FOLLOW FRIDAY

Hi everyone!  Feature and Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read, two awesome ladies with crazy good blogs. Feature for this week is Tale of Two Doxies.

Q: If you could read a book for the "first time" again, which book would it be?  Why?

I wish I could read SO MANY books again for the first time.  But if I had to choose one, it would be:

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell.  I'd love to relive the roller coaster of emotions, meeting Eleanor for the first time, meeting Park. *sigh*  THIS book, this book is feeling.  It is emotion.  It's first love at its finest, and I'm so happy it exists :-D.

Hope you have a great weekend,

Ninja Girl

FOLLOW FRIDAY

 

Hi everyone!  Feature and Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read, two awesome ladies with crazy good blogs. Feature for this week is Magic of Words.

Q:  Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! What books did Santa stuff your stocking with this holiday season? Do a holiday book haul for us! If you don’t celebrate just show off your books that you got this week. Pictures!!!

So, so thankful for all of these amazing books!!  I don't even know where to start *___*

Did you guys get any books?  Which one will you read first??  I hope you had a wonderful holiday, and I can't wait to come check out your posts!

Happy Friday,

Ninja Girl

FOLLOW FRIDAY

 

Hi everyone!  Feature and Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read, two awesome ladies with crazy good blogs. Features for this week are Ginger-Read and The LUV'NV.  I have SO many favorite characters. I could've written to Anne Shirley or Mercy Thompson or Mr. Thornton or Katniss or Peeta--but I decided to go with my gut.

Activity: Write a letter to your favorite character. Rant, rave or gush…just pretend like they are real and you just want to let them know a “few things”.

Dear Snape,

I never doubted you.  Not for a second.  Sure, you have greasy hair, wear the Dark Mark, and have this unhealthy fascination with the Dark Arts.  In fact, I'm convinced that you invented the word "snarky" and magically put it into Jo Rowling's head.  But you loved Lily.  Always.  You sacrificed everything for her, even though Lily didn't choose you back.  Your love made all the difference.  In short: You rock Severus Snape!

It was tragic how you died.  But in my mind, you wouldn't let some snake venom take you down.  Oh, no.  Beforehand, you concocted a potion--a really awesome, never-heard-of-before elixir--to save yourself, and you're now living the high life on some far off island, getting a tan and enjoying a world free of the Dark Lord.  Still harboring the deepest love for Lily and looking out for Harry from afar.

Cheers,

Ninja Girl

THANKSGIVING READS AND FOLLOW FRIDAY

Hi there!  Here's what I'll be reading over the break :-)

Both books sound fantastic--and just look at those eye-candy covers *__*  I loved Cat Patrick's Forgotten, so I have high hopes for Revived.  I also have another book heading my way courtesy of Ninja Aunt P.  Hint: It may feature a hot/loveable apollyon and a fiesty half-blood.  Hopefully, it will arrive some time next week :).

 

It's been a while since I've done FF!!  Feature and Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read, two awesome ladies with crazy good blogs.  Features for this week are Reach For the Stars and Bookworm8921.

 

Q: Books are turned into movies all the time! Turn it around. What movie would make a great book?

 

I'm not sure this would be a "great" book.  It might be awful.  Actually, it would probably be awful.  BUT it's the one that popped up in my head first, so...

 

 

Either that or...

 

 

So apparently, I just want to convert dance movies/musicals into books lol!  The reasons are pretty simple.  If someone could capture the passion of Dirty Dancing in book form, I think it'd be literary gold.  And I'd love to pick up a book and find Jack Kelly/Christian Bale as the male lead.  I mean, come on.  He's the Batman!

 

Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!!

 

Ninja Girl



FOLLOW FRIDAY

Hi everyone!  Follow Friday is a meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.  The features this week are Ali's Bookshelf and The Housework Can Wait.  I decided to answer mine in letter format like PJ b/c hers came out so great :D  I'm sure Jo's received tons of letters exactly like this one.  Let's get hopping!

Q: What is one thing you wish you could tell your favorite author?

Dear J.K. Rowling,

Thank you for Quidditch.   Thanks for the magic in your words.  Thank you for Hogwarts and Headmasters, half-blood princes and cloaks of invisibility.  Thanks for your remarkable wordplay and the subtle genius of Diagon Alley and The Mirror of Erised.  Thank you for letting good triumph over evil.  But most of all thank you for Harry, Ron, and Hermione.  If not for them, I might've never found my love of books in the first place.

Sincerely,

Ninja Girl

SPRING READS AND FOLLOW FRIDAY

Hi everyone!  So, here's what I'll be reading this Spring Break :D

Ward's latest, Lover Reborn, just came out on March 27th, and Armentrout's Pure is due to hit shelves on April 3rd *jumps up and down*  Cannot wait to dig into these drool-worthy reads!

And it's Follow Friday, so that means getting to meet new (and old) friends and see how they're doing.  The FF is hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read, and this week's features are Alluring Reads and Justin's Book Blog!

Q: Do you read one book at a time or do you switch back and forth between two or more?

I used to read just one book at a time, but now I seem to be a two-at-a-time person.  Usually one YA and one adult read (See example above ;)).  But if one captures my attention more, I'll probably finish that book first.

Hope you all are doing great.  One of my ninja aunts has a birthday today so...HAPPY BIRTHDAY NINJA AUNT COLLEEN!  I hope it's a great one :D  I've also gotten back into writing my 4th novel, so yay!

Have a great weekend everyone,

Ninja Girl



FOLLOW FRIDAY

Happy Friday everyone!!  The Feature & Follow is a meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison where you get to meet great new people/blogs and keep in touch with the ones you're already following.  This week's features are Progress and Procrastination and Omnom Books.

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?

My favorite books don't always have a kick a** heroine or hero.  I just have to care about the MC.  I have to want to know more about them.  Also, I've noticed that I like a male lead who really cares about the MC.  He just has to be good to her, loyal, willing to take a bullet LOL.  Whether he's a bad boy or a nice guy, I want him to be all about the heroine (and vice versa).  My faves also always suprise me in some fantastic way.  And by that, I mean they exceed my expectations.  They take what I thought was going to happen and kick it up to the nth degree.  Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Anna Dressed in Blood and, of course, my beloved Black Dagger Brotherhood all did this :D

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Ninja Girl

FOLLOW FRIDAY

Hey there, and welcome to another Follow Friday!!  I love finding new blogs and meeting new people, and that's what the Follow's all about :)  The weekly meme is hosted by the always awesome Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.  This week's features are Keeping Up With Roxy's Books and Anonymous Reads.

Q: Keeping with the Spirit of Giving this season, what book do you think EVERYONE should read and if you could, you would buy it for all of your family and friends?

There's no contest.  I think everyone, everywhere should read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.  I'd give a copy to every child, adult, girl, or boy that I know (or don't know).  I think Rowling's writing speaks to all people.  The magic she managed to contain in that book--that series--doesn't fade over time.  It casts that same spell every time you open the book, and I wish for everyone to experience that :D

Hope everyone's having a great holiday season!

Ninja Girl

FOLLOW FRIDAY

Happy Veteran's Day everybody!!!  As always, Follow Friday is hosted by Alison from alisoncanread and Rachel from Parajunkee.com.  There are two features this week: MotherLode and The Book Nympho.  Check them out!!

Q: In light of 11.11.11 and Veteran’s Day tell us about your favorite soldier and how he or she is saving the world. Fictional or real life.



I have a lot of respect for all of the men and women in uniform.  For fighting for what they believe in, for allowing U.S. citizens to live with so much freedom and in relative peace, I thank all veterans for their service.  For my answer, I had to go fictional since I don't many soldiers.  Had to go with Lt. Daniel Kaffee (aka Tom Cruise) from a Few Good Men.  Kaffee reminded me of a smartass Atticus with a need to know "the truth" and dole out justice.  Man, I woot every time I see him go after Jack Nicholson on the stand :D

Have a great Veteran's Day!

Ninja Girl

FOLLOW FRIDAY

As always, Follow Friday is a meme hosted by the illustrious Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.  The features for this week are skyink.net and The Magic Attic.

Q: Today’s Question is something new, an activity. We want to see what you look like! Take a pic with you and your current read! Too shy? Boo! Just post a fun pic you want to share.

Here's me with Anna Dressed in Blood...am thinking with the pom-pom hairdo and frizztastic hair, Anna's looking a little better than me.  Drats!!

Hope you all are having a great Friday.  And no, I will not tell you how many tries it took for me to get a decent pic :P

Ninja Girl

FOLLOW FRIDAY

Hi, everyone!  Follow Friday's here again, and I'm really lovin' this week's question :D But before I get to that, the features for this week are Book Savy Babe and The Bursting Bookshelf.  The Follow is hosted by two of the coolest ladies around, Parajunkee and Alison.

Q: What superhero is your alter-ego?

Okay, so I'm not going to pretend I had to even think about this one.  Although there are a ton of great superheroes out there, I am totally Rogue from X-Men.  Hands down, no question.  She can drain people of their life force and steal their powers at the same time--which basically means that she can have any power she wants.  Heroes tried to create a male Rogue, but there's no contest.  Peter Petrelli eat your heart out :D

Plus, I still have a bit of a crush on Gambit, so... Don't know how I'd react if a guy with a New Orleans drawl called me his "Chere" ;)

Hope you all have a great weekend,

Ninja Girl

PAY IT FORWARD BLOGFEST & FOLLOW FRIDAY

Matthew MacNish and Alex J. Cavanaugh are the masterminds behind this lovely new blog hop.  The idea of Pay It Foward is to do just that.  We meet, greet, and follow all the great people in the blog-o-sphere.  It's about sharing the love people!

Below I've listed three fantastic blogs you may not be following (but I follow a ton of great blogs):

1) Parajunkee--You've probably already heard of her, but if you haven't Parajunkee's View is the blog to follow.  Great book reviews, priceless blogging tips, and fantastic giveaways.  The woman rocks. Period.

2) Falen Formulates Fiction--Sarah's a cool chick with great, insightful posts about the writing process and one of the cutest pups I've ever seen.

3) Jenni Elyse--What can I say??  Jenni loves books, I love books.  She's a great lady with a fun blog and one of the best banners I've seen.

Follow Friday is a meme hosted by Parajunkee and alisoncanread.  This week's features are Confuzzled Books and Life Between Pages. Two very good-looking blogs.  Go check them out.

Q: If you could have characters from a book meet and form an epic storyline with characters from a TV series, which characters would you choose and why?

So, I'm a really bad person apparently because I'd love nothing more than to see the brothers from BDB show up in a Vampire Diaries episode and kick some pretty boy a** :D
Brooding looks, tight jeans, bad hair and pretty eyes? The Black Dagger Brotherhood don't play that.  Give me some leather and shitkickers paired with a face scarred to hell and a bad attitude.  I want to see what's left of the Salvatore brothers after Zsadist and his crew get through with them.  (P.S. I'm not usually this violent...)

Have a great week everyone!

Ninja Girl

FOLLOW FRIDAY

Hi all!  This week's Follow Friday Features are Sharon of Obsession with Books (note the awesome owls on her blog) and Liz of The Word of the Spork Master (LOL! love that blog name).  And as always Follow Friday is hosted by two very awesome ladies, Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.

Q. Do you have a favorite series that you read over and over again? Tell us a bit about it and why you keep on revisiting it?

Yes, I've got a ton of series that I love to read over and over!  First, there's the Black Dagger Brotherhood.  Cannot get enough of Ward's writing or just the overall awesomeness.  Then there's Mercy Thompson, and Harry Potter (of course :)).  But honestly, I could go on and on.

Any other great re-readable series I should know about??? Hope everyone's having a very happy Friday!

Ninja Girl

FOLLOW FRIDAY

Follow Friday is a meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alisoncanread.  This week's feature is Lisa Loves Literature  and Once Upon a Prologue, and if I wasn't already following both of these ladies, I'd do it again.  Go check each of them out!

Q. If you could change the ending of any book (or series), which book would you choose? Why and to what?

Let me just say that I agree with EVERYTHING Parajunkee said on her blog and would've probably preferred her ending to the tragic letdown that was Breaking Dawn.  *Spoilers* to follow, so if you haven't read the final book in the Twilight saga DON'T do it!  Stop with Eclipse (especially if you're Team Jacob) you may want to stop reading here.

*Begin Spoilerfest: First, a white wedding straight out of the pages of fanfiction (and not even the best fanfiction b/c some of it is actually pretty good).

Second, a pregnant Bella who's so out of character she seems unconcerned about being implanted with Edward's demon seed.

Third, creepy, creepy baby Nessy (what the heck with that name?  Really Stephenie, what??) who everyone falls instantly in love with.

Fourth, my poor, poor Jacob imprinting on creepy baby--THIS was the most spectacular failing of the book imo :(  For shame, Meyer, for shame.

And lastly (b/c I have decided to limit myself to five; don't want this to turn into anymore of a rant than it already is), NO FIGHT SCENE!  I mean, really, all that build up with the Volturi, all the tension, and then they show up and...leave???  The lack of action/ability to deliver the promised battle to the death was a very, very big letdown.

Don't know how I would've ended it, but definitely with some kind of fight at the end.  Sorry, I really loved the series--like loved it--and then the fourth book came out and...yeah :(  I pretty much wanted everything that happened to happen, but I was disappointed in HOW it all went down.

Note: I NEVER wanted Jacob to turn into a cradle robber.  Just ew.

So, what's yours?

Ninja Girl



FOLLOW FRIDAY

It's been a couple weeks since I've done a Follow Friday, but I'm glad I got in on this one!  The feature this week is Steph Likes Books, a blog I personally am very excited about (being a fan of all things YA myself), and Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee and Alison!  Hope everyone hops around to see all the great blogs that are out there :)



Q. How has your reading habits changed since you were a teen? or If you are still a teen what new genres are you in love with currently?

I didn't really read as a teen (unless you count those awful books they made us read in school :/).  Actually, the only books I probably read back then were the Harry Potter books--which isn't too shabby of a start lol!  I mean, does it get any better than J.K. Rowling??

My reading habits really changed when I realized that reading can be a very pleasurable experience, that novels really could transport you to a different world, that words could create pictures just as vivid as the ones we see on the big screen.  Currently, I'm very into YA (of course), urban fantasy/paranormal/steampunk (again, obvious), but I'd really love to find some really good contemporary fiction, YA or adult.  I know there are fantastic books set in the real world, without all the superpowers/magic and whatnot, but when I go to the store, I'm just not seeing them.  In that category, I love Meg Cabot, Elizabeth Scott, Susan Elizabeth Phillips etc.  If you have any recs (in any category), I'm all ears ;)

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Ninja Girl

FOLLOW FRIDAY (5)

 

Hi all!  The feature this week is Read.Breathe.Relax and the host, as always, is Parajunkee.  Go check them out :) Here's today's question:



Q. Let's step away from besties...What is the worst book that you've ever read and actually finished?



Oh, that's easy.  In school, I was one of those kids who actually read everything we were assigned (even though at that point I wasn't really into reading).  Answer to the question probably running through your brain at this very moment: Yes, I am a complete geek.

I'm sure no one else will say it.  The book's supposed to be a classic, and I'm sure a whole bunch of people out there like it.  Why else would it be required reading?

But my answer is Animal Farm by George Orwell.  Just…no, not for this ninja.

FOLLOW FRIDAY'S BIG 50TH!

Hi everyone, so as you see, it's Follow Friday's Big 50th!!!  Parajunkee's the host of this awesome find and follow, and this week's (freakin' amazing!) feature is Rhiannon Paille!  There are great giveaways going on this week from both Parajunkee (a free blog design *o*  Holy cow...seriously, have you checked out her work?!?!  Priceless!) and Rhiannon Paille (a book giveaway w/some fabulous YAs in the mix)!!! What are you waiting for?? Go sign up, now!

This week's question:

Q. Genre Wars! What's your favorite genre and which book in that genre made it your favorite?

This was a real toughie!  I know that my favorite genre is hands down Urban Fantasy, but I think I've got two books (or series rather) that made it my number one.  The first is Patricia Briggs's Mercy Thompson Series.  The first book Moon Called rocked my world, and, even w/the 6th installment, I'm loving everything about Mercy!  The second would have to be J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood.  Now, I know you're probably saying, "But that's not UF, it's paranormal romance!!"  Well, whatever it is she writes, Ward is ball-to-the-wall kick a**, true?  :)

What about you guys??

(Oh, and if you follow me or have been following me, please leave a comment!  I like to follow back, and I know there are at least a few of you I'm missing ;))

FOLLOW FRIDAY (3)

YAY!  After a crazy hectic weekend last week, I missed Follow Friday :(  But now I'm back and ready to discover some cool new blogs and bloggers!  If you didn't already know, Follow Friday is hosted by the fabulous Parajunkee and this week's feature is Nicki J Markus (looks like a very cool site, can't wait to look around more!!!)

Today's question:

Q. The magic book fairy pops out of your cereal box and says "you and your favorite character (from a book of course) can switch places!" Who are you going to switch with?

I love these questions b/c it really makes you think!  But I have so many MCs I'd want to switch with, I couldn't pick just one.  So, by genre, here are my picks ;)

1) Paranormal: Mercy Thompson from Patricia Briggs's Mercy Thompson Series.  She's one of the toughest, smartest chicks in Urban Fantasy, and she's got Adam, Samuel, and Stefan (*sigh*).  Plus, she's got the awesomest mentor/father figures around in Zee and Bran.  Who could ask for more than that??  As a second paranormal choice ('cause I couldn't choose just one!), I'd go with Harper from Charlaine Harris's Harper Connelly series.  She goes through a lot of crap, but at the end of it all, there's Tolliver ;)  If you haven't read either one of these series yet, you are seriously missing out.

2) Historical: Margaret Hale from Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South.  Two words: Mr. Thornton!!!!

3) YA: Kate Brown from Elizabeth Scott's Perfect You.  One of my favorite YAs :)

4) YA w/paranormal elements: Probably Katsa from Kristin Cashore's Graceling.

So, there you have it.  My four-pronged, overly verbose answer.  Looking forward to seeing you guys's picks!

Have a great weekend,
Ninja Girl

FOLLOW FRIDAY (2)

Hi everyone!  Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee and today's feature is Louise from Book Bliss.  You should go check out her site.  Besides being beautiful to look at, she's got some great reviews and giveaways!!

Here's this week's question:

Q. How many books do you read in a week? And in what format do you read them, or listen to them?

Okay, so I love, love, love to read...but I'm kinda slow :/  When I'm reading a book I'm not into, it's slow going b/c every page feels like pulling teeth.  On the other hand, when I'm reading something I love, I tend to slow it down and savor each scene, never wanting it to end.  So, my answer is probably small compared to everyone else's.  I read about 2 books every week (depending on length and level of interest), and I read them in hard copy.  Don't own an e-reader yet, not really planning to get one.  There's nothing like a real live book...and I've got too many beautiful bookmarks that need a home :)

I look forward to meeting more of you and hopping over to your blogs!!!

Ninja Girl

Welcome #FF Peeps!!!

Okay, so as usual, I'm late to the party (was watching the season finale of The Mentalist.  Great ending, curious to see where they'll go next.  Also, Patrick Jane is a total hottie!)  Let's call it fashionably late, shall we? :)

Q. It's circle time. Time for us to open up and share. Can you tell us FIVE quirky habits or things about you? We all have them...

My answers:

1. I'm kind of an insomniac.

2. I teach young kids how to pop their booties (aka I'm a dance instructor and teach Hip Hop, Tap, Jazz, and Contemporary to up and coming youngsters :)

3. I LOVE Asian dramas!  (Especially Boys Over Flowers, Nodame Cantabile, Coffee Prince...I could go on but we'd be here all night)

4. The first two followers of my blog are related to me (sad, I know.  But I love those women more than I love chocolate!  Now, that's a lot of love right there)
5. In my junior year, I entered our high school pageant and was voted Miss Congeniality.  Watch out Sandra Bullock, here I come!

*Bonus: I'm writing my third book now, but I'm afraid to share the title for fear that someone will steal it.  Man...we ninjas don't trust easily, do we?

Anyway, welcome to my blog Follow Friday peeps!  Please, feel free to post here and introduce yourself, check out a review, look around.  I'll be visiting your blogs soon!!!

Thanks again Parajunkee for featuring me!  As I'm sure you know, you are freakin' awesome lady, and I'm proud to be a Junkee :)

Ninja Girl