1. When I fell in love I knew he was “the one”!
2. It’s wonderful when the flowers bloom and it heats up outside!
3. Oh no! The internet connection is down, I will frantically run around trying to fix it before I realize that I can’t at the moment and will then delve into a book.
4. House is the craziest tv show ever. (But I love it!)
5. Cheese and macaroni make a great meal!
6. I don’t really care about having a garden.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to finishing up all the packing, tomorrow my plans include moving to Paducah and Sunday, I want to relax, but I know I will be back in Herrin cleaning up our apartment to finish moving out!
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Friday Fill-Ins #66
1. Tonight I saw a lot of lightning. (Actually it was last night, lol)
2. Any song with a really good beat makes me wanna dance!
3. Splitting a few appetizers between friends always makes for a great time!
4. My childhood best friend who I lost touch with is someone I’d like to get to know better.
5. The smell of rain reminds me so much of springtime!
6. He smiled and that made it all better.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to packing, tomorrow my plans include Tanya’s wedding and Sunday, I want to move some stuff to our new place!
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BTT – Lit-Ra-Chur
- When somebody mentions “literature,” what’s the first thing you think of? (Dickens? Tolstoy? Shakespeare?)
- Do you read “literature” (however you define it) for pleasure? Or is it something that you read only when you must?
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When someone says “literature,” I generally take it to mean the classics. I should probably broaden my definition, but that’s really the first thing I think of when I hear the word “literature.”
LOL! Um, no. I do not read my definition of “literature” : classics. Some of the classics are okay, others I just cannot get past the language. I’ve had Les Miserables on my nightstand for 4 months and have only made it to page 27. (I officially gave up last week). Now, give me a classic like Huckleberry Finn or To Kill a Mockingbird and I’m fine. But I really don’t like the really super classic classics. If that makes any sense?! Haha!
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Friday Fill-Ins #65
1. Some relationships are meant to flourish.
2. Linkin Park is the last concert I saw; it was awesome!
3. Spring should be a permanent season.
4. Oh no! I forgot to charge my cell phone again!
5. I’ve recently started doing the invoices at work.
6. My husband never fails to make me smile.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to relaxing, tomorrow my plans include doing nothing and Sunday, I want to sleep in!
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Friday Fill-Ins #64
1. Spring is so exciting!
2. Strawberry fields are probably something to see (never seen one).
3. Fried Chicken sounds like it would taste delicious! (Really craving it right now)
4. Why does warm weather make me feel so good?!
5. Australia is something I’ve always wanted to see.
6. It’s sad when my Salukis’ season is over. (SIU got eliminated from the NIT yesterday)
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to a good home cooked meal, tomorrow my plans include going to Paducah and Sunday, I want to forget that I have TWO family dinners!
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BTT – The End
You’ve just reached the end of a book . . . what do you do now? Savor and muse over the book? Dive right into the next one? Go take the dog for a walk, the kids to the park, before even thinking about the next book you’re going to read? What?
(Obviously, there can be more than one answer, here–a book with a cliff-hanger is going to engender different reactions than a serene, stand-alone, but you get the idea!)
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What I do after I finish a book varies with the book. If it was a really great book, I will usually sit and savor the ending for a little bit, letting it sink in. If it was just an okay book, I almost always start another book right away. I guess I prefer to let those books that I really and truly enjoy I would rather have the memories of them for a little longer before I start another one. For those books that were just okay, I usually prefer to dive into another one in the hopes that I will find something great in it!
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BTT – Playing Editor
Suggested by John :
How about a chance to play editor-in-chief? Fill in the blanks:
__________ would have been a much better book if ______________________.
How about a chance to play editor-in-chief? Fill in the blanks:
__________ would have been a much better book if ______________________.
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Hannibal Rising would have been a much better book if … there had actually been a point to the book! Haha! Okay, seriously, this book had so much promise. To me it should have really wrapped up all the questions that surrounded Dr. Hannibal Lecter and what made him the monster that we know him as. I felt cheated after I finished it. I wanted to know everything that had happened to Lecter, and to some degree I got that. But I felt as if Thomas Harris could have done a lot more with the book in order to make it better. I honestly wouldn’t recommend anyone to even bother with Hannibal Rising.
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Friday Fill-Ins #62
1. Ahhhh, it’s so nice that spring is ALMOST here (with an inch of snow on the ground…).
2. One of my favorite things on my desk or bureau is one of our engagement pictures.
3. Japanese Cherry Blossom is not my favorite smell at Bath & Body Works.
4. My comfy chair is my favorite place to sit and read.
5. Peanut butter and jelly is delicious!
6. I love to watch Denzel Washington in movies.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to seeing SIU v. UNI at the MVC tourney!!, tomorrow my plans include more basketball games! and Sunday, I want to have SIU win the championship!
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BTT – Hero/Heroine
Since I missed last week I’m going to actually answer both of the questions today.
1)Who is your favorite female lead character? And why?
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2)You should have seen this one coming … Who is your favorite Male lead character? And why?
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1) I’ll answer last week’s question first … it’s hard to narrow down my favorite female lead character. However, to answer the question ….. I like Iris Johansen’s Eve Duncan, Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone, and Alex Kava’s Maggie O’Dell.
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2) Now, for the male characters … this one is a little easier for me, I guess I read more where the lead characters are men. Anyways, let’s see …. Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch, Jeffery Deaver’s Lincoln Rhyme, Thomas Harris’ Hannibal Lecter (!!), and P.J. Parrish’s Louis Kincaid.
It’s really funny that every character that I mentioned, male and female, are all part of a series! I realized that it turned out that way as soon as I got to Hannibal Lecter (my personal favorite!). I never realized that so much of my reading revolves around ongoing series’. Interesting. Anyways, have a good BTT everybody! (Even though I got to mine a little late tonight…)
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Friday Fill-Ins #61
1. I’m looking forward to going to St. Louis next week.
2. I don’t handle criticism very well.
3. Fettuccine alfredo is something I could eat every day.
4. Warmth and sunlight puts me in a good mood.
5. Paducah here I come!
6. I don’t have any tattoo(s).
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to Don Taco for dinner, tomorrow my plans include the final SIU home game and Sunday, I want to sleep in!
Tales of a Book Addict 