Friday, January 20, 2012

Feature and Follow Friday #5: I must have that book!

 

Feature & Follow Friday is a weekly social blog hop between book bloggers. There are two hosts: Parajunkee and Alison of Alison Can Read. If you want to join in, click on either of their blogs to get the details. The FF question of the day is:

Q: What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done to get your hands on any particular book?

While I had the swine flu a couple years back, I was pretty much incapacitated. I was in bed for over two weeks, and I didn't have anyone to run errands for me. While running a high fever, I drove about 10 minutes to the bookstore to get my hands on a bunch of Sookie Stackhouse books. I had just started the series, and I needed something fun to read while I was stuck in bed cursing fate. But I was really out of it, and pretty sick, so I shouldn't have been driving. What can I say? I needed my Sookie fix. I would definitely recommend the series as excellent illness reading. They're quick, engrossing reads that don't tax your brain!

That's my fairly mild anecdote. Hopefully there will be some juicy stories about extreme measures taken to get ARCs out there, or the equivalent, as I read around the book blogs!

10 comments:

  1. Haha, I'm totally open to doing craziness for the next book in the Sookie series! I need my dose of Eric, like, now, haha.

    Thanks for stopping by, following you back. Have a great weekend.

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    1. No problems; thanks in return. I know, Erik is my favorite for Sookie (and myself!) I'm worried that Harris will end up the series by pairing Sookie with Sam, as the friend in the background who was perfect for her all along (gag). Since it's so popular, though, it probably won't end anytime soon!

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  2. Hehe, I haven't done anything crazy either. x)

    - New follower

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    1. Thanks for following. Good to know there are others out there who have no book obtaining exploits! I'm still hoping to find a really outrageous one as I read around.

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  3. That's a pretty crazy story; you definitely could've killed somebody. You should feel good about that!! :D

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  4. Oh, come on, it's not that bad, is it? Maybe it is! Now I feel like the equivalent of a drunk driver :.( But I swear, the Sookie Stackhouse books helped nurse me back to health.

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    1. Aye aye, captain. You are now the poster child for the anti-sick driving campaign!

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  6. Hahah! That's funny, I'd probably do the same for any The Hunger Games book! New follower, here's mine!

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  7. Glad the books nursed you back to health but I agree with Patrick...careful with the sick driving :D

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