Book Blogger Hop and Follow Me Friday

TGIF everyone! 

and 

Welcome to Eating YA Books.

I am especially excited about this Friday since once 3:00 PM rolls around I will be officially starting Spring Break. The last few weeks have been filled with just about everything but reading and writing, so I am super pumped to have lots of time to make a dent in my TBR pile.

It has been a very long time since I participated in  Jen's Book Blogger Hop and thought this would be a great start to my week long indulgence of reading, writing, and networking. If you have never participated in a Hop check out Jen's blog Crazy for Books and join in the fun.

This Friday Jen's has posed the question...

"Do you read only one book at a time, or do you have several going at once?"

I use to be a one book at a time kinda gal, until I found out how much fun audio books were. I still only physicially read one book at  a time, but I almost always have an audio book going too. That way I can maximize my time, when holding a book is impossible (driving, cleaning house, walking, etc.)

 

I also figured I would participate in  Follow My Book Blog Friday hosted by Parajunkee 

Make sure you check out her feature blogger of the week Gone with the Words 

This week's Parajunkee posed this question...

  

How did you come up with your blog name?

When I began blogging I found this quote by A. S. W. Rosenbauch...

"Very young children eat their books, literally devouring their contents. This is one of the reasons for the scarcity of first editions of Alice in Wonderland and other favorites of the nursery." 

I created my first header using this quote and decided that since I am a devourer of young adult books that Eating YA Books was an appropriate name for the blog (also it seemed as if several other contenders for a name had already been taken). 

Thanks for stopping by my blog and I will be spending time in the next few days doing the same.

Also while you are here make sure you enter my Lucky Leprechaun Giveaway for a chance to win up to twenty dollars worth of books from the Book Depository.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Book Blogger Hop and Follow Me Friday

It's been a long time since I did the Blogger Hop (summer I think) mainly because I usually do not have the time to hop around on Fridays and check out all the lovely blogs I already enjoy and the new ones I have yet to discover. But I decided to join in the fun today. This lovely meme was created by Jennifer at Crazy for Books  and  if you want to join in on the fun go check out Jennifer's blog. Also,  if I don't get to your blog today, I will be stopping by tomorrow for sure!

Today's question: 

"If you find a book that looks interesting but is part of a series, do you always start with the first title?"

I suppose I am a bit anal about needing to start the first book of a series. Sadly, I have missed out on quite a few series this way. When I first started blogging last year I kept hearing about the Sookie Stackhouse series and the Blue Bloods series and unfortunately, I was too far behind to catch up on them. Also my students really love the Bluford High series, which I have never read either, but because they continually  read them I recently purchased all of them and hope to get them read so I know what all the fuss is about.

 

I also decided to join Rachel's Friday meme Follow Me. This is a first for me. Check out her lovely blog at Parajunkee for all the details on how to participate. This week Jackie at  Insane Hussein another lovely blog you should definitely check out asked the question:

"What is you usual monthly budget?"

To be quite honest, my book budget is non-existent and totally out of control. I see a book I want and off to Amazon or Book Depository I go. I stop at a store and if it sells book, I am drawn like a magnet to those shelves and rarely come away without picking up one, two, or more. I do, however, have a completely rational justification for my addiction.  After reading the books I buy, I take most of them to my students so they too can read them. 

OK, I am off to find out what the rest of you lovely bloggers have said about your book budgets and how you handle series. See ya soon!