Hey! It’s Friday, and I got featured!
Well imagine my surprise, when my little blog jumped from a 21 visit average to 92 in one day. I was flabbergasted! (I love that I get to use that word in context, never give up the right to go all vocab when you can.) So today is feature friday! Hosted by Parajunkee over here and I am the featured book blogger! This weeks question:
Q: Define what characteristics your favorite books share. Do they all have a kick ass heroine or is the hot love interest the Alpha Male?
Most of my books are wildly different from each other. However, the ones that I get lost in most easily all have a varied and rich universe. It may sound confusing but shouldn’t be. Think Lord of The Rings, Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia… and before you think I’m just a fantasy lover this also pertains to the awesome universes of John Grisham and Dick Francis novels. Basically when an author “creates” their worlds with passion and detail I can’t help but escape into them time and time again. Stories aren’t just about characters for me, the more real the world, the easier to get lost in it.
Thanks to everyone for stopping by! Feel free to look around, it’s not all books here as I recently got engaged, and can’t stop blabbing about it. Books are one of the most constant things I turn to, so there’s a lot on them, but there’s also Life The Universe and Everything… which you should know, comes from a book 😉
Peace out and Happy Friday!
Moi
xo
Progress and Procrastination 
Congratulations on being featured this week! 🙂 I’ve followed you through RSS.
thanks! I’ve been reading up on your pottermore experiences! Sounds amazing, when’s it out of beta?
Just blogging by, great answer.
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Congrats on the feature this week 🙂 And congrats on the engagement!!!!
I like your answer a lot. It’s important that the world be real and alive and vibrant… definitely!! Congrats on being Featured!!
🙂 I’m a new follower via blog-lovin’ I think… working on it, anyway. My FF is here: Colorimetry
Thanks 🙂 I love how wordpress gave you a ‘burgandy’ gravatar lol. Have a fun FF and cool author interview!
jfeldt
Congrats on the engagement.
Great question. i read fantasy too.
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Congrats on the feature! Your answer is very similar to mine. I love being able to get sucked into a good story.
New follower
Congrats on being featured. =] I love your answer and I completely agree with it. The world is so important. =] Awesome answer. Followed through Twitter. =]
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Congrats on being featured this week!
I love your answer, it’s pretty similar to mine. I know exactly how you feel when you say you like books that have their own unique worlds.
New follower!
Check out my FF: Tabitha’s Book Blog
Oooh! I absolutely LOVED your question!!
I am now following 😀
Kristin from GrowingUpya.blogspot.com
Great answer and definitely following.
Here’s mine: http://readingthroughdawn.blogspot.com/2012/02/page-36-follow-friday.html
I love it when a great new world is created/introduced to me!!
Congrats on the feature,
Ninja Girl
Congrats on your feature! I’ve added you to my google reader!
Your answer is perfect! I agree completely!
My FF is HERE.
Rich universes are the only good kind of books 🙂 If the world in the book isn’t good, then it probably isn’t a good read.
Congrats!
Bri @ Kindling the Fire
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I definitely agree! A rich and detailed universe is something that can put a book on my favorite list!
New follower via email 🙂
The Muggle
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Congrats on the Feature 🙂
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Congrats on your engagement 😉
Couldn’t agree more. Great world building goes a long way for books to squeeze into my heart. Half the time I review books, I rave about the wonderful universe created by the authors.
PS. Following via feed 🙂
Happy Follow Friday! Congratulations on being a featured blog. I’m a new follower. I like good world building too.
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Congrats on the feature. I agree about the world building. For me though, it’s all about the characters.
Daniel @ Bound By Words
Congrats on getting featured! I think a good book is all about world building!
I am now following your blog! You can check mine at http://www.deadtreesandsilverscreens.com and I’m having a giveaway @
http://www.deadtreesandsilverscreens.com/2012/01/giveaway-win-ebook-copy-of-within.html
Congrats on your feature 🙂
New follower 🙂
Congrats on being the feature for the week!!!! Good word building is great, but I have to see my weakness is when there are fantastic characters!!! Hope you have a great weekend!!!!
Congrats on your feature!
Oh. Congrats on the engagement and being the feature 🙂
I love your answer. It’s so wonderful when the worlds are well developed and suck you in!
I’m a new follower 🙂
Here’s mine
Congrats on being the featured blogger!
I totally agree with you about feeling like you can just step into the world of a book just by reading the descriptions and the characters’ interactions! I totally want to go to Hogwarts! 😉
Congrats on the engagement, too, that’s really exciting!
Andrea (New Follower) (My FF + Giveaway!)
I love to be able to read a book that has a well developed world. I like to be able to feel like I’m stepping into the world that the character’s are in.
Congrats on being a feature!
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Great feature! Can’t wait to read all your blog posts 🙂
I am new to the friday follow blog hop, so I am just saying hey!
So true. There is nothing better than escaping into the world of a great book. It’s like a vacation without leaving your bedroom.
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