Feature and Follow Friday #21 - I'M THE FEATURED BLOGGER!

A weekly meme hosted by
 Alison Can Read & Parajunkee's View

How it Works: 

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee's View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!

How does this work? First you visit the blogs of our illustrious hosts and leave your name on the post using using the linky tools, then you create a post on your own blog that links back to this post (easiest way is to just grab the code under the #FF picture and put it in your post) and then you visit as many blogs as you can and tell them "hi" in their comments (on the post that has the #FF image). You follow them, they follow you. Win. Win. Just make sure to follow back if someone follows you!

What sets this Hop apart from others, is our Feature. Each week we will showcase a Featured Blogger, from all different genres and areas (this week it's me and Book Club Sisters). Find out below. Just remember it is required, if you participate, to follow our Features and you must follow the hosts (Parajunkee & Alison Can Read) as a courtesy. How do you follow someone? Well, if you have a preference, state it in your #FF post. A lot of blogs are transitioning to Wordpress in which they do not have the luxury of GFC, so an RSS subscription is appreciated or if you choose an email subscription. If you don't have GFC please state in your post how you would like to be followed. 

Interview Questions

As the featured blogger for this week I included my interview questions. So if you're a first timer here get to know me a little bit and have a look around at some of my reviews and features.


1.) When did you start blogging?
Originally four years ago but very irregularly. I would stop back maybe a few times a year and update and tell myself I would keep it up but never did. This most recent foray happened about six months ago and it seems to be sticking.

2.) What's your favorite part about book blogging?
I think the best part so far has just been learning about amazing new books and being able to join in on the conversation with like-minded people about books that I enjoyed. I have found some new favorites through recommendations from fellow bloggers

3.) What types of books do you mainly blog about?
I have pretty eclectic taste in books. I try to mix in Classics with recent fiction and YA. In terms of genre mostly fantasy, historical fiction, and contemporary. Since I started back up in October I've been doing themed months where each month I read a certain genre or theme. I like doing that cause it keeps me focused and reels in my choices of what to read next. 

4.) What are your favorite books?
There are so many to list. My current five favorite standalone books are The Historian, The Alchemist, Wuthering Heights, The Heart is A Lonely Hunter, and new fave Attachments. My five favorite series are Harry Potter, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Wicked Years, The Luxe Series, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

5.) What has been the best thing that happened to you because of book blogging? 
The best and most tangible thing that has happened to me since blogging is probably that my reading has become much more critical, and it has has become much more frequent. I feel like I'm reading a lot more and I'm pushing myself to read a lot more. Maybe it's just my competitive

 This Week's Question:

Tell us about a book that you didn’t like and why we shouldn’t read it (as nicely and respectfully as possible)

This Week's Answer: 

 I recently blogged about a book I didn't like, check it out here, so I'm going to pick something different. Sadly most of the books I dislike are classics. I'm usually pretty good about picking recent fiction that suits my style. One of my absolute least favorite books is Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. I had to read it for a class in college and just didn't enjoy anything about. It was basically an entire book about symbolism. Everything was a damn symbol for imperialism and I got the idea within the first 50 pages, the other 150 or so were just overkill. The plot was slow and like his contemporaries Conrad drones on and on making something that could be interesting boring. However Apocalypse: Now, the movie that is based on this book, is phenomenal! 

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my post. Don't forget this is a blog hop so take a look around and if you like what you see give me a follow. I am indifferent to the way that you follow so pick you poison: GFC, Bloglovin, or Twitter. Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY FF!