Friday, April 29, 2011

Tgif #9: Follow Friday and Book Blogger Hop, Yay!


This week's featured blogger is Marla @
Starting the Next Chapter.


And this week's Follow Friday question is...

"Keeping with the dystopian and apocalypse theme that seems to be running rampant on parajunkee.com, I have one very hard question for you: If you were stocking your bomb shelter, what books would you HAVE to include if you only had space for ten?"

This is such a difficult question! There are soooooo many books that I would want to bring with me, but if I could only choose 10, I would bring the following:

1. The Vampire Chronicles ( Books 1-3) by Anne Rice - I read this series when I was 11, and since then, I have been totally obsessed with vamps. I also get to cheat a bit here because I have a single volume that includes the first three books in the series, so technically it's one book, speaking in physical terms. Hard times require creative thinking!
2. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner - my all time favorite book and author! It's such an intense read and every time I read it, I find more interesting themes and imagery that I hadn't noticed before. 
3. The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction by Richard Bausch - The most amazing collection of American short stories! This book could keep me occupied for decades. 
4. Breaking Dawn (Twilight Series, Books 4) by Stephanie Meyer - although I absolutely love the entire series, this was my fav.
5 - 6. Shift & Alpha (Shifters Series, Books 5 & 6) by Rachel Vincent - again, love the entire series, but these are my favs. 
7 - 8. Iron Kissed & Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson Series, Books 3 & 4) by Patricia Briggs - I know it sounds weird that I keep picking random books within a series, but I'll never forget what happened in any of the other books, so I might as well bring my favorites :)
9 -10. Friday Night Bites & Twice Bitten (Chicagoland Vampires Series, Books 2 & 3) by Chloe Neill - I would have brought all three in this series but I could only take 2 more books :( Oh well, these are more than enough to satisfy my Vampire craving. 




Book Blogger Hop
This week's Book Blogger Hop question is...
"Summer is coming quickly - what 2011 summer release are you are most looking forward to?"

I'm not sure exactly when summer begins, so I'll just go with the next upcoming release that I am just dying to read - Hard Bitten (Chicagoland Vampires #4) by Chloe Neill. I just can't wait to get my hands on a copy of this book! Her last book, Twice Bitten, left me craving more of those sexy vamps. Ahhhhh, May 3rd can't come soon enough!



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8 comments:

Jules said...

Interesting selection - I still haven't thought of what I would take with me yet, may a big set of encyclopaedia's :)

Jules

http://thegreatthegoodandthebad.blogspot.com/

Mandy Lum said...

Haha, that would keep you occupied for a very long time. I actually thought about bringing a few Psychology and History textbooks, but I decided to go with fiction instead. If I'm going to be trapped in a bomb shelter for God knows how long, I would like to be entertained.

Thanks for hopping by!

grace said...

Very nice selection. I love the Chicagoland Vampires series. I completely forgot that the next book is coming out this summer.

I'm a new follower from the Hop.

Grace @ Books Like Breathing

Ellie said...

I can't remember if I've got any Chicagoland Vampire books on my TBR or not...that's a bad state of affirs to be in, isn't it? I know I've thought about trying them though.

Erin O'Riordan said...

Stopping by from the Weekend Creative Blog Hop!

Bex said...

Definitely some very nice choices! :) I thought it was real hard to choose, and for each blog I basically remember something I forgot! Sigh. My list can be found here!

Rebecca @ kindle fever

Mandy Lum said...

Thanks to everyone for stopping by :) I had such a busy weekend and no time to check out anyone else's list, so I'm going to stop by all of your blogs tomorrow.

Unknown said...

Hi!! Just wanted to let you know that I chose you for this weeks Blog Hop question. You are the book blogger I would most like to meet cause you are so nice, coompletely entertaining and your blog is awesome!!

Take care,
Evie@Paromantasy

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