Happy Thanksgiving!

Best of 2011

It's so hard to choose a top 10 from so many great books! So here they are ...

1. Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
2.     Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
3.     Divergent by Veronica Roth
4.     Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder
5.     The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa
6.     Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
7.     First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
8.     Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys
9.     Where She Went by Gayle Forman
10.     Night Road by Kristin Hannah

HONORABLE MENTIONS

 

   

 

•     Want to Go Private by Sarah Darer Littman
•     Legacy by Cayla Kluver
•     The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa
•     Blood Red Road by Moira Young
•     Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready
•     Shift by Jeri Smith-Ready
•         The Day Before by Lisa Schroder
•     River Marked by Patricia Briggs  
• Virtuosity by  Jessica Martinez

What to look for in 2012

 

•  Everneath by Brodi Ashton  (January 24, 2012)
•     Incarnate by Jodi Meadows  (January 31, 2012)
•     A Temptation of Angels by Michelle Zink (March 20, 2012)

Mini Vacation plus Check Out Giveaway!

In case you didn't notice, One Book At A Time has been on hiatus this past week.  I was on vacation with the family in Chicago.  I honestly meant to have posts done and also to get a few more up while I was gone.  That did not happen.  

Since we are just getting home, and the next few days are packed already (why did I schedule so much stuff right after vacation?), I've decided to let the post hiatus continue.  One Book At A Time will be back to it's regular schedule on Sunday :)

In the mean time, I think an important post got lost in the holiday shuffle.  I had a guest post with Mary Lindsey that included a giveaway for an adorable stuffed sheep.  No one has entered :(  So go and check it out HERE

Blog Award!

I want to thank Felicia over at Geeky Blogger's Book Blog for this award!

1. Put this on your blog, whether as an entirely new post like I'm doing, or on your sidebar.

2. Choose 15 other bloggers that you love, and award them with this.

3. Send them a message/comment to let them know.

The Book Owl
Eating YA Books
Book Journal
Curling Up By The Fire
I Swim For Oceans
Inside Of A Dog
My Book Retreat
Opening Lines
Polish Outlander
Reading Extensively
Reading on a Rainy Day
Tabitha's Reads
The Many Thoughts of a Reader
Well-Mannered Frivolity
Write Meg!

 

Awards and Thank You's!

Polish Outlander was kind enough to pass on a few awards recently.  I want to thank her, display them, and then pass them on!  First off...

The Who Loves You Baby! Award is given to those bloggers whom you love and who have awarded you in the past! Pass it on!

Now, I've only been awarded 2 awards so will go to those bloggers and one more

Polish Outlander (you don't have to do anything with it since you gave it to me :))
J. Kaye's Book Blog
Debbie's World of Books

 

This one requires some questions to be answered.

Where is your favorite place to read a book?
The bathtub and in bed after the kids have to sleep

Bookmarks or dog ears?
Neither.  I usually just remember what page I am on. 

What is the best book you have read so far this year?
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

Do you like to snack while reading and if so, what is your favorite snack?
I rarely snack.  Unless I've had a reading marathon

Book borrower or book collector?
I buy, swap, and borrow from the library.

Now to pass it on too...

Rundpinne
Alaine - Queen of Happy Ending
Sarah's Book Reviews
One Person's Journey Through a World of Books
Write Meg!
Polish Outlander

 

I would like to pass this on to

Rundpinne
One Person's Journey Through a World of Books
Debbie's World of Books
J. Kaye's Book Blog
Polish Outlander

Happy New Year!!

 

 

Wishing you a Happy And Prosperous 2010

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

 

Merry Christmas from my house to yours!  Hope you have a wonderful Holiday!!

Blog Award: Honest Scrap

J. Kaye's Book Blog was awesome to pass this award to me!  My first blog award!!

The rules of this one is to list ten honest things about me and then pass the award on to ten other book bloggers. First for the easy part, to list ten things:

1. 
   
   I live in the middle of nowhere in the big state of Idaho.  And for anyone who is curious, that's the state in the west (I've had people think I mean Iowa and Ohio).


2. 
   
   We live on a farm/ranch.  I love that my girls get to grow up surrounded by horses, sheep, dogs, cows and of course the great outdoors!


3. 
   
   My husband is from Chicago and his family still lives there.  So my girls get a taste of the big city and all it has to offer!


4. 
   
   I have 2 girls ages 4 and almost 2.  I've been asked how I find the time to do this.


5. 
   
   I really would love to have a boy, but have to come to terms with the possibility of having 3 girls first lol!


6. 
   
   I've been to England (twice), New Zealand, Israel, Jamaica, and Canada.


7. 
   
   I can't wait to travel more when my girls are older!!


8. 
   
   I am a very shy person.  I don't like new situations, new people, or crowds.  Maybe that's why I like the internet so much!


9. 
   
   I started this blog as a way to connect with our people who like to read as much as I do.


10. 
    
    Shhhh... Don't tell any of my University of Idaho friends (where I graduated from), but I really do like Boise State Football!!

And now to pass the award on too:

Polish Outlander
Debbie's World of Books
One Person's Journey Through A World of Books
Mindful Musings
Well-Read Reviews
Bri Meets Books
The Eclectic Reader
Bookworming in the 21st Century
Book Fan
Books and Such

 

 

Wordless Wednesday Veteran's Day

I thought this was an appropriate picture for today.  I was going to post it a few weeks back, but glad I didn't.

Members of the Kimberly High School band practice folding a 120-by-60-foot American flag on the field at Papermaker Stadium in Kimberly, Wis., on Oct. 15. The U.S. flag, one of the largest ever flown,was displayed the following night at a football game against Appleton East High School.

Thank you to those men and women who have served this country (past, present, & future)!

Twitter

So I fully admit that I don't always know what I'm doing when it comes to this whole blog thing!  I sign up for Twitter hoping to have a way for people to follow my blog.  Only I don't use the user name I should have.  I get all those codes and post them on my blog and get a couple followers!  Well, I realize what I did wrong on Twitter and fixed it.  Some how in the process, I lost my followers.  Plus, the link on my blog doesn't work.  
Well, I've realized my mistake.  It's fixed now!   So if you were following before and realize you aren't getting my Twitter updates, you might have to click the link again.  And for those who tried to click the link and got an error message, try again now.  
Thanks for your patience!  As you can see...I'm new!
Here is the proper link http://twitter.com/onebooktime

Follow Me....

I've added some things to my site that I think I need to bring attention to.  First off, under Contact Me, there is a link that says subscribe in a reader.  If you click on that you sign up to gets emails from my blog.  I'm not positive, but I think it will send an email when I post something new.   The second way to follow my blog would be if you use Twitter.  There's a little blue bird on the side that says Follow Me.  If you click that you will be following me on Twitter.  I will post there when I have posted a new review or something else to my blog.  
I'm still working on a few other things and figuring out how my host site works.  I picked wordpress because I liked the format, ease of use, and how I thought I wanted my blog to look.  Turns out, there are a few things that wordpress doesn't do yet.  So, being new to blogging, I've had to find other ways. 

Also, please check out the blog links on the side.  These are the main blogs that inspired me to start me own!

Musing Monday's

 

 

 

So, I came across my first problem over the weekend.  I had The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner on my classics challenge.    I've been trying to work my way through my challenges for the year because I have a huge pile of books I really want to read.  Now maybe that's my problem (other books I would rather be reading), because 50 pages into The Sound and the Fury I had to put it down.   Now I'm not sure if I should review it or not.  I'm thinking about taking it back to the library and trying it again at a later date.  But, what do I do if I have the same issue then?   I'm not sure I can give a fair review of a book I couldn't even finish.  So fellow readers (if I have any lol!) do you review books you can't finish?