Clock Rewinders on a Book Binge is where Tara @ 25 Hour Books and I shamelessly plug each other, share the fantastic posts, giveaways, or whatever else we’ve found and loved by other awesome bloggers (or authors!) during the week, and talk about the books we plan on reading in the coming week.
On a Book Bender Recap
- Review: Getting Familiar with Your Demon by Jodi Redford (9) — Just hit all the right spots.
- Top Off Tuesday — Happy Almost Birthday to Me!
- You Asked, Amanda Answers — I answered ALL THE QUESTIONS! on my birthday.
- Discussion: On Blogging for YOU — I talk about what it means to blog for yourself. It might not mean what you think it does.
Meanwhile, in Amanda’s World
- The boyfriend, his family, and my parents schemed behind my back to buy me a bookcase for my birthday. I was VERY surprised and VERY happy! This is a picture of all my books (minus my All Series, All Summer TBR pile) in my bookcase. Eventually I’ll put them into some kind of order.
- On Tuesday, my parents and the boyfriend celebrated my birthday early. I was surprised with aforementioned bookcase. And I got a picture of me, the boyfriend, and my rum cake.
- Tara got me a grammar police necklace that is simply AWESOME.
- This week was my first week completely free of teaching. I loved it. I also finished up an editing job, and now I am really OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Anything you can do to spread the word is appreciated so, SO much.
- Also, due to my last editing job, I am now completely obsessed with correct punctuation. Oh, punctuation rules! How I love and loathe you all at the same time!
- I added something special to my bio on my Twitter profile.
Around the Book Blogging Community
- Someone tweeted a link to the Lawrence (Kansas) Public Library’s flow chart of what to read if you liked The Hunger Games. It is crazy awesome! I’m also slightly surprised by how many I have, have read, or want to read. Apparently I like dystopian. Who knew?
- I already like and respect M.R. Merrick quite a bit, but his interview with Parajunkee made me respect him more. Definitely one of the good self-published authors out there! Also, he has a really awesome copy-editor. Just sayin’.
- Kristilyn @ Reading in Winter wrote about making bookish friends and blogging. *huggles all my bookish friends until they can’t breathe*
- Kelly @ Radiant Shadows had a very interesting post about the YA Machine, or where companies hire writers to write books using the company’s book concepts/ideas.
- Alissa @ The Grammarian’s Reviews responded to my post about blogging for yourself with her own views on the topic. She completely and totally nails it with her discussion about how blogging isn’t a competition.
Search Terms
deer shifter books — Don’t know of any, but I’d read one.
what happens in toil and trouble by h.p. mallory — THINGS! OMG, so many THINGS!
www.free worlb sex.com — Really?
super ruby predictions — Super Ruby!!!
bound dragon — Okay, I’m just going to come right out and say this: bound dragon and dragon bound are two very different concepts.
Goodreads Stats
Read in 2012 (77)
- Supernaturally by Kiersten White (5)
- I wanted to like this one, but it just didn’t work right for me (however, I’m not ready to give up on the series). Review in August.
- Mind Games by Carolyn Crane
- This one is interesting. Very interesting.
Own-Must-Read (184)
- Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken
- from Jess @ Gone with the Words for my birthday! Thanks, Jess!
- Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
- I went to B&N on my birthday and bought myself some books. Yay birthday books!
- Legend by Marie Lu
- Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs
Amazon Wishlist (61)
All Series, All Summer Progress
Completed: Supernaturally by Kiersten White, so that brings me “current” for that series. (Yes, I know the third book is out. No, I don’t have it. Therefore, the series is completed.)
Goals: MOAR SERIES! I have been seriously slacking on this challenge (and reading in general, actually) and THIS. MUST. CHANGE. At this point, I don’t think I will limit myself to just YA or just adult. I need to finish books and series, period.
Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal July 29, 2012 at 12:41 am
That flow chart… THAT FLOW CHART! I am crazy impressed by it! Now I want to read all the books! ALL THE BOOKS!
PS: MOAR SERIES!
PPS: Your search terms are… odd. Although the Amanda Kelly one has nice ring to it. Well, not the dead part. Neither of us are dead. ARE WE?
Amanda @ On a Book Bender July 29, 2012 at 12:46 am
It’s it just BEAUTIFUL?! We need more charts in our lives.
My search terms sucked this week. Those were the most interesting ones I had. Boo.
PS. We’re not dead. At least we weren’t the last time I checked.
Smash Attack July 29, 2012 at 7:44 am
I love that Hunger Games flow chart! I will definitely be checking out every single book I have not yet read. It is definitely no surprise to me that I love dystopia. heh.
Love the pic of you, boyfriend and nommie cake. ♥ And thank you for your important and meaningful thoughts, as always.
Amanda @ On a Book Bender July 29, 2012 at 10:34 am
I was actually kind of shocked to see how many books I had already read or own to be read on that flow chart. But it was definitely a good kind of shock. :)
Thanks, Smash! *huggles*
Mary @ Book Swarm July 29, 2012 at 7:44 am
That flow chart was really cool–someone knows about kids and bright, colorful graphics. Congrats on the free-of-teaching week(s)!
Amanda @ On a Book Bender July 29, 2012 at 10:34 am
Thanks, Mary! :)
Kristilyn (Reading in Winter) July 29, 2012 at 10:06 am
That cake is gorgeous!! Almost a shame to eat it. :) And I love the grammar necklace … very, very cool. I’ve always wanted some kind of bookish necklace. I have a few owls, which are my favourite, but I still need more. MORE!
I love that dystopian chart! Too many times I get a dystopian book but have no clue what makes it special … this helps break it down. This way i can read CERTAIN dystopians according to my mood.
As for your new books, Under the Never Sky and Legend are BOTH on my TBR list … I just can’t keep up with all the good books.
I’m so far behind on some series books, it’s ridiculous! I need to challenge myself to finish reading some of them — even the ones I hate (like the Sookie Stackhouse books, of which I own the first SEVEN because I bought the box set. Hoping my tastes have changed because I hated the first one).
Thank you for sharing my bookish friends post! :)
Amanda @ On a Book Bender July 29, 2012 at 10:36 am
Almost being the key word, there? And the thing about rum cake is that it actually gets BETTER the longer it sits. (Within limits, of course.)
Kelly and I have gotten such a good response with our All Series, All Summer challenge that we’re considering turning it into a year long challenge next year. It seems like we’re good at starting series, but not so good at keeping up with them.
Amy @bookgoonie July 29, 2012 at 10:37 am
Win on the bookcase & grammar necklace. You picked up some great books at B&N. Can’t wait to see what you think.
Yea for Deer Shifters. I have the K. White books in the series on my shelf, but they haven’t made it to my lap yet.
Amanda @ On a Book Bender July 29, 2012 at 10:55 am
Sadly, most of the books I’ve been buying are stuck pretty low on my TBR list. Too many books, not enough time!
The first Kiersten White book (Paranormalcy) is REALLY GOOD. I loved it. This one? Not so much. But I’m still curious about the last book in the trilogy.
Ruby July 29, 2012 at 12:21 pm
Brightly Woven is fantastic. I knew zip about it when I picked it up, so it blew me out of the water when I read it. I can’t remember if you’ve read much straight up fantasy, though, and that makes me wonder if it’ll be up your alley.
I have Supernaturally sitting on my shelf, waiting for me to read it. Since it’s not a review book, though, it’s pretty far down on my TBR list at the moment. I think I’ll wait until I have Endlessly and then knock out the whole series. I loved Paranormalcy, too, and I don’t want to ruin it for myself!
Amanda @ On a Book Bender July 29, 2012 at 6:07 pm
I like fantasy, and Brightly Woven came strongly recommended by a couple of bloggers whose opinions I trust.
Ashley Montgomery July 29, 2012 at 1:56 pm
Happy Belated Birthday!!! Happy reading!
Ashley @ Dr. Pepper Diva
Amanda @ On a Book Bender July 29, 2012 at 5:55 pm
Thank you, Ashley.
Alissa July 29, 2012 at 4:48 pm
Glad I visited this post again, because I’m only just now seeing that my original comment hadn’t posted! Boo.
A bookcase is an awesome birthday gift. :) And that grammar police necklace is adorable! Didn’t even know they made those.
Amanda @ On a Book Bender July 29, 2012 at 5:54 pm
*kicks WordPress* Sorry your comment is off in bloggy la-la land. :(
I LOVE MY BOOKCASE! I even put another picture of it up on my blog’s Facebook page. lol.
Stephanie July 29, 2012 at 10:02 pm
So glad to hear you had a great birthday! Yay for bookshelves!!!
Amanda @ On a Book Bender July 29, 2012 at 10:35 pm
Yay! :)
Kelsey July 30, 2012 at 7:47 am
Very nice bookshelf and nice looking cake! Happy Birthday again!
I’m saving that flowchart, so many books on there I haven’t read yet, and I also love the search terms for your blog, I’ve started getting some weird ones myself lately. Awesome job reading 77 books this year, I just finished my 78th hehe.
Have a good week!
Amanda @ On a Book Bender July 30, 2012 at 10:53 am
Thanks, Kelsey! :)
I used to get CRAZY search terms on WP.com. Now that I have WP.org, I’ve gotten more appropriate search terms, but every once and a while, I’ll get something crazy.
Sarah (saz101) August 7, 2012 at 9:33 pm
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMANDA!
Ooooh, Under the Never Sky and Legend? ME TOO. I’m really REALLY looking forward to reading them. A good friend’s been telling me they’re AMAZING!
Amanda @ On a Book Bender August 8, 2012 at 10:15 am
Thanks, Sarah!
Knowing me, it will probably be another three or four months until I get around to reading any of those books. :( Too many books!