Book Blogger Hop #12

Well dang it's been a while since I've done a hop! And since I don't know what else I ought to be doing this Friday afternoon (I really *should* be doing something though) I thought I'd go hopping for the first time since early November.

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly event hosted by Jennifer at Crazy For Books where bloggers can post their links and hop around nearly 200 different blogs, meet new people, and find fab new blogs to follow.

Every Week a question is asked of the Hoppers; this week the Question is:

Why do you read the Genre you do? What draws you to it?

I tend to read predominantly YA fiction with smatterings of Adult Fantasy, Historical Fiction and Classics here and there. I think that my reading has been influenced by a desire to escape the real world and to stay as far from it as I could. That's why I love High Fantasy novels which don't resemble our modern world in the slightest. I still really like Urban Fantasy but for a true escapist it's just not far enough from reality. The fact that I read YA is because it's what I can relate to - hell I'm only 20 but I reckon that even when I'm 25 I'll still be reading YA since most literary fiction and chick-lit has never appealed to me because I can't relate to the characters and how much I like a book is heavily based on my feelings about the characters. 

So come on into the Library! Sit yourselves down and make yourself at home! Peruse the shelves, have a drink whatever you fancy! There's a lot here you can have a nosy at, I'm trying harder this year to review more books since last year's ratio of books read:books reviewed was pathetic. A new review went up just this morning - The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson, if Epic Fantasy is your thing then check it out!

I hope you enjoy your visit to the library, if you want to come back again then please comment and follow!

Thank you muchly

LadyV

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Book Blogger Hop #11/Follow my Book Blog Friday #6

So it's been way too long since I had a proper hop so here goes!

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly event where loads of bloggers get  to discover awesome new blogs and it's hosted by Jennifer of Crazy For Books

Follow by Book Blog Friday is another weekly event that is hosted by Rachel at Parajunkee's View

Every week Jennifer asks a question of the Hoppers - "If you find a book that looks interesting but is part of a series do you always start with the first title?

Yes, I can't stand not knowing if I've missed some important details that get referred to in later books, plus it just makes more sense to start with book 1. I've currently got on my TBR a LibraryThing early Reviewer book that is the third in a series so I kind of can't read it until I find copies of the first two books :S

So hello there my hopping friends! Come on in! I do apologise for the mess but it's Nanowrimo at the moment and I'm up to my eyeballs in words. I promise that normal service will resume in December but for now it's a little scatter-brained. If you fancy having a look round do take a peek at the new feature that I'm co-hosting with jess hearts books Called Covers So Lovely We'd Lick Them it's rather quirky but we love it!

Please leave a comment and I hope y'all are having a good Friday!

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Book Blogger Hop #10

Yowzers it's been a long while since I did a hop! But I'm feeling in a procrastinatory mood and the rain is rather depressing so what better way to cheer myself up than grab my pogostick and gets a-hopping!

Book Blogger Hop is a weekly blogger event where loads of folk get together to discover new and awesome blogs to add to their readers (and new books to add to their TBR piles :P). It's hosted by Jennifer at Crazy For Books

So welcome one and all to the Library of LadyViolet! Here I lurk usually with a cup of tea and book in hand and occasionally I deign to review one of the books I've recently read (If you peruse the list of books read so far this year you'll see why I have a hard time reviewing even a quarter of them).

I will warn you that as we're on the cusp of November all manner of crazy is about to break loose in the form of Nanowrimo so posting is going to be rather erratic for the next month. 

But don't let that scare you off :P Grab a beanbag, some cookies are on the table there and just enjoy the madness- we're all crazy here... wait I meant I'm crazy... dang plurals.

Every Week Jennifer also asks a question of us Hoppers this week's question is: "What is the one bookish thing you would love to have, no matter the cost?"

Obviously everyone's answer is gonna be a whack-off huge library in their home and I am no exception. I would sell my soul and quite possibly someone else's to be able to have a whole room full of shelves crammed with books, with ladders on rails around the room and big squooshy beanbags and armchairs and a lovely fireplace to keep warm next to in winter. Plus I would really love it if I could have the door disguised on the outside so it's sort of like a secret hideout- *that* would be cool!

So Happy Hopping and I hope your Weekend is Super Spooky!

LadyV

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Book Blogger Hop #9

Howdy-hey chaps it's been a terrible long time since I participated in a Hop but I reckon that since this week is gonna be my last chance before I go back to Uni (next friday I'll be packing like a fiend) I may as well give it a go.

As y'all know The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly bookish event hosted by Jennifer of Crazy for Books where loads of bloggers get together to meet new people and blogs they've not seen before. The whole idea is to hop around the links on the list and comment and follow on those that interest you!

Every week Jennifer asks a question that the Hoppers answer on their post- this week's question is more of a challenge. Post a link to a favourite post or book review that you've written in the past 3 months.

I think this is a cracking idea and I shall send you lovely folk to have a look at my review of The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness which I read last month and absolutely *Adored*!! 

So hello to any new folk hopping over here today! If you look just above this post you'll see I have a contest running at moment for the run-up to my 20th Birthday when one winner shall get to pick their prize! (books obvs)

Please feel free to comment, follow and generally explore :)

Have a great Friday and Hop!

LadyV

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Book Blogger Hop #8/ Follow my Book Blog Friday #5

Gurd Mornin' Campers! How are y'all doing this morning? (technically it is morning for me although it's not long into the AM). It's time for another hop!

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly event hosted by Jennifer @ Crazy For Books where we get to meet new bloggers and find awesome new blogs! It's on from Friday-Sunday so Let's Get a-hopping!

Follow my book blog Friday is another blogger hop hosted by Rachel at Parajunkee's View. To join the fun and make new book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:

1. Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Host { Parajunkee.com } and any one else you want to follow on the list
2. Follow our Featured Bloggers - http://edgyinspirational.blogspot.com/
3. Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing.
4. Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say hi in your comments
5. Follow Follow Follow as many as you can
6. If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love...and the followers
7. If you want to show the link list, just follow the link below the entries and copy and paste it within your post!  
8. If your new to the follow friday hop, comment and let me know, so I can stop by and check out your blog!

Every week Jennifer also asks a question of the Hop participants, this weeks question is; How many blogs do you follow?
I reckon I follow between 250 and 300 blogs although I'm not entirely sure about that number since it's impossible for me to read every post from every blog.

So Howdy folks new and old, feel free to comment, follow or have a general nosy about at some of my recent posts.

Have a good Friday

LadyV

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Book Blogger Hop #7/Follow my Book Blog #4

Well that's just typical, last week I had my post up well before the host sites' and this week I've missed the boat by a few hours! Thank god I'm up early for once.

Book Blogger Hop is a weekly Book Party hosted by Jennifer at Crazy For Books where we get to meet new bloggers and find awesome new blogs! It's on from Friday-Sunday so Get Hopping!

Follow my Book Blog Friday is another weekly book hop hosted by Rachel @ Parajunkee's View. There's some simple rules for the hop and here they are:

To join the fun and make new book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:

1. Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Host { Parajunkee.com } and any one else you want to follow on the list
2. Follow our Featured Bloggers - http://nymfaux.blogspot.com/
3. Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing.
4. Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say hi in your comments
5. Follow Follow Follow as many as you can
6. If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love...and the followers
7. If you want to show the link list, just follow the link below the entries and copy and paste it within your post!  
8. If your new to the follow friday hop, comment and let me know, so I can stop by and check out your blog!

Also every week Jennifer asks a question on the Hop - This Week's question is How Many books do you have on your TBR Shelf?

Well according to my trusty LibraryThing account I have 120+ books To Be Read out of the 600 or so that I own and although I did at one point have them all on one set of shelves, I re-arranged everything since and now they're just scattered around all of my shelves and there's a stack of classics at the foot of my bed. One of these days I really do plan on whittling that stack down, honest!

So Howdy y'all coming from the Hop! Feel free to comment and follow as you like and check out my most recent review of By Midnight by Mia James. There's also a review of The Maze Runner on the way for my Two Weeks of Dystopia!

Happy Hopping!
LadyV

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Book Blogger Hop #6/Follow my book blog Friday #3

Good morning all! Tis time for us to get our springy shoes on!!

The Book Blogger hop is weekly event hosted by Jennifer at Crazy for Books where bloggers get together to discover awesome new blogs they've not seen before.

Follow my Book Blog Friday is another weekly event hosted by Rachel at Parajunkee's View. Here are her simple rules for the event.

To join the fun and make now book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:

1. Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Host { Parajunkee.com } and any one else you want to follow on the list
2. Follow our Featured Bloggers -
3. Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing.
4. Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say hi in your comments
5. Follow Follow Follow as many as you can
6. If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love...and the followers
7. If you want to show the link list, just follow the link below the entries and copy and paste it within your post! 

This Week's question for the Hop - "Do you listen to music when you read? If so what are your favourite reading tunes?"

Short answer, no. Unless the music I'm listening to has no words it's very likely to distract me while I'm reading because I'm one of those people who can't help but sing along to normal music. I usually just have silence when I'm reading cos it's peaceful and calming. If I was to have music playing it'd probably be a movie soundtrack cos I'm addicted to those and I have a few with no words.

So I hope everyone is having a great Friday and I look forward to hopping round some awesome blogs later today. Please comment and follow as you choose :)

Laters

LadyV

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Book Blogger Hop #5/Follow my book blog Friday #2

Well I wasn't gonna do the Hop today because I feel insanely tired and I really should do some chores round the house but what the heck, I'll go a-hopping through some blogs later tonight and over the weekend since it doesn't have to be right now.

Book Blogger Hop is a weekly event where book bloggers get together to meet new people and find new blogs they've never seen before. It's hosted by Jennifer @Crazy for Books.

This week's question is : TELL US ABOUT THE BOOK YOU'RE CURRENTLY READING!

But of course I shall, I'm about 50 pages into The Boys Next Door by Jennifer Echols. My sister having a moment of pure awesomeness ordered the Endless Summer bind-up off amazon and when it arrived proceeded to blackmail me into doing some washing-up before giving it to me. I've now realised that I will do pretty much anything if you say you'll give me a book afterwards :P.

Oh yea the Boys Next Door is very enjoyable so far, it's not as intense as Forget You but since it's supposed to be a cute summery novel that's fine. I'm already Team Adam :P

Follow my Book Blog Friday is hosted by Parajunkee's View

Here are her simple rules for Follow Friday

To join the fun and make now book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:

1.  Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Host { Parajunkee.com } and any one else you want to follow on the list
2.  Follow our Featured Bloggers - toreadornottoread-vampangel.blogspot.com/
3.  Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing.
4.  Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say hi in your comments
5.  Follow Follow Follow as many as you can
6.  If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love...and the followers
7.  If you want to show the link list, just follow the link below the entries and copy and paste it within your post! 

So Howdy to anyone coming from either event, feel free to comment, follow, dance whatever. I'll be hopping around a bit later once my house is less of a mess :S

Happy Hopping!

LadyV

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Book Blogger Hop #4/Follow my Book Blog Friday #1

Egads it's been a while since I've done a hop! I've been MIA from the blog from the end of June up to the last few days which I'm sorry for but hopefully I'll be ramping up the number of posts as I get back into the swing of things.

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly event hosted by Jennifer at Crazy for Books where book bloggers can find loads of other great blogs to read and meet some awesome people. 

Hello to any folk hopping on over here! Please leave me a comment and I'll be hopping around over all this weekend checking out blogs I've not seen before.


To Answer this week's question - What book am I *dying* to read right-this-instant-now-or-else?!
Well MockingJay by Suzanne Collins for one, Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead for another - I'd be willing to crack a few heads to get me copies of those right now :P (joking, really) 

I've recently spent an awesome two days with my bookish best friend Jess from Jessheartsbooks and we raided a ton of bookshops for some fabulous finds. The posts about our trip are Here, here, and Here. Please feel free to have a nosy at them and I'm sorry for how insane the vlogs are :P







For the first time I'm going to join in on the Follow my Book Blog Friday event which is hosted by Parajunkee so hello to people who've arrived from there!


Happy Hopping!
LadyV

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Book Blogger Hop #3

It's been a couple of weeks since I participated in the Hop so I'd best get hoppin'!

Howdy to anyone who's hopped over to this 'ere blog feel free to have a look round and leave me a comment.

Happy Hopping!

My latest review of A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin is here

LadyV

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Book Blogger Hop #2

Cripes when did it get to Friday again?? I swear I have no clue as to what day of the week it is at any given time. But now it's that time again for the Hop!

The Book Blogger Hop is a place just for book bloggers and readers to connect and find new blogs that they may be missing out on! It happens every week from Friday-Monday and it's hosted by Jennifer @Crazy for Books 

So if you've found your way here via the Hop Welcome! *tips hat*

Please feel free to leave a comment anywhere you like.

I'm just dashing off to boil the kettle for some tea but I'll be back soon and no doubt tucked up in a corner with Dimitri (Spirit Bound Arrived this morning *dies*)

Ever Obsessed

LadyV

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Book Blogger Hop #1

It's Friday and I thought what better way to improve my networking skills (which are rather poor) than by joining in with the Book Blogger Hop!

The Book Blogger Hop is Hosted by Jennifer @Crazy for Books

The Hop is a great way for bloggers to find new blogs and meet new people and it's a weekly event from Friday-Monday

Three New Blogs I've found this week!

Potter, Percy and I

Erika Breathes Books

My Eclectic Reads

Hello to anyone who stops by my blog and thanks! :)

LadyV

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