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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (35)

Posted on Sunday, October 2nd, 2011 by the1stdaughter


This fabulous weekly recap is hosted by Shelia of One Persons Journey Through a World of Books. Each week we recap what we’ve read and look at what’s coming up this week. If you’re interested head over to Shelia’s site and get involved! It’s a blast and I may even stop by to see what you’re up to!

Here’s what we’ve been up to this week:

Can I just get a pass on last week? Yeah, recovering from surgery is no fun. Thankfully last week I had my mom to help with the kiddos and I’m finally starting to feel like my old self again. Yay! So, watch out blog readers! I’m coming back this week with reviews and comments like you won’t believe…I think.

Oh! And if you missed the Turkeybird’s vlog debut make sure you go back and check it out! It’s fantastic, if I do say so myself.

Reviewed (Just click on the title to see the Review!):

Interviewed/Guest Posts:
Author Interview: 20 Questions with Jon Klassen

Events/Randomness:
Interrobang YA?! Week Four
Just Floating In: The Cybils 2011
AW October 2011 New Releases (For Chick Lit Reviews)
Cover Wars: If This is Paradise I Want My Money Back by Claudia Carroll (For Chick Lit Reviews)

What’s up for the week to come:

Reading/Reviewing/Listening:

The Turkeybird and Littlebug are Reading/Reviewing:

So, what are you reading this week? Have any suggestions I should add to my reading pile?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (34)

Posted on Sunday, September 25th, 2011 by the1stdaughter


This fabulous weekly recap is hosted by Shelia of One Persons Journey Through a World of Books. Each week we recap what we’ve read and look at what’s coming up this week. If you’re interested head over to Shelia’s site and get involved! It’s a blast and I may even stop by to see what you’re up to!

Here’s what we’ve been up to this week:

This week has been…well, long would be the best adjective to describe it. On Friday I had surgery and most of the rest of the week I spent worrying about actually having the surgery. Thankfully everything went well and I’m recovering pretty good as well. So, lets hope this week brings some more excitement and less worrying, right?!

Reviewed (Just click on the title to see the Review!):

Interviewed/Guest Posts/Vlogs:
Just Floating In: Me at The Lemme Library
Interrobang YA?! Week Three

Events/Randomness:
Top Ten Tuesday: Yeah Yeah…I Know
Book Dreaming and a Giveaway: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Banned Books Week Giveaway Hop
A Bit of Me(Me) – Kermit the Frog

What’s up for the week to come:

Reading/Reviewing/Listening:

The Turkeybird and Littlebug are Reading/Reviewing:

So, what are you reading this week? Have any suggestions I should add to my reading pile?

A Bit of Me(Me) – Kermit the Frog

Posted on Saturday, September 24th, 2011 by the1stdaughter

Today A Bit of Me(Me) is back at There’s A Book! Yay! I’m a little late getting the post up because I had surgery yesterday. If I was on top of things I would have scheduled it in advance, but here I am typing away. LOL

So, last week Kellee at Teach Mentor Texts came up with the question for this week and I think it’s fabulous! Take a look:

What childhood toy, blanket, stuffed animal, etc. do you still have and cherish?


For me, this is an easy one. It’s a toy I just couldn’t go anywhere without and it’s still in with all of my childhood favorites. It’s my very own Kermit the Frog doll:

As a child I loved playing with Kermie, as I called him, and I watched every show or movie where he was involved. My two favorites being The Muppet Movie and A Muppet Christmas Carol. It’s been fun to pass these along to my kiddos now and see how much they enjoy them. I love it!

So what about you? Do you have a favorite from your childhood?

Next week’s A Bit of Me(Me) will be hosted back at Teach Mentor Texts with Jen, so don’t forget to swing by there next time to link-up! And here is next weeks question as well as this week’s link-up:
Have you met or worked with any famous people? Who? Where? When?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (33)

Posted on Sunday, September 18th, 2011 by the1stdaughter


This fabulous weekly recap is hosted by Shelia of One Persons Journey Through a World of Books. Each week we recap what we’ve read and look at what’s coming up this week. If you’re interested head over to Shelia’s site and get involved! It’s a blast and I may even stop by to see what you’re up to!

Here’s what we’ve been up to this week:

So much! This was a crazy and fun week. With Book Blogger Appreciation Week and a writing conference, I’m surprised my immune system thought I could handle getting sick on top of all of that as well. But it did. Thankfully, I was well enough for the conference and had my posts pre-scheduled for the majority of BBAW. To say it was an exciting week is an understatement. Not only was BBAW fantastic, but my writing conference included a favorite author of mine, Jonathan Maberry, as well as the incredible literary agent, Laurie McLean (think Julie Kagawa). I’ll be writing in full about it in the coming days, but lets just say it was one of the best experiences I’ve had since book blogging.

Reviewed (Just click on the title to see the Review!):

Book Blogger Appreciation Week:
Book Blogging Community Favorites
An Interview with That Guy From Bart’s Bookshelf
Staying Connected to the Book Blogging Community
For the Love of Reading
What’s in Your Tool Belt?

Interviewed/Guest Posts:
20 Questions with Tami Lewis Brown
Author Article: Meredith Mileti – Tastes Like Love? (For Chick Lit Reviews)

Events/Randomness:
Interrobang YA?! Week Two
Book Dreaming: Over the River and Through the Wood by Matt Tavares
Giveaway: Llama Llama Home with Mama by Anna Dewdney
Cover Wars: The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith (For Chick Lit Reviews)
Giveaway: Goddess of Vengence by Jackie Collins Audiobook (For Chick Lit Reviews)
Book Deals: Sarah Jio Signs for Two More Books! (For Chick Lit Reviews)

What’s up for the week to come:

Reading/Reviewing/Listening:

The Turkeybird and Littlebug are Reading/Reviewing:

So, what are you reading this week? Have any suggestions I should add to my reading pile?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (32)

Posted on Sunday, September 11th, 2011 by the1stdaughter


This fabulous weekly recap is hosted by Shelia of One Persons Journey Through a World of Books. Each week we recap what we’ve read and look at what’s coming up this week. If you’re interested head over to Shelia’s site and get involved! It’s a blast and I may even stop by to see what you’re up to!

Here’s what we’ve been up to this week:

So, I feel like last week was insane!!! But still, I only posted three reviews total on both sites I write for. Does that ever happen to you guys? I had a million posts, but mostly discussions, interviews and my first ever vlog! I was incredibly stressed for that, but I think it turned out great!

Also, on another fantastic note! Last week began the wonderful treasure hunt for Beth Kephart’s You Are My Only. It’s a collaboration with Beth and a few other fantastic book bloggers to spread the word of her fantastic new YA coming out in October. Be sure to check it out as we’ve got a huge amount of prizes including a writing critique by Beth for those writers out there!

It’s Book Blogger Appreciation Week as well! Are you participating?!

Reviewed (Just click on the title to see the Review!):

Discussion Posts:
Book Buying Q?s: Are You Too Old for Picture Books?

Interviewed/Guest Posts:
A Brilliant Author and a Wonderful New YA Novel
20 Questions with Andrew Jacobson
20 Questions with Adam Jay Epstein
Author Interview: Jackie Collins (Yep! You read that right! The Jackie Collins! For Chick Lit Reviews.)

Events/Randomness:
Interrobang YA?! (My first ever vlog!!!)
A Bit of Me(Me) – Fall Favorites
Lerner Publishing Group Giveaway!
BBAW 2011 Short Lists Are Announced!
2011 Cybils Awards – A Call for Judges!

What’s up for the week to come:

Reading/Reviewing/Listening:

The Turkeybird and Littlebug are Reading/Reviewing:

So, what are you reading this week? Have any suggestions I should add to my reading pile?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (31)

Posted on Sunday, September 4th, 2011 by the1stdaughter


This fabulous weekly recap is hosted by Shelia of One Persons Journey Through a World of Books. Each week we recap what we’ve read and look at what’s coming up this week. If you’re interested head over to Shelia’s site and get involved! It’s a blast and I may even stop by to see what you’re up to!

Here’s what we’ve been up to this week:

Happy Labor Day weekend everyone! I hope everyone is either a) enjoying a long or b) making a whole lot of money for working on a holiday! Either way I hope you are at least getting in some great reading!

On another note…I’m completely freaking out! I’m not sure if you’ve all heard about this new blogging project I’m a part of (yes, I needed another project), InterrobangYA. It’s a daily vlogging channel with a few other fantastic YA book bloggers. Each of us will share a vlog once a week and my day comes up on Sunday! So, what I’m freaking out about…I have zero idea what to vlog about. For some reason or another I’m a total blank. So, any ideas would be welcome, even questions you may have for me would be great! I’ve posted the trailer at the bottom of the post, take a look and let me know what you think.

Now, on to the reading for the week!

Reviewed (Just click on the title to see the Review!):

Articles:
Top Ten Tuesday: Add These to Your To-Read Shelf for this Fall!
Cover Wars: The Evolution of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender (For Chick Lit Reviews)
Debbie Macomber’s Christmas Cookbook (For Chick Lit Reviews)

Events/Randomness:
Book Dreaming: All These Things I’ve Done by Gabrielle Zevine
Book Dreaming: This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
Giveaway: Back to the Books Giveaway Hop
Book Publishers 101: A Month with Lerner Publishing Group
A Bit of Me(Me) – Blogs Blogs Everywhere
Read-to-Me Picture Book Challenge: September Link-Up
September 2011 New Releases (For Chick Lit Reviews)

What’s up for the week to come:

Reading/Reviewing/Listening:

The Turkeybird and Littlebug are Reading/Reviewing:

So, what are you reading this week? Have any suggestions I should add to my reading pile?

And here you go…the InterrobangYA Opening Announcement! Let me know if you have any suggestions for me or questions I can answer!