Book Blogger Hop: 4/29-5/2

It’s my birthday and I’ll Hop if I want to…
Hop if I want to…
Hop if I want to…
You would Hop to if it was your birthday, too!
(Ok, so not the best rendition of the song, but it’s all I had on short notice! LOL!)
Yup, it’s my birthday on Sunday – another year down!  :)

Book Blogger Hop

Grab the Logo!


In the spirit of the Twitter Friday Follow, the Book Blogger Hop is a place just for book bloggers and readers to connect and share our love of the written word!  This weekly BOOK PARTY is an awesome opportunity for book bloggers to connect with other book lovers, make new friends, support each other, and generally just share our love of books!  It will also give blog readers a chance to find other book blogs to read!  So, grab the logo, post about the Hop on your blog, and start HOPPING through the list of blogs that are posted in the Linky list below!!

The Hop lasts Friday-Monday every week, so if you don’t have time to Hop today, come back later and join the fun!  This is a weekly event!  And stop back throughout the weekend to see all the new blogs that are added!  We get over 200 links every week!! 

RULES:

Your blog should have content related to books, including, but not limited to book reviews.

1.  Enter your book blog link in the Linky List below, including the genre that you review!
In your link, please state the main genre that you review:  eclectic, contemp. fiction, ya, paranormal, mystery, non-fiction, etc.

Example:  Crazy-for-Books (contemp. adult fiction) 

2. Post about the Hop on your blog.  Spread the word about the book party!  The more the merrier!  In your blog post, answer the following question (new question each week!).  

If you have a suggestion for a future HOP question, click here to fill out the form!  Thanks! 

 ”Summer is coming quickly – what 2011 summer release are you are most looking forward to?”

My answer:  This is VERY hard since there are quite a few books that I am looking forward to this summer. I have really enjoyed the books I’ve read by Amanda Eyre Ward and her newest novel, Close Your Eyes will be out in July.  I am definitely looking forward to it – the synopsis has sucked me right in!

Close Your Eyes: A Novel

In Close Your Eyes, the author of the bestselling How to Be Lost spins another mesmerizing tale of buried family secrets.

For most of her life, Lauren Mahdian has been certain of two things: that her mother is dead, and that her father is a murderer.

Before the horrific tragedy, Lauren led a sheltered life in a wealthy corner of America, in a town outside Manhattan on the banks of Long Island Sound, a haven of luxurious homes, manicured lawns, and seemingly perfect families. Here Lauren and her older brother, Alex, thought they were safe.

But one morning, six-year-old Lauren and eight-year-old Alex awoke after a night spent in their tree house to discover their mother’s body and their beloved father arrested for the murder.

Years later, Lauren is surrounded by uncertainty. Her one constant is Alex, always her protector, still trying to understand the unraveling of his idyllic childhood. But Lauren feels even more alone when Alex reveals that he’s been in contact over the years with their imprisoned father—and that he believes he and his sister have yet to learn the full story of their mother’s death.

Then Alex disappears.

As Lauren is forced to peek under the floorboards of her carefully constructed memories, she comes to question the version of her history that she has clung to so fiercely. Lauren’s search for the truth about what happened on that fateful night so many years ago is a riveting tale that will keep readers feverishly turning pages.

WOW!  Can’t wait to uncover the secrets of this book!

There are many other great books coming out this summer, too many to name here.  I can’t wait to see what you all pick for your most anticipated summer read!

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3.  Visit other blogs in the Linky List!  Make new friends!  Follow new book bloggers!  Talk about books!  Rave about authors!  Take the time to make a quality visit!  Check out other posts and content, make a new friend!  Don’t randomly follow someone if you never intend on actually following them!  No spamming please!  (Please do not leave your link and not visit other blogs – it’s just not cool and not in the spirit of the Hop!)

And just as an FYI – this event is not something you should feel that you have to participate in every week.  If you want to join in and link up once a month, GREAT!  It’s up to you how often you participate!

So, have fun HOPPING and enjoy your BOOK PARTY week!!!

UPDATE:  THE BOOK BLOGGER HOP DOES NOT ACCEPT TWITTER LINKS!  IF YOU LEAVE A TWITTER LINK, IT WILL BE DELETED!!!  ONLY YOUR BLOG URL IS ACCEPTED!  THANK YOU!

UPDATE #2: Please do not add “AND A GIVEAWAY” to your blog hop link. 

How to enter your link (things are a little different, so read this please!):

The list is RANDOMIZED! So, when you enter your link, it will appear randomly in the list! To find it on a PC, hit Ctrl-F and type the name of your blog. You can delete your own link, too, so if you mess up, just delete it and start over!

Click the blue button that says ADD YOUR LINK and type in the information below:

Til next time, stay crazy….for books, that is!
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Comments

  1. Happy Birthday!

  2. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND MANY, MANY MORE

  3. Happy Birthday!

  4. Hmm, the first link I click on doesn't actually have a Hop post: CREATE WITH JOY (Inspirational – Eclectic) . Annoying!

  5. Have a wonderful birthday. Greetings in advance!

  6. Happy Birthday Jennifer!

  7. Happy Biryhday for Sunday!

    It's mine on Monday! :)

  8. Happy birthday Jennifer!!
    Have an awesome year ahead :)

  9. Have a very Happy Birthday on Sunday, Jenn xD I love the book you have selected, I was so torn between which one to put up, I have chosen a newly published author, she has a very unique voice.

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  10. Happy Birthday!!!

  11. lucybirdbooks says:

    Happy Birthday for Sunday :) Thanks for doing this every week

  12. Happy Birthday! The book you picked does sound good.

  13. A very Happy Birthday to you!

  14. Happy Birthday, hope you have a wonderful weekend!

  15. Have a GREAT birthday!

    Happy Birthday! :)

  16. First off, Happy Early Birthday! :D What a wonderful weekend to celebrate! And your book sounds so very mysterious! I might have to start the series to get to this book. :) Have an awesome and amazing birthday!

    • crazybookblog says:

      It's not part of a series – this is a stand-alone book!  She does have great books, though, so I do recommend reading her other books!

  17. rbclibrary says:

    Happy, happy birthday to you!

  18. Happy Birthday!!!!! And thanks for hosting the hop!

  19. That is so cool. My birthday is Sunday too! Happy birthday!!!! :) Hope you have an awesome one!

  20. Happy Birthday!!!! I hope you have an amazing birthday weekend!!! : )

  21. Happy Birthday, I hope you have a great one!!!!!!!

  22. Happy Birthday! I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

    ps: I have tried to add my mr linky but it's not taking… hopefully there is just a delay to post. No worries on my end, just want to pass this along in case it's happening to anyone else.

  23. Woot! Happy Birthday! :)

    Your pick sounds wonderful; I just finished reading and reviewing “The Murderer's Daughters”, which is (obviously) about girls whose father murdered their mother. It was a pretty interesting read.

  24. Mrs. Zwieg says:

    Happy Birthday! I have heard that birthdays are good for you, people that have the most live the longest! :) Thank you so much for hosting this hop!

    ***I am a new follower, I hope you will follow back! :)

  25. Yaaaaay birthday time. Have a great weekend and enjoy celebrating you. Happy Birthday Jennifer :-)

  26. Happy Birthday! Have a fantastic weekend! Hope you get to relax and be pampered!

    _KW_
    http://www.ekfamilybooks.blogspot.com

  27. Wishing you a very happy birthday!!! Hope its a special one!!!

  28. Happy birthday!! And have a great weekende, hope you get lots of bookish gifts :)

  29. ..♩.

  30. Have a fantastic birthday on sunday! thanks for the blog hop. I follow you on my other blog (jeannasboutique.blogspot.com) but decided to make a dedicated book blog for all my reading and reviews. Hope you have a chance to relax this weekend and have a great birthday.
    http://jeannasbookshelf.blogspot.com/

    Jeanna

  31. Happy pre-birthday, Jennifer! Celebrate this weekend! :)

  32. Happy Birthday! Have a lovely day. And a lovely weekend.

  33. HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY, Jennifer!

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