Hosted by Nomes over at InkCrush
Nomes over at InkCrush is running a week long event in which we can all spotlight our favorites of 2011! Check out her site to see all the participating blogs or to join in on the fun yourself!!
The schedule is as follows:
Post 1: The books (12/19)
Post 2: The characters (12/20)Post 3: The scenes (12/21)
Post 4: The random (12/22)Post 5: The covers (12/23)
Check out My Favorite Books of 2011 HERE!
Check out My Favorite Characters of 2011 HERE!Check out MY Favorite Covers of 2011 HERE!
Day Four: The Random
1. Fave first sentence:
Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
2. Fave book title:
The Scent of Rain and Lightning - Nancy Pickard
3. Fave reading experience (ie: created a great reading memory):
1st Place-The Passage - Justin Cronin
2nd Place - A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness
3rd Place - The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
Honorable Mention - The Host - Stephanie Meyer
4. Book with the best food in it (made you so crazy-envious-hungry):
Sweet Inspiration - Penny Watson
(They made the most delicious sounding meals and pastries in this one!!)
5. Book with the most sensual weather (made you shiver/sweat):
The Host - Stephanie Meyer
6. Most embarrassing book cover (feeling sheepish in public or just plain ugly):
Sweet Inspiration - Penny Watson
(Shirtless guy on cover)
7. Can’t believe you waited this long to read the book (!):
1st Place - The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
2nd Place - Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen
8. Book you'd give your mum/sister to read:
Garden Spells - Sarah Addison Allen
9. Book you'd give your dad/brother to read:
Heat Wave - Rick Castle
10. Book you'd like to give your past-self to read:
Breaking the Headache Cycle - Ian Livingstone, MD & Donna Novak, RN
(This book helped me a lot)
11. Book that lived up to (or superseded the hype):
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
12. Book you stayed up the latest to finish (confess!!!):
A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness
13. Book you were *dying* to get your hands on the most:
14. Fattest brick of a book you read (by page count):
1st Place-The Passage - Justin Cronin at 766 pgs
2nd Place - A Discovery of Witches at 579 pgs
15. Killer cliffhanger award:
Eve - Anna Carey
I made the list twice....yippee! :^) Happy Holidays!
ReplyDeleteOh boy, I really love these since it has me adding a lot of books on the to-read pile. I actually just got The Passage from a friend and can't wait to read it! It sure sounds great. Then I agree about your Hunger Games and The Host spots too! Good choices. ;) And I'm glad you liked them so much! Now I have lots to check out. Lol!
ReplyDeleteBAHAHAHAHA...that guy with the cookies is cracking me up!!
ReplyDeleteMust read The Passage and Garden Spells ASAP...;)
@ Tina - What??!! He's a baker!! LOL (And Santa's son... shhhh!)
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