For some reason today I am feeling nostalgic about "the good ol' days" when the approach of summer meant high anticipation for the release of the latest Harry Potter book.  There was something, dare I say, magical about the excitement that accompanied the HP books.  None of the books touted as "The Next Harry Potter!!!" since then have come close to generating that bookstore buzz.

It's been a while - perhaps it's time to go back to the beginning and reread the series.

Has anyone read Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich?  It's the start of a new series.  I have not read any of her previous books but this one sounds interesting.  I know that at least character is a carry-over from another series of hers, so I'm wondering if I can read this one without having read the others.  If you've read this or any of her other books, I'd like to hear what you thought of them. I tried One For The Money a long time ago and couldn't get into it at all, so I'm a little leery of spending money on this one. 

Once a month [ish] book_memes demands to know: What are you reading?

What book are you currently reading?
How far in are you?
What's it about?
Are you enjoying it?

[my answers in comments]

Once a month book_memes demands to know: What are you reading?

What book are you currently reading?
How far in are you?
What's it about?
Are you enjoying it?

[my answers in comments]

Questions I have spent today pondering while I whip myself into a frenzy for next week's library sale = instant meme!

1. What's on your current book wishlist? If too many to list, describe what kind of things are on it.
2. If you could get just one of those as a gift right now, which would it be?
3. Are there any books in your collection that you want a different or secondary copy of?
4. When is the last time you sold/donated/otherwise got rid of books you didn't want anymore?
5. Do you have any books written in a language other than your native tongue?

Oops, late, sorry...
If I'd remembered to post this yesterday, I'd have been reading something, too. Now I'm caught between books. *woeface*

Once a month book_memes demands to know: What are you reading?

What book are you currently reading?
How far in are you?
What's it about?
Are you enjoying it?

[my answers in comments]

What’s the first book you remember really loving?
Name three authors who feature strongly in your reading history...
What’s the very next book you’re going to pick off your TBR pile?
What’s the very next book you’re thinking of buying/borrowing?
What’s the last book you read? What did you think?

( my answers in comments )

Once a month book_memes demands to know: What are you reading?

What book are you currently reading?
How far in are you?
What's it about?
Are you enjoying it?

[my answers in comments]

Hi, my name is ______ and I’m an _______
What’s the first book you remember really loving?
Name three authors who feature strongly in your reading history...
What’s the very next book you’re going to pick off your TBR pile?
What’s the very next book you’re thinking of buying/borrowing?
What’s the last book you read? What did you think?

*My answers are in comments*

 Booking Through Thursday  has a good meme about reading habits... find it here

Here are my answers

Once a month book_memes demands to know: What are you reading?

What book are you currently reading?
How far in are you?
What's it about?
Are you enjoying it?

[my answers in comments]

Year roundup:

What's the best book you read this year?
Any other reading highlights?
What's the most challenging book you read this year?
What's the worst book you read this year?
Which authors featured most prominently for you in 2011?
Were you part of a reading challenge? Did you meet it?
Are you signed up for any in 2012?
What books are you hoping to get for Christmas (or buy next, if you don’t do the holiday gifting season thing)?
Which books are you most looking forward to reading in 2012?

Once a month book_memes demands to know: What are you reading?

What book are you currently reading?
How far in are you?
What's it about?
Are you enjoying it?

[my answers in comments]

A question meme that I found out on the interwebs. *grin*

1. One book that changed your life?
2. One book you have read more than once?
3. One book you would want on a desert island?
4. One book that made you laugh?
5. One book that made you cry?
6. One book you wish had been written?
7. One book you wish had never had been written?
8. One book you are currently reading?
9. One book you have been meaning to read?

I recently when to an author signing (where I met the amazing Tamora Pierce) and it got me thinking about signed books. So I wrote a short signed book meme! Here it is:

How many books do you have which are signed by an author or illustrator?
(optional: list them, or take a photo of all of them).
Which was the first one you got?
Which was the most recent?
Have you ever bought a book already signed by an author?
Have you ever forged an author’s signature in a book?
Which of your signed books has the best story?
If you could pick one book you own by a living author to get signed, which would you pick?
If you could pick one book you own by a deceased author to get signed, which would you pick?
Do you have a signed book which you haven’t read yet?
Have you ever gone to an author signing and not gotten your book signed?

Once a month book_memes demands to know: What are you reading?

What book are you currently reading?
How far in are you?
What's it about?
Are you enjoying it?

Stephen King, our favourite prolific writer of discomfiting squirmities, is writing a sequel to The Shining, (entitled Dr. Sleep). As a way of passing the time between now and when I go insane from impatience, I give you this early Hallowe’en present… a Stephen King meme.

( this cut is an opportunity for non-king-fans to move on. Do not simply answer every question negatively just to mess with my mind, because I actually read the answers to these, and I will beat you with a copy of The Stand. )

Once a month book_memes demands to know: What are you reading?

What book are you currently reading?
How far in are you?
What's it about?
Are you enjoying it?

akikotree posted this to her LJ, and I stole it like a not particularly sneaky sneak thief.

( it's long, but it's about books )

It's banned book week. I've yet to see a definitive list of banned/challenged books, perhaps (depressingly) because if you take into account every school and library district in every country privileged enough to care about what books are available to the public rather than that books are available to the public, everything with sex or tough issues or, well, words will have come under disapproving scrutiny.

The idea with this list is to ignore the horrifying concept of banning books at all, and save one from the pile. Which is your rescue, and why?

( list under the cut )

Name of the book you're reading, author and some passage that really strikes you. Note: if you're just not feeling it with your current book, feel free to draw from a different book you like.

Hit me up in the comments, buttercups.

Once a month book_memes demands to know: What are you reading?

What book are you currently reading?
How far in are you?
What's it about?
Are you enjoying it?

Haven't done one of these for a while. I miss the randomness.
Tell us...

Scalliwag ... your favourite roguish character
Entry ... a book that lead to something
Perpetual ... the book that took you the longest time to read
Trilogy ... three books that you feel go together, but were written by different authors
Emotional ... a book title that can cause you to feel something just by hearing/seeing it
Merry-go-round ... a book with a fairground scene
Be-yotch ... your least favourite female character
Economy ... your best book bargain
Reliable ... the author you'll always trust to buy in hardback/expect to love his/her next work