Friday, January 14, 2011

Book Blogger Hop, Follow Friday and a Giveaway


It's time for another Follow Friday
This weeks question: 
What makes up your non-human family?
Two cats:
William the Bloody and
Domo: "Oh Hai!"
Will: "WTF is this thing?"

 The Salacious Crumb
Crumb: "I like to read a good novel... so what?"
Crumb: "Ooooh, Zombies are interesting..."



And Book Blogger Hop!
This week's question:
"Why do you read the genre that you do? What draws you to it?"
I mainly read fantasy because I read to escape.

I do read non-fantasy all the time... but I like fantasy best. There are usually epic journeys involved... and while I have found stories of women living in Walmart very interesting... it just didn't hold the same appeal to me that fantasy did.

Now, I'm not saying that if it's well done, I'll still poo-poo it... that's not the case at all. If it's well written and holds my interest, I'll love it... but generally, I find real life is sad enough, I don't need to read some fictional character's epic struggle with real world sadness to add onto that.

Also, Don't forget my current giveaway, 
part of a giveaway hop with lots of awesome prizes!

Click the picture above to be taken to the giveaway!

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17 comments:

  1. Katie (The Literary Files)January 14, 2011 at 9:04 AM

    Oh my goodness your cats are so adorable! Aww!
    Have a great weekend Heather!

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  2. Amber (Books of Amber)January 14, 2011 at 9:10 AM

    Your cats are adorable! I have four myself, and one of them looks just like your William :)I love Crumb's colouring!

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  3. TaraJanuary 14, 2011 at 10:00 AM

    Your cats are CRAZY cute!! I have two myself that I actually posted pics of today and I can never get enough kitty pics :)

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  4. JenJanuary 14, 2011 at 10:49 AM

    I LOVE your pictures!!!! Your cats are so cute. :)

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2011 at 11:38 AM

    The expressions cat's make crack me up so much. Those are the best pictures!

    Megan @ Read It, See It

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  6. Kathie @ my kozy kornerJanuary 14, 2011 at 12:06 PM

    I have a black cat too! love yours' expression :-)

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  7. Teacher/LearnerJanuary 14, 2011 at 12:19 PM

    LOL, those pics cracked me up :D How did you get Will to look right at you?!? That's tough to do with pets. I've never been really taken with fantasy but some books in that genre are really good in their own right. Old follower hopping by :) Here's my post.

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  8. Melissa (Books and Things)January 14, 2011 at 2:38 PM

    already a follower... just stopping by to AWWWW at the pics! :)

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  9. ErinJanuary 14, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    Cut pictures!!!!

    You call your cats your non-human family, but I'm pretty sure my cat THINKS he's human. =)

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  10. Jessica @ a GREAT readJanuary 14, 2011 at 3:18 PM

    Cute kitties!

    It's interesting your take on fantasy books. I like to read some of them on occasion, not a whole lot. I prefer the urban fantasy, to give me a world that I can believe exists right next door in familiar settings.

    My Hop and Friday Follow

    Have a GREAT weekend!

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  11. MarionGJanuary 14, 2011 at 5:06 PM

    Two fish and a dog. I read many genres, but the type I read the most are Manga as my daughter loves them too.
    polo-puppy-fluffyAThotmailDOTcom
    Cheers

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  12. Emma MichaelsJanuary 14, 2011 at 5:50 PM

    LOL. Cute cats!!! Happy Follow Friday! I am a follower!

    Sincerely,
    Emma Michaels
    The Thirteenth Chime
    http://EmmaMichaels.Blogspot.com

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  13. Howard ShermanJanuary 14, 2011 at 5:59 PM

    Here I am hopping on by...

    I went all over the map with this question on my blog. I read and enjoy almost every genre of fiction out there. There’s no way I could just pick one.

    So I talked about all of them. Even romance fiction (sort of)! I invite you to hop over to my blog at http://www.howardsherman.net and see for yourself.

    Howard A. Sherman
    http://www.howardsherman.net

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  14. Cialina at Muggle-Born.netJanuary 15, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    Hahah! How DID you come up with those adorable names?

    I found you through the hop and I'm your newest follower. ;)

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  15. CarissaJanuary 15, 2011 at 10:51 PM

    Stopping by to wish you a good weekend and a happy hop!

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  16. KristinJanuary 16, 2011 at 1:08 PM

    Such cute cats! We've got 1 dog, 4 ferrets, 4 cats, and 3 kids, so a full house! Old follower stopping by! I'm giving away Rot & Ruin and Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry! Have a great day!

    Kristin@ MyBookishWays

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  17. Madigan MirzaJanuary 22, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    I love the pictures of your cats. Especially William and Domo. That is too funny.

    Yes, I totally agree with you on the fantasy genre -- I hate reading books that are depressing realistic fiction... really takes you down. It's much more fun to "get away from it all" with a good book, preferably with some wizards, unicorns, vampires, or the like.

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