.  Chessboard Planet by Henry Kuttner

2.  The Pawn by Steven James 

3.  The Rook by Steven James 

4.  The Chess Queen Enigma by Colleen Gleason

Review: Paper Towns

Paper Towns Author: John Green Genre:YA Publisher:  Brilliance Audio Release Date: October 16, 2008 Audiobook:  8 hours and 3 minutes Narrator: Dan John Miller Source: Free from BEA14

Book Blogger Hop: Years of Blogging

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Happy Friday everyone. 

TGIF!!!!!  So glad today is Friday.  I have been waiting on this three day weekend for the longest.  Just kinda freaked out that my finals start on Monday.  ARGH!  The perils of online classes.  They don't care about holidays. 

What is Book Blogger Hop all about?

Each week the host at Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted writer will prompt a new topic submit by a blogger and everyone can join in with their answers. You should join us! It's quite fun!  No really it is!

This Weeks Topic/Question

September 4th - 10th:  How many years have you been blogging, and is there a story behind your blog's name? (submitted by Elizabeth)

#ReadingQueue: September 2015

 Reading Queue is a monthly meme hosted by Book Tasty and Books: A True Story.

Welcome to the Reading Queue.  

What is the reading queue all about?

Reading Queue is a monthly meme where you share what books you plan to read for the month. You can hop to other blogs and see what others are reading and maybe find someone reading the same thing as you! Or you can ask for people to vote on what you should read next if you can’t decide.

This month will be interesting because I have a full time job as most of you know but I will be taking three classes as well.  One of them is Entertainment Law and I have a feeling there will be a lot of reading to do.  I will try and keep this list very realistic.  So here is what I have lined up for the month of September. (Click the links below to go to the books Amazon page.)