Follow Friday/ Book Blogger Hop (16)

Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee!

Q. The magic book fairy pops out of your cereal box and says "you and your favorite character (from a book of course) can switch places!" Who are you going to switch with?

Oh wow, I'm going to be exceptionally boring again and go with Hermione. She's not my favorite character, but I would love to switch places with her and live in the Wizarding World, go to Hogwarts and be mates with Harry and Ron. 

Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Crazy for Books!

Question COMING SOON :D

Follow Friday/ Book Blogger Hop (15)

Follow Friday, as always, is hosted by Parajunkee!

This week's question is:

Q. What are you doing to prepare for an upcoming zombie apocalypse and/or the return of Mel Gibson to the silver screen? (Both of which could be terrifying.)

(Sorry, for this epic ramble. This is more what I'm going to do if there is a zombie apocalypse rather than how I am preparing)

Haha, well I don't know about the Mel Gibson thing, but I've thought about what I would do in a zombie apocalypse many times (being a bit of a zombie fiction freak). I love this question.

It all depends on where I am at the time. I would like to think that I would have enough time to get back to my house, with my family. Once we are all there, I would make sure that we have a nice selection of weapons to fight off the zombies with (these could be, cricket bats, poles, hammers, mallets, swords lol). I'm hoping that at this point we are not completely overrun, and have time to gather up what supplies we need (these being, water....lots of it, non-perishable foods, the weapons, phones and communicators with chargers (if there is still electricity), first aid kit, blankets and clothing, a ladder, tools, hygiene supplies, important documents and books duh). I would then gather my family (this includes my cats of course) up into the attic with the supplies and somehow destroy or block the stairs. I would also make sure that our house is covered in blood and guts to block the smell of us living from the zombies. 

We would hide out there in the attic for as long as we could, and wait for the apocalypse to calm down. Then we would carefully send out scouts (which would probably be me) using the ladder, to check the coast. If it is clear, cover the car in blood and guts (again, for the smell). I would then carefully, bit-by-bit carrying down whats left of the supplies and food, and if there's any left in the house, to the car. We would then using maps, plan what would be the safest places to go (most likely out in the countryside), as well as meeting points, if we were to get lost. While going we would try and pick up more supplies, petrol and join up with any other groups of people who have made it, and then make our way into a safe-zone in the country, and try and hook up with any remaining military units. 

Wow, what do you know? Turns out I do have a detailed plan!

Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Crazy for Books! 

This week's question is:

Share your favorite post from the last month and tell us why it’s close to your heart!

It was probably my review of Between Shades of Grey here!

There isn't really any special reason, other than it was a really amazing and important book that I loved.

Follow Friday/ Book Blogger Hop (14)

Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee!

Q. How many books do you read in a week? And in what format do you read them, or listen to them?

I only really read 'hard copies' as people say, the real books. As for how many I read a week - I'm quite a slow reader and I'm usually pretty busy, as I have college in the morning and work every evening during the week. But I will get through 2-3 on a good week. But occasionally I might only get through one. I don't like those weeks.

Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Crazy for Books!

"What book-to-movie adaption have you most liked?  Which have you disliked?"

Oooooooh! Tough one! I'm usually very critical when a production company even considers making a film out of a book I've read. Especially if i really liked it. 

One's that I've liked are Lord of the Rings (only my favorite films of all time), Harry Potter, Holes and also recently Tomorrow, when the War Began. I had a few problems with, but overall, I thought it was great! 

I'm sure there are loads that I've forgotten, but a couple that stick in my mind are Angus, thongs and full frontal snogging. I read those books when I was younger, and they were brilliantly funny. But the charm of the books was in the writing and how it was written, and it was ruined the second they decided to put it on the screen. I am Number Four was also pretty laughably bad. 

There are also loads of future movies coming out from books that I love. I'm not really happy about it at all. I know it's all about money making, but I'm honestly tired of seeing movies out of ever slightly popular book. The Hunger Games, The Forest of Hands and Teeth, The Uglies and City of Bones are all apparently future movies.

I'm just praying that they don't try and adapt the Gone Series. That just would NOT work as a movie on any level whatsoever. 

Follow Friday/ Book Blogger Hop (13)

Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee!

This week's question is:

It's circle time. Time for us to open up and share. Can you tell us FIVE quirky habits or things about you? We all have them...

Wow, I have so many quirky habits, it's gonna be hard to narrow them down....

1. I love pesto. Yes, pesto that you have in salads and pastas. But I love it in sandwiches and on crackers.

2. I have two props used in two of my favorite war dramas. One is a rubber safety Bayonet used on the set of the Pacific. The other is a rubber hand Grenade actually used on the set of Saving Private Ryan. I intend to get a prop from Band of Brothers (my favorite favorite) next. 

3. I love and enjoy teaching myself Astronomy. I have always been interested in it, but we were NEVER taught anything about space at school, which I think is disgraceful. So I taught myself.

4. I am trying to teach myself to play the Ukulele. But I just don't have the time at the moment. 

5. My favorite film(s) from since I was 8 or 9 is Lord of the Rings. I've watched them hundreds of times over the years. This includes the extended version, and the commentaries and extras. Yet there is one part of the original Return of the King that I haven't seen. It's in the middle of the film and only about 5 seconds long, but I always ALWAYS look away on that part because I have some weird fear about what happens in it. I'm not gonna say what part or what fear it is though, I'll save that for another time. My mum told me not to look on that part when I first saw it (I was like 11 okay), and since then I've still never looked.

Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Crazy for Books!

"If you were given the chance to spend one day in a fictional world (from a book), which book would it be from and what would that place be?"

I'm pretty sure I've answered something like this before. But Hogwarts obviously. I don't think I need to explain my reasoning. 

Follow Friday/ Book Blogger Hop (12)

Oh dear, at last we have our blogger back, and now on to a very late friday post (even though there's only about an hour left of friday for me).


 Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee!







Q. The Blogger Apocalypse made me a little emotional. What is the most emotional scene in a book that you have read lately?


The only book that's made me cry recently is Looking for Alaska by John Green. It's beautiful and emotional, on such a deep level that it really makes you think, and I'm not ashamed for shedding a few tears with that book.


Other books that have made me cry more for what has happened in the plot rather than the depth and meaning behind it. Harry Potter obviously, but that was a long time ago so. I also cried like a baby at the end of Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness, and I probably would of cried at the end of A Killing Frost (part of the Tomorrow series by John Marsden) if I hadn't been so in shock. I also cried at the end of Mockingjay, but that was mainly because I was unhappy with the way it ended. 


This sounds like a lot considering I'm not that much of a cry baby. 




Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Crazy for Books!





Are you going to Book Expo America (BEA) and/or the Book Blogger Convention (BBC) this year?


I'd love to, but I live in the UK and circumstance and time are just not my friend with this one.

Follow Friday/ Book Blogger Hop (11)

Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee!

Q. Circle time! Time to share. What character in a book would you most like to be, what character in a book would you most like to date?

Hmm, this is a tough one. I've thought about these two questions many times, but I've never really come to a conclusion.

When thinking about a character I'd like to be, I tend to lean towards the characters I'm most like, which I suppose isn't necessary. However, a character I'd most like to be is probably Hermione from Harry Potter. She goes to Hogwarts and is best friends with Harry and Ron. I think those are enough reasons. I also admire her a lot for her honesty and cleverness. 

A character I'd most like to date....have you got a couple hours? This is quite a tough one also. I always tend to lean away from the most obvious love interests of female leads in books, as they are always very similar and I'm not much of a romantic. 

One character whose probably my biggest crush at the moment is Edilio from the Gone series by Michael Grant. He's not one of the main characters, but is by far the unsung hero of the books! He's the bravest and always keeps it together while everyone else is falling apart, even with the fact that he doesn't have a power. But he is also 14-15, so it might be a bit odd if I dated him. Grant also likes giving me a mini heart attack as Edilio seems to have a near death experience each book. 

Also, any of John Green's lead male characters. This is probably better as they are all pretty much my age. But I always connect with his male leads so much, and can relate them to myself much better than any female leads I have read. Preferably Miles 'Pudge' or Quentin, from Looking for Alaska and Paper Towns respectively. 

Okay, WOW, I just rambled a lot, I'm sorry about that....

Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Crazy for Books!

Which book blogger would you most like to meet in real life?

ALL OF THEM!

Follow Friday/ Book Blogger Hop (10)

Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee!

This week's question is:

If you were stocking your bomb shelter, what books would you 

HAVE to include if you only had space for ten?

First of all, can I just say how much I LOVE this question! It's tough, but I'm always thinking of things like this, so this is totally my question this week!

1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K.Rowling
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
3. Looking for Alaska by John Green
4. Plague by Michael Grant
5. Lies by Michael Grant
6. Darkness be my friend by John Marsden
7. Burning for Revenge by John Marsden (these two are the next books in the Tomorrow series that I haven't read yet)
8. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (the first book)
9. The Death Cure by James Dashner, from my TBR pile (amusing that it's out)
10. Divergent by Veronica Roth, from my TBR pile

Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Crazy for Books!

"Summer is coming quickly - what 2011 summer release are you are most looking forward to?"

I'm afraid I'm gonna have to take the boring route and say that I don't actually have a summer release I'm looking forward to at the moment.

Right now I'm still buzzing from the cover release of The Death Cure by James Dashner, which I can't wait for!

This is out in October (that's summer, right?)

Follow Friday/ Book Blogger Hop (9)

Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee!

This week's question is:

What is currently on your playlist?

Interesting question. I actually do have a few playlists, because when I'm at work, I don't get a chance to stop every few minutes and change to a song I like. Therefore, I have loads of playlists of the songs/bands that I'm into at that time.

At the moment it consists mostly of:

Bon Iver

The Strokes

Frightened Rabbit

Queen

Book Blogger Hop is a weekly meme hosted by Crazy for Books!

This week's question is:

If you find a book that you love, do you hunt down other books by that author?

Yes, most of the time. I don't necessarily rush into reading every book that the author has. As sometimes it might be more of the story or the concept that I loved the most. But I do definitely have a look at their other works to see if they interest me.

Follow Friday/ Book Blogger Hop (8)

It's that time again! Happy Friday everyone!

Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee's View!

This week's question is:

Do you have anyone that you discuss books with IRL? Tell us about him/her.

Well......not really. Finding another person my age who reads is quite a rarity. Though, recently a guy in my class at college took an interest in the book I was reading. He then went on to discuss books that he's read (these include Mortal Instruments, Northan Lights etc). I was pretty shocked, as he doesn't seem like the type to read much. We don't talk often, but it is nice to have someone else who likes that sort of thing. 

Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Crazy for Books!

Question coming soon!

Follow Friday/ Book Blogger Hop (7)

Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee!

This week's question is:

Do you judge book's by their cover?

Yep! I'm the number one criminal of that offence. The 'Don't judge a book by it's cover' is a good saying metaphorically, but not so much when it applies to books in my opinion. These days, a book cover is what sells the book to you when you're in a book shop. There are whole teams of people to work on book covers. That's why I think there's no excuse for a bad cover, or one that either doesn't match the story or live up to it.

Book Blogger Hop is a weekly meme hosted by Crazy for Books!

....and today's question isn't up yet. Not to fear, it'll be up soon.

Follow Friday/ Book Blogger Hop (6)

Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkie!

This week's question is:

What is the book you really don't want to admit loving?

To be honest, there are no books that I would not admit to reading. If I'd read Twilight and liked it and someone in real life asked if I had, I might be a bit embarrassed to admit it. 

I do love my zombie books though, which some people find quite strange. Even some of the cheesiest action orientated ones I love. 

Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Crazy for Books!

This week's question is:

Since today is April Fools Day, what is the best prank you have ever played on someone OR had played on you?

Ugh, I feel so boring with my answers this week. I can't think of one big epic prank that has been played on me or that I played on someone specific to April Fools Day. I do have a couple small pranks that I have been remembering recently to mention though.

When I was at school (maybe in Year 8 - 12 years old) we were all sitting in English class with a substitute teacher no one really liked. One of the students had a mosquito whistle on their phone (for anyone who doesn't know - it's a high pitched whistle that only people under the age of about 25 can hear. People use them outside their houses to repel youths). The student kept playing it on his phone when the teacher was talking, or at funny moments. Of course the whole class could hear and would burst out laughing at the same moments, but the teachers had no idea what it was and in the end kept asking us what was so funny.

Anyway, that wasn't really a prank or on April Fools Day or anything, but I just remembered that story recently and thought it would be quite appropriate to share.  

Follow Friday/ Book Blogger Hop (5)

Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkie!

This week's question is:

Give us five silly book related facts about you.

(These are pretty long and uninteresting, but I couldn't really think of anything)

1. I am a compulsive shelf rearranger. I love seeing all my books proudly sitting on my shelf. So I'm always there rearranging them in different ways. Alphabetical, by author, by title, by genre, by size, when read etc etc But in the end, I always end up just shelving them by what looks best :)
2. As I am still toying with the idea of becoming an illustrator, so I more often then not, have little watercolour illustrations from some of my favorite books scattered around my room. 
3. I'm known as the 'reader' in my class at college. We have a pretty open course, and our course is pretty much the time allocated that we are meant to sit in out room and work, and we rarely have a lecturer (I know. Great course right?) Of course I am a good little student and do my work, but sometimes I just need a break, and that's when I read. Probably a little more than I should. 
4. I get a lot of my books on Amazon and my family always groans every time a new book shaped package comes through the book. That's not going to stop me getting that excited buzz every time I see them arrive! 
5. I don't like owning bags that can't fit a book in. 

And now for Book Blogger Hop, a weekly meme hosted by Crazy for Books!

This week's question is:

If you could physically put yourself in a book series....which would it be and why?

(YEEE I LOVE THIS QUESTION)

This is going to be tough. The first that comes to mind is obviously Harry Potter. Who doesn't want to go to Hogwarts?! Also, the world of HP is a lot less corrupt and a lot more happy and livable than a lot of other series I can think of. 

In a weird way, I'd love to see how I fared in the Gone series. It's definitely not ideal, and I'd have to be the same age as all the characters, but everything about Gone is so believable, that I just think it'd be so awesome to actually be involved and see how I'd react to all the different stuff that happens.

Leave me a comment and link to your Follow Friday/ Book Blogger Hop, I'd love to see your answers! :D 

Follow Friday/ Book Blogger Hop (4)

Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee!

This week's question is:

How did you come up with your blog name? 

Well, this is going to be the shortest most boring answer. I love reading fiction. I also read it a lot, and you could say that I live in it. So I became Living in Fiction. 

Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Crazy-for-Books!

This week's question is:

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

Occasionally, I may start reading a book, then find it impossible to wait to the end to start reading another. But usually I like to keep one going at a time as it's quicker. 

Follow Friday/ Book Blogger Hop (3)

Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkie, giving people a chance to make new friends in the book blogging community! 

This week's question is: 

Just like Ashley said (love it) "Ashley the girl..." who are You the Boy/Girl, instead of You the Blogger?

I'm Vicky. I just recently turned 18, and I'm currently on a hopeless course at college studying on Art and Design. I've got one more year, then I'm hoping to go to uni. I would like to be a Concept Artist or Illustrator or something involving film art. Other interests I have are WW2, Astronomy and films. I currently work as a nighttime cover cleaner at some offices nearby my house, and transcribe for an online podcast called MuggleCast. I also have two gorgeous cats named Oliver and Ali (that's Ali in the sidebar).  

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly event hosted by Crazy-for-Books, it's a great way to meet new friends in the book blogging world!

This week's question is: 

"If I gave you £50 (or $80) and sent you into a bookshop right now, what would be in your basket when you finally staggered to the till?"

This is tough because the bookstore nearest me is pretty small and there aren't always a huge choice in books, although they are good with their latest releases. 

But here's what I came up with (I've linked them to their Shelfari pages if you're interested):

1. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
2. Matched  by Allyson Condie
3. The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting 
4. Numbers: The Chaos  by Rachel Ward
5. Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick
6. The Dead by Charlie Higson

Also, if anyone out there is caught in the regions effected by the tsunami, please stay safe, my heart goes out to you! <3

Follow Friday/ Book Blogger Hop (2)

Follow Friday!

Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee!

What embarrassing thing have you done on cold medicine?

My answer isn't very interesting here, as I honestly can't think of anything. Usually when I have a cold, I just lie on the sofa and sleep or watch TV, so I don't always take a lot of medicine if I can help it.

Book Blogger Hop!

Book Blogger Hop is a weekly meme hosted by Crazy-for-Books!

This weeks question is:

Who's your all time favorite Book Villain?

Mine is probably the most obvious you could pick, but it just has to be done:

Lord Voldemort. 

I don't think I really have to explain this much. He is the villain of my childhood. The one person who is known throughout our muggle world. Evil and awesome.

Follow my Book Blog Friday

I know I'm a bit late for this, but I've seen this put in with a lot of other Book Blog Hop posts, so I thought I might as well do this as well! It's hosted by Parajunkie if you are interested in joining.

The question this week is:

Share your current favorite TV show?

Band of Brothers! 

To be honest, this is always my favorite TV show. It's based around a true story of a company of paratroopers during WW2. It follows them from training until the taking of the Eagles Nest. I've always loved/been interested in true life combat memoirs from WW2 (I've read a lot of them), and in my opinion, Band of Brothers is one of the very best war portrayals, and unfortunately, it's highly underrated. It's also along the same wave-length as Saving Private Ryan and The Pacific, which just came out this year. As they both co-created by Tom Hanks and Steven Speilberg. 

I could go on for ever about how much I love this mini-series, but I think I'll stop there!