Today we're joined by Amanda from Phoenix, AZ and Nichole Koehler from McCleary, WA. Check out their answers to the If You Ask Me... Q&A below, where they each talk about their favorite supernatural and fantasy series like The Morganville Vampires, Vampire Academy and The Song of the Lioness.
Did you read to your daughter as a child? What did you read?
Yes, I read so many things to her and her brothers. When she was small I read what felt like were hundreds of Little Golden Books. We read Babar, Madeline, alphabet books, and when she was older, we read through the Golden Encyclopedias we had, looking at the pictures, and feeling as if we were traveling the world through those books. I also invented stories for her. She remembers a series I made up that included a flying Oreo cookie.
OR Top 5 Excuses for Not Finishing My Book Club Book
Last month I did a post called Top 5 Places to Read Your Book Club Book. In that post I promised you a follow up with the top 5 worst places to read, so here goes:
#1 - In (or on) a Moving Vehicle (especially if you're driving)... (even at a stoplight)
Soon after my first granddaughter, Isabelle Eva, was born, I realized that although I loved her as fiercely as if she were my own child, I had no say --- in anything. She was mine but not mine. Emphasis on the not mine. In baseball parlance, it felt a little like being demoted from the starting lineup to the bench. Though this may seem both natural and obvious, I must admit that to me it came as something of a shock.
Compared to recent weeks, today's list of new releases seems relatively short, but you can take our word for it --- there's plenty of action, drama, romance and adventure packed into these six titles, which include new installments of the Vampire Kisses, Gallagher Girls and Ranger's Apprentice series, not to mention Melissa de la Cruz's juicy THE GIRL STAYS I
Today's guest blogger Heather Johnson shares her book clubs' take on THREE CUPS OF TEA and the tea related outing that went with it. Who says you can't combine a serious book with a fun outing?
