Friday, November 12, 2010

Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday Nov. 12-15


The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly meme hosted by Jennifer @ Crazy-for-Books. It's a chance for book bloggers to interact, make new friends, and most importantly, share their love of books!

This week's question is:
If you find a book that looks interesting but is part of a series, do you always start with the first title?
Uh, heck to the yes. I hate reading a series out of order. The only time I did that was when I picked up the second novel in Anne McCaffrey's Dragonrider of Pern series (are you guys sick of me pushing that title on ya? xP). I immediately bought the first. I cannot read a series out of order in any circumstance. I like going into stories cold turkey, without having read the synopsis or knowing anything about the book, but not 2nd novel cold turkey. I might have missed something important in the first novel.



Follow Friday is a weekly meme posted on Friday's that is hosted by Parajunkee @ Parajunkee's View. To join, all you have to do is follow the host and the week's featured blogger. Then put your name on the linky, grab the button, and follow, follow, follow as many people as you can! If someone comments and says they're following you, be a dear and follow back -- it's all about spreading the love during Follow Friday! :)

This week's question is:

What is your usual monthly book budget?


Book budget? What's that? I'm a poor college student that survives on the sale of 4 cups of ramen noodles for $1. So, my book budget is $0. I either borrow books from the library or hog Barnes and Noble's air conditioning while I read a book in the store. I only ever buy a book if it is extremely good - so extreme that I can't live my life without owning that book in some form.

27 comments:

Caroline said...

Hey, thanks for hopping by! Following you back :)
I feel your pain in regards to the book budget; I just graduated and God, it feels good to have a job and live off of real food, ha. I remember the days of begging my friends to borrow their books, too. Have a great weekend!

Book Soulmates said...

Greetings from Miami :)
Thanks for stopping by our Hop today and for your sweet words!

We're almost always hosting giveaways on our blog so please feel free to visit & sign up for some freebies! We're happy to help a poor college student ;o)

Have a wonderful weekend!
♥Isalys

Crystal @ RBtWBC said...

Hi Kristina!
Totally agree with you on HAVING to read a series in order.
Have a lovely book filled weekend!

http://readingbetweenthewinesbookclub.blogspot.com/

Missy Salsa said...

Thanks for checking out my blog! Following back :) Enjoy the weekend!

www.missysalsa.blogspot.com

La Coccinelle said...

Nice answers! Have a great weekend.

AlleluiaLu said...

Yes, I thought that question was funny, too. Check out my post here: http://bookendcrossing.blogspot.com/2010/11/friday-43-days-to-christmas-omg.html

I already follow you, so see you around the blogosphere. The Hunger Games is next on my list of books to read!

Melissa (i swim for oceans) said...

Happy hopping, Kristina! Book budget hahahaha I should really set one, but I'd rather read than eat, so I often end up doing just that ;)

Anonymous said...

I'm following you now too! I was once a poor college student too, so don't worry about a book budget. Yours is textbook budget. ;)

I always have to go back and read the 1st book in a series. I want to know all the background before starting the others.

twitter: @Julie_Brazeal

S (Book Purring) said...

Following you back bb :0)

Anonymous said...

Thanks for stopping by. I've totally been there eating ramen.

Ivy said...

I know what you mean by a poor college student. So am I! :( I wished books were cheaper or something since we have to buy textbooks more than reading books. :\

I also followed you. Thanks for the follow!

K said...

Hi Kristina! Thanks for stopping by and commenting on my blog - I'll be following yours now too!

Ah, college. I remember all the money I spent on textbooks and think of all the hundreds of books I could have bought that I would've actually enjoyed reading.... :)

Great blog! Looking forward to reading your reviews!

Sally Bibrary said...

Hi, hon - stopping by to return the Follow Friday love!


Sally (Bibrary Bookslut)

Hugs,
Sally

Anonymous said...

Hi! I'm stopping by from the hop :) I try to read books in the order intended, but I have had a few instances that I found I was reading a sequel. Have a blessed weekend!

P.S. I too have a very small book budget, I usually buy books on VERY special occasions.

Jen said...

Hopping on by to say hello! I'm with you on the no $ book budget --- that's why I get most of my things from the library. :)

Sugarbeat said...

Hi There! Thanks for the visit! I'm following you back! Nice site! Many of us have been poor students - it passes.....then you have kids and you are poor again :) Hope you have a productive weekend!

Laura Massey said...

I'm right there with you. School can really drain a budget. I feel like all my money has been paying for school stuff and gas lately. Thanks for reading and commenting on occasion. Have a great weekend!

Ashley @ Bookaholics Anonymous said...

Hey just stopping by again for the follow :)
Hope you have a good weekend!

Megan Mack said...

LOL Right!! No offense taken. I'm a broke ass college kid. Sometimes I have to choose between eating and getting a book I really want to read that my library doesn't have. hehe..I'm getting better about choosing to eat but it is an uphill battle :P

Thanks for stopping by :D

Orhedea said...

Hi! I like your blog! My library provides only classic Russian Literature. So, i have to buy books(

Celine said...

Hey Kristina,
Thanks for stopping by at my blog (:. I can understand what you mean, if you don't have that much money to spare you only want the best of the best!

I by the way adore your blog name, that's just plain awesome xD.

Love, Celine
Nyx Book Reviews

Anonymous said...

Hey Kristina! Thanks for stopping by, we are new followers!

As for book budget. The library is a GREAT place to get books. And honestly, I’m sure that you know your school comes first anyway.

Have a great weekend!

Kristina said...

Happy Saturday (I'm late stopping by), I have several series I have read out of order with no problem. I've also had the reverse started in middle by mistake and ruined all the books that came before it.

Amanda from Novel Addiction said...

Thanks for stopping by my blog Novel Addiction - I'm your newest follower! I remember the poor student days, and it's good that you use your library! As a librarian I'm certainly glad to hear that =)

Have a great weekend!!
www.glowsnoveladdiction.blogspot.com

Fiction Spark said...

Hi Kris... Thank you for dropping by my blog and its nice to hear from you and also to know that I look like your cousin....

Have a great time reading your books..

April said...

Thanks for checking out my blog and for following me!
Great blog and i'm following you back!

Brazen Broads Book Bash said...

Hi!

Thanks for stopping by the Brazen Broads Book Bash blog. We're hopping through, albeit a little late this weekend, and we wanted to thank you for all the nice things you said about our blog. We're your newest followers, so we'll be back again, and hope you'll return to the Broads site soon.

Alexandria
http://brazenbroadsbookbash.blogspot.com/

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