Book meme

Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback? Really doesnt matter so long as its cheap.

Amazon or brick and mortar? I dont have a credit card so not much Amazon shopping.

Barnes & Noble or Borders? Barnes & Noble. We dont have a Borders...although I really prefer the Library or yardsales or the used bookstore I can trade at.

Bookmark or dogear? Either, if its mine and I'm keeping it I'll dogear :)

.Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random? uh random piles there here and yonder LOL

Keep, throw away, or sell? Well, if someone is throwing books away please send me your addy I'll go dumpster diving at your house. I keep a few not as many as I use to. I have the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon, the Clan of the Cavebear series by Jean Auel, and the Left Behind series and the Narnia series by CS Lewis that I keep and reread. I use to keep my favorites like Nora Roberts and Lavyrle Spencer etc but then I realized that hey the library is keeping them for me LOL I can get them there anytime I want. Mostly I give away or trade at the bookstore.

.Keep dustjacket or toss it? Keep, one time I loaned out a book (left behind series) and it came back sans dustjacket and I am still twitchy when I see it on my bookshelf all naked and stuff. :(

Read with dustjacket or remove it? remove it

Short story or novel? Novel and I prefer fiction. I don't read much non fiction

Collection (short stories by same author) or anthology (short stories by different authors)? Neither, I am not a short story fan

Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket? Neither.

Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks? neither LOL stop reading when its done regardless of time or schedule.

“It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”? Both.

Buy or Borrow? Buy, or borrow from the library. Mostly buy and borrow from the library.

New or used? used if at all possible I am a cheapskate

Buying choice: book reviews, recommendation or browse? all of the above, OR favorite author, if I've read something by them that I like I'll usually repeat buy

Tidy ending or cliffhanger? that depends on if I have book 2 sitting next to me otherwise I HATE cliffhangers LOL

Morning reading, afternoon reading or nighttime reading? all of those, plus tub reading, stoplight reading, waiting room reading etc ;)

Stand-alone or series? love me some series'

Favorite series? see above of books I've kept, plus more recently Yada Yada prayer groups and Shopaholic, Dean Koontz Odd series and Chris Snow series

Favorite children's book? Little house series, Narnia Series, Trixie Beldon series (see a series theme? LOL)

Favorite book of which nobody else has heard? Anyone heard of any of the above? LOL

Favorite books read last year? Holy Cow who knows at this point LOL

Least favorite book you finished last year? I dont waste my time finishing books I dont like

What are you reading right now? Just finished 3rd Yada Yada Prayer group book

What are you reading next? the 4th Yada Yada prayer group book LOL

I tag anyone who wants to play, leave a comment if you do so I can read your faves!
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Rowdyboy is much recovered thanks for the prayers. xoxo melzie

Replies to comments w/no email link :)

Kim-yes I have read all the Odd Thomas books :) I LOVE them, I also love the Christopher Snow series by D.Koontz. I am really a sucker for any series LOL. But my list is books read in 07 I want to keep a tally and see how many books I read in a year. Thats the only reason they were not included...but I should note that it IS part of a series for anyone who may not know.

Laura- if you will email me (link on sidebar) I will send the link to you when I get my stuff on ebay which will be in the next week or two, hubby will help me and I havent even STARTED looking thru my fabric yet. Not a quick process probably.

Thanks for reading my blog ladies ;) xoxo melzie

I think I've found the READ OF THE YEAR

Have you ever read the Yada Yada Prayer group series by Neta Jackson?! If you HAVE then WHY didnt you TELL me how good they were?! If you HAVENT well GO GET THEM! I've read #1&2 (library) but they dont have any more of them. OMGOSH they are SO GOOD I was sad when I finished #2 I want them to go on and on and on :) And THAT is a compliment to a TRUE GOOD BOOK. I will definitely buy these and add to my reread collection :) They inspired me to grow as a Christian. I added a books read in 07 list on my sidebar, I am always taking recommendations! I like Christian ficition, romance (not smutty though), mild sci-fi fantasy, etc. I do NOT like hardly anything on Oprah's list LOL so those type of books I dont care for. I dont like anything crude or graphic.

I actually started cleaning today (finally). I also decided to ebay a big chunk of my fabric. I bought A-LOT OF FABRIC in the last year or two but for pennies on the dollar, (sales, clearance, and my mom's discount) and I'll never use all of it never ever. I think there is so much junk in my sewing room I cant work in there kwim? And I want a new tv :) So to ebay we will go!

This week my focus will be cleaning house, next week I will start to make enquiries towards going to college next fall, I want to go for social work degree, with alot of criminal justice sprinkled in, I want to work with victims of abuse, be it child abuse, s*xual abuse, domestic or elderly. Anyone of those especially touches my heart.

Thanks to all who've hung with my blog over the last few weeks :) I promise to be a more faithful blogger :D xoxo melzie

Playing catch up (or ketchup LOL)

First, some pictures :)

circa 1977! Found at my used bookstore, its sooooo cute and retro

And at $2 could not be passed up :) I am such a sucker for 1970's stuff :)

Next up a nifty new purse! My friend at church crocheted this for me!

Lined and all I am so tickled :)

Little mister Rowdyboy our last kitten who seems to have just taken up residence :)

And let me tell ya ROWDYBOY fits him to a TEE :)

Second, an apology! I went awol from my blog, I've been in such a slump. Not just sewing or blogging but an all over all around in general true FUNK. I am feeling better now :) God is good, he never gives up on me even in my slumpy funky times :)

Its flurrying snow today! Its cold cold I have to keep my washer going or it will freeze. I'm almost done with dirty clothes, then I will strip the beds. Then I dunno what LOL guess I'll call my friend and offer to do some of hers. Last really cold snap I just ran water thru occasionally.

Whats good to read these days? I went on about an 8 wk book fast from Nov til Jan 1 in order to read my Bible more, but since Jan 1 I've read and read and READ AND READ. I have some awesome books to recommend :) For true ROMANCE try out Josie Litton's series Dream of Me, Believe in Me and Come Back to Me. In the Christian fiction, really anything by Karen Kingsbury is TO BE READ IMMEDIATELY :) I've just finished the Redemption series (which leads to the Firstborn series) and the 9-11 series all by her. I mean CANNOT PUT DOWN BOOKS. CBS has links up to the new Survivor and Amazing Race seasons starting in Feb. I cannot wait! AR will be All-Stars and my SWEET SWEET ROB ::SWOON:: yay I cant wait.

Well I think thats all for now :) I'd love to hear some good book recommendations and any talk about the AR or Survivor seasons are welcomed here, except Rob bashing ;) Have a great day! xoxo melzie