Friday Memes~ 4/5/24
I talked about doing more memes again, and here we go! There are several Friday memes floating around the book blogosphere and I have decided to join back in with most of them.
First up is Book Beginnings on Fridays, hosted by Gilion @ Rose City Reader
How it works: Share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name.
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The Friday 56 was started by Freda @ Freda’s Voice. Freda is currently taking a break from hosting, so in the interim it is being hosted by Anne @ My Head is Full of Books.
How it works:
I’m not a shitty person, but I’m about to do a shitty thing.
He does a sideways look at the boys grouped around him, the ones who hang on his every move all the time, even when he’s just making arm farts and repeating the swear words his brothers taught him.
The first iteration of the Book Blogger Hop, which was started in March 2010 by Jennifer @ Crazy-For-Books, ended on December 31, 2012. On February 15, 2013, Billy reintroduced the hop with Jennifer’s approval. The hop will begin on a Friday of each week and end on a Thursday of the following week. Every week, there will be a prompt with a book-related query. The aim of the blog hop is to provide bloggers with an opportunity to follow other blogs, discover new books, make friends with other bloggers, and gain new followers for their own sites.
In elementary school, did you participate in the Book-It! reading program? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer)
Answer:
I did not, but only because it didn’t exist until I was in junior high and I was too old to participate (It was founded in 1984, a year before I started high school). I was pretty bummed about that.
That book sounds interesting. I like the quotes!
We didn’t have the scheme at my school. My son’s school doesn’t either. I don’t know of any similar schemes here in the UK.
Have a great weekend!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2024/04/05/book-blogger-hop-in-elementary-school-did-you-participate-in-the-book-it-reading-program/
I read another book by Niven and I liked it alot. I hope to explore this one, too, in the future.
I don’t read a lot of contemporary YA, but I have been curious about this one so I am happy you are featuring it on your blog. The excerpts you shared make me want to read it even more. I don’t remember the Book It! program. It would have been at the very end of my elementary school years, so it’s likely I didn’t. I do remember participating in my local public library’s summer reading program though. It brings back good memories. 🙂 I hope you have a great weekend!