Book Blogger Hop: September September 20th - 26th & Feature & Follow #7

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This week's question submitted by Elizabeth

September 20th - 26th: What is your favorite genre? List two of your favorite books in that genre. (submitted by Elizabeth)

2. Enter the link to your post in the linky list below (enter your Blog Name and the direct link to your post answering this week’s question. Failure to do so will result in removal of your link).


3. Visit other blogs in the list and comment on their posts. Try to spend some time on the blogs reading other posts and possible become a new follower.  The purpose of the hop is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog. 

 

Guinevere's Answer:

Definitely fantasy and that goes for all of it's sub-genres. I guess I just like to get lost in another world. Far too often we're faced with ongoing, everyday problems, so Fantasy themed books are my "Red pill".


As far as my two favorites in this genre, it's hard to sim it down but a recent read by Tiffany Trent called "The Unnaturalists", i highly enjoyed for it's diversity and ability to recreate the Steampunk genre to include diversity. Steampunk isn't popular on diversity so whenever I see an author incorporate it, I'm sold.

I also really liked Eon. My sister raved so much about it to the point where she annoyed me with how great it was and to be honest, it really was a great series!It took me away with it's world building, I was impressed!

Libertad's Answer:

Well the my favorite genre is easy! Fantasy all the way. I lean more towards Heroic Fantasy but as long as the world building is solid, it can really be any one of it's sub-genres.

As far as my 2 favorite books in the genre, it's tricky. I'd like to think of myself as a reader that has no alliance to a particular book. But one book in particular I loved in this genre was Eon. I know i'm piggy backing off of Guinevere, but I read it first!!! The world Alison Goodman imagined was surreal, it had me wanting to call my own dragon,lol.

As far as a second, The Clockwork Prince(it's the farthest i've made it in the series so it could change once I read Clockwork princess)I really loved! I was so happy to see that Cassandra Clare was able to recapture the same magic(if not better than The Mortal Instruments)the first set of books had, while still incorporating multiculturalism. And considering it was in the 1800s, people consider that era almost impossible to feature diverse characters, but The Infernal Devices series adds to the list of books that have proven this wrong!

Linky List:

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 September 20th-26th

1.	Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer	4.	Carolyn @ Book Lover's Island
2.	Guiltless Reading	5.	Guinevere+Libertad@Twinjabookreviews
3.	Brenda @Daily Mayo	6.	Vicki @ I'd Rather Be At The Beach

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Gain new followers and make new friends with the Book Blogger Feature & Follow! If this is your first time here, welcome! You are about to make some new friends and gain new followers -- but you have to know -- the point of this hop is to follow other bloggers also. I follow you, you follow me.

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee's View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!

How does this work? First you leave your name here on this post, (using the linky tools -- keep scrolling!) then you create a post on your own blog that links back to this post (easiest way is to just grab the code under the #FF picture and put it in your post) and then you visit as many blogs as you can and tell them "hi" in their comments (on the post that has the #FF image). You follow them, they follow you. Win. Win. Just make sure to follow back if someone follows you!

What sets this Hop apart from others, is our Feature. Each week we will showcase a Featured Blogger, from all different genres and areas. Who is our Feature today? Find out below. Just remember it is required, if you participate, to follow our Features and you must follow the hosts (Parajunkee & Alison Can Read) as a courtesy. How do you follow someone? Well, if you have a preference, state it in your #FF post. A lot of blogs are transitioning to Wordpress in which they do not have the luxury of GFC, so an RSS subscription is appreciated or if you choose an email subscription. If you don't have GFC please state in your post how you would like to be followed.

This week's Question:

What were some of your favorite picture books as a kid? If you have kids, what are your favorites to read to them?

Guinevere's Answer:

The first one to come to mind is Why mosquitos buss in People's ears by Verna Aaderna. It had a really good message about how your decisions influence things that come after. To be honest its more than a children's book. It teaches a really good lesson about life.

Libertad's answer:

Very easy, that would be Anansi, The Spider.I remember really loving this book as a child and to this day Anansi, the trickster god in some African and Caribbean cultures intrigue me. African and Caribbean cultures don't paint spiders to be bad, just tricky, lol. I'll probably have this book lined up when I have kiddos of my own!

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