Lord of the Rings Read a Long Pt. 1

This month's read is The Hobbit and it's hosted by A Striped Armchair. Here are some questions to get the party started!


When did you first hear of The Hobbit? I do believe it was in high school. A friend of mine was really into Fantasy and mentioned Tolkien. He suggested I read them all. Did I listen? Nooooo. Stupid me!
What made you decide to join the read-a-long? I have all of the books on my shelf and I have always wanted to read them. I just kept putting it off. I saw the challenge and decided that it was the right time!
Have you read it before? If so tell us about that experience. Nope, I'm a newb to the world of Hobbits!
If you’re new to The Hobbit, do you have any preconceptions going into it? Not really. I always wanted to read the series so I'm just pretty excited!
J.R.R. Tolkien pretty much founded the modern fantasy genre. So let’s take a moment to think about the genre as a whole; have you always loved fantasy? Or perhaps you still feel rather skeptical towards the whole idea of wizards and dwarfs and magic? What was your introduction to the genre? I can't remember the first fantasy novel I read but I would say it was when I was maybe 10 or 12. I have always liked the genre.
Do you have a certain plan for reading it? A few pages a day, spacing it out over the month? Or are you just going to race through it? Let whimsy decide? I started on Jan. 1st and devoured it! I'm done! I can't wait to read the next one! :)

Non-Book Related: Christmas Space

So the holidays are over but that doesn't mean you have to stop enjoying them! I just found this place called Christmas Space that has tons of Christmas Videos and Christmas Pictures to keep the holidays alive! It's like Youtube but for Christmas stuff! There are tons of clips that are just darn cute!

Also, like YouTube they let you upload your family Christmas Pictures if you want to share your Christmas celebration! It's fun and a neat way for people to engage in Christmas sharing! Now I'm usually the kind that before and during the Holidays wishes they were over but misses them when they are gone! Now I can re-live the fun all year long! :) Ain't that swell? :)



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Teaser Tuesday-The Eye of the World

Grab your current read.

Let the book fall open to a random page.

Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.

You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!

My teaser comes from
I'm reading this one for the WoT challenge and so far love it! Here's my teaser ;) Enjoy!


"A crowd of village men, some three dozen or so, clustered near the burned-out husk of the peddler's wagon, night pushed back by the torches some of them carried. Moiraine faced them, her back to the inn, leaning with seeming casualness on her walking staff" from pg. 128

Mini Review-Wrongsized

Okay this was a super quick read but very funny! I read it in pretty much under an hour. This book is about a guy who has a cush job, but suddenly finds himself unemployed and confuddled, after some cutbacks. He can't get some of the jobs he knows he can do. He has no formal training, but he does know his stuff. He signs up with a temp agency after months of being idle, and hilarity ensues! He gets matched with so many random jobs along the way and each chapter highlights that job. This is a humorous read and fun. It's not going to win any awards but it was cute and I enjoyed it.

In My Mailbox-Jan. 4, 2010

Review coming Jan. 13th!!!

What are you Reading?

Books to read this week:

The Eye of the World-Robert Jordan (this is for the WoT Challenge)
Mrs. Dalloway-Virginia Woolf-i gave up on this one jan. 6-i just couldn't get into it :(

Books that I MIGHT read:
Wrongsized-Larry Solomon-finished Jan. 4th-mini review posted
The Manufactured Identity-Heath Sommer

What are you reading?

Review-The Forest of Hands and Teeth

After hearing all of the buzz about this book via other blogs, I was itching to get my hands on it! My sweet dear husband got it for me for Christmas this year! Yay me! I immediately put aside my other reads in order to dive right into Forest. I won't spoil the ending for anyone but this book did NOT disappoint! I love a good zombie story and this was a GREAT one! Carrie Ryan brought fresh ideas to the genre. Let's face it, most zombie stories are all "Brains....brains..." and heroes shooting guns and stuff like that, but not this one!

Mary is one very well written character. From the start you understand her actions and can sympathize with her desires and drives. She longs for something else than just plodding along in life and watching the fence. She's confused and ashamed at these feelings and you FEEL for her. You really do! It's been a long time since I've been able to read a character and feel as if I could be them! (Hope that makes sense?) That is why I loved this book! Not a single character felt as if it was a "filler" character.

Carrie Ryan has written a book that I will certainly read again. I was not disappointed in this one. The Forest of Hands and Teeth gets a solid rating of 4.5 (broken down below)

Characters: 4.5/5
Plot: 4.5/5
Writing: 4.5/5

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition (March 10, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385736819