A-Z Reading Survey !

Well... I have noticed everyone doing the A to Z survey and since I won't be getting too much reading done the next two weeks I thought.. well I might as well do this too!  Plus it looks fun! I found the A-Z Meme at The Perpetual Page-Turner (love her blog)!

 Author you've read the most books from:

Easy for me... Stephen King.  His books are what got me into reading in the first place!!

Best Sequel Ever:

Oh wow... EVER?  I would say Two Towers from Lord of the Rings

Currently Reading:

Every Day by David Levithan

Drink of Choice While Reading?

Easy... Mountain Dew.  I am drinking one now.  I am very addicted even though I know it rots teeth!

E-reader of Physical Book?

I love my Nook... but I prefer of course to hold a book, smell a book, be able to look down and see how many pages I have left. 

Fictional Character You Probably Would've Dated in High School:

I liked bad boys back then... so maybe Erik from the Sookie Stackhouse books or Ranger from the Stephanie Plum series.  

Glad You Gave This Book a Chance:

Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice.  I am not a big romance reader.. and I had just started reading classics.  So glad I found Jane Austen books I love them!

Hidden Gem Book:

Emily Post's Etiquette Book , honestly no one really has manners anymore because no one teaches people them.  This book really helps us.. including what to do with your cell phone! 

Important Moment in Your Reading Life:

Well for me it was finding goodreads because I don't know anyone who reads in my real life.  Blogging has been pretty important too.  I have had a lot of fun with it!

Just Finished:

The 39 Clues Day of Doom.  I thought this was going to be the final book in the 39 Clues series but they are continuing it.  I am going to stop here though because the number of books in this series are getting crazy.

Kind of Books You Won't Read:

Well there is nothing I won't read... but I don't like biographies, romance, religious, and non-fiction.  Just can't do it. 

Longest Book You've Read:

I think that is either the Stand or Under the Dome by Stephen King.  Sometimes he can really write some long books! 

Major Book Hangover because of:

I loved the Hunger Games. I really do think those are amazing books.  Just great great writing.  Also Harry Potter when they first came out and I had to wait around for the next book in the series to come out! 

Number of Bookcases I Own:

3.  They are old bookcases that were my moms.  I love them.

One Book You Have Read Multiple Times:

Harry Potter of course! 

Preferred Place to Read:

I my recliner in my living room with my kitty at the bottom and the TV on my favorite reality shows.

Quote that inspires you/gives you all the feels from a book you've read:

Is it sad that I don't remember any quotes from books?

Reading Regret: 

I regret all the bad books I read that I DNF!

Series You Started and Need to Finish (all books are out in the series):

I need to finish the Inheritance series by Christopher Paolini

Three of Your All Time Favorite Books:

Harry Potter, Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger, and  The Secret Garden by Fances Hodgson Burnett

Unapologetic Fangirl For: 

The Drizzt Series.  Which is a RA Salvator series about characters from the Dungeons and Dragons universe.  Haters gonna hate!

Very Excited for This Release More than All Others: 

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King.. the sequel to the Shining!

Worst Bookish Habit: 

Not reading fast enough.  Sometimes I just watch too much TV! 

X Marks the Spot: Start at the top left of your book shelf and pick the 27th book:

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Your Latest Book Purchase:

Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris, the last book in the Sookie Stackhouse series.  I haven't read it yet.

ZZZ-snatcher book: (Last Book that kept you up way too late):

Under the Dome by Stephen King

That was pretty fun... did you participate too???  Leave a link to your A-Z if you did!!

Waiting on Wednesday- Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine, where we have the chance to share what upcoming releases we are on the edge of our seats in anticipation for.

I have enjoyed reading the Stephanie Plum series and look forward to reading the twentieth book in the series!  It comes out on November 19th perfect for fall reading.  Takendown Twenty will probably follow the same format as the other nineteen books... but hey I love the style.  Here is the description:

 New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum knows better than to mess with family. But when powerful mobster Salvatore “Uncle Sunny” Sunucchi goes on the lam in Trenton, it’s up to Stephanie to find him. Uncle Sunny is charged with murder for running over a guy (twice), and nobody wants to turn him in—not his poker buddies, not his bimbo girlfriend, not his two right-hand men, Shorty and Moe. Even Trenton’s hottest cop, Joe Morelli, has skin in the game, because—just Stephanie’s luck—the godfather is his actual godfather. And while Morelli understands that the law is the law, his old-world grandmother, Bella, is doing everything she can to throw Stephanie off the trail.

It’s not just Uncle Sunny giving Stephanie the run-around. Security specialist Ranger needs her help to solve the bizarre death of a top client’s mother, a woman who happened to play bingo with Stephanie’s Grandma Mazur. Before Stephanie knows it, she’s working side by side with Ranger and Grandma at the senior center, trying to catch a killer on the loose—and the bingo balls are not rolling in their favor.

With bullet holes in her car, henchmen on her tail, and a giraffe named Kevin running wild in the streets of Trenton, Stephanie will have to up her game for the ultimate takedown.

I can't wait!! 

 

Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich-Review

Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich 

I like this series.  Yes I know.. each book reads the same.  But that is what I like.. I love the style of these books.  Here is the goodreads description:

#1 bestselling author Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum novels are: “irresistible” (Houston Chronicle), “stunning” (Booklist), “outrageous” (Publishers Weekly), “brilliantly evocative” (The Denver Post), and “making trouble and winning hearts” (USA Today). 
 New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is certain of three truths: People don’t just vanish into thin air. Never anger old people. And don’t do what Tiki tells you to do. 
After a slow summer of chasing low-level skips for her cousin Vinnie’s bail bonds agency, Stephanie Plum finally lands an assignment that could put her checkbook back in the black. Geoffrey Cubbin, facing trial for embezzling millions from Trenton’s premier assisted-living facility, has mysteriously vanished from the hospital after an emergency appendectomy. Now it’s on Stephanie to track down the con man. Unfortunately, Cubbin has disappeared without a trace, a witness, or his money-hungry wife. Rumors are stirring that he must have had help with the daring escape . . . or that maybe he never made it out of his room alive. Since the hospital staff’s lips seem to be tighter than the security, and it’s hard for Stephanie to blend in to assisted living, Stephanie’s Grandma Mazur goes in undercover. But when a second felon goes missing from the same hospital, Stephanie is forced into working side by side with Trenton’s hottest cop, Joe Morelli, in order to crack the case. 
The real problem is, no Cubbin also means no way to pay the rent. Desperate for money—or maybe just desperate—Stephanie accepts a secondary job guarding her secretive and mouthwatering mentor Ranger from a deadly Special Forces adversary. While Stephanie is notorious for finding trouble, she may have found a little more than she bargained for this time around. Then again—a little food poisoning, some threatening notes, and a bridesmaid’s dress with an excess of taffeta never killed anyone . . . or did they? If Stephanie Plum wants to bring in a paycheck, she’ll have to remember: No guts, no glory. . . .

This book is another fun Plum novel. I laughed out loud just like I always do, though not as much as I do in the other books. For those that don't know these are short easy reads. Expect stories that are crazy and totally out there but fun too. This time around there is a Tiki and not a monkey and I loved the Tiki! I always look forward to when there is a new book in this series... and it is clear that the people who use the library do too. I am always waiting forever for this book when it comes out!

Sometimes... like everyone else... I do want a change in the books. Same love story, same job, same cars blowing up, and will Rex ever die? I mean.. how long do hamsters live anyways? I keep waiting for that little guy to die. I just want Stephanie to bring in her simple FTAs. I mean..... sometimes I think she looks more dumb then she is because she can't arrest someone who is a simple arrest! Sometimes I want this series to end and sometimes I don't!!! It's like an addiction!

The crystal ball says: 

Fog is coming.....  in the middle of the road on this book!