Book Blogger Hop - 1/14/11

Book Blogger Hop


This week's question comes from Barb who blogs at Sugarbeat's Books:
 "Why do you read the genre that you do?  What draws you to it?"

Andrea:
I am mainly a reader of the young adult genre. I think the reason I am most drawn to it is that I like that it makes me feel young. Adolescence is a time where there is so much struggle, but it is also a time of magic. My favorite realm of YA literature is of the paranormal variety. I have been obsessed with vampires, werewolves, ghosts, and all sorts of other monsters since I was a kid. I love to see all the new spins on my favorite supernatural beings.

Tevya:
I typically read romance and YA, with a lot of paranormal thrown in. I have always been a romantic at heart, always in love with the idea of love. I love the butterflies of meeting that special someone, and the wide range of emotions that falling in love brings. YA brings in the innocence of first love, the devotion of high school relationships when nothing else in the world matters except what you are going through, the friendships and the drama, along with all of those feelings that you can't recaputre except through reading. The paranormal aspect brings in the fun of the unknown and the excitement of things that we can only dream about and imagine.

 


Comments

  1. I'm your newest follower! Thanks for stopping by the blog!

    Kristin
    MyBookishWays

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  2. @Kristin - Thanks for stopping by Reading Lark! We always love new followers. :)

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  3. Love that there are two of you who run this site as well! :) YA ROCKS!!

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  4. @I Eat Words - Thanks for taking the time to check us out!

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  5. Thanks for stopping by my blog! I love your background. It's so modern! Happy Reading, and have a good weekend!

    ~Zakiya

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  6. Thanks for stopping by my blog. YA Paranormal is my fave too!

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  7. @Zakiya, @Chrystal: Thanks for taking the time to stop by and comment!

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  8. Hey, thanks for stopping by and following my blog!! Love yours!! Can't wait to hear more from you guys!!

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  9. New follower! Totally agree with you about the YA genre, I can't seem to get enough!

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  10. Thanks for hopping by! I love your header, it's so cute :)

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  11. Thank you so much for the lovely comments and follows! You're all welcome any time. :)

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  12. Thanks for visiting NotJustReading and commenting. I love the way the blogging community brings together people with very different tastes and opinions even though we'd feel lost in each other's libraries!

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  13. I love both of your answers. They're so great and so true.

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  14. Thank you for stopping by and following my blog, we have similar taste in books! You have a great blog and I am now a follower!
    NC
    http://trulybookish.blogspot.com/

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  15. Thank you for making your way over to Reading Lark. I agree that is so awesome how the blog hop can bring us all together in spite of the differences in what we choose to read.

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  16. Thanks to everyone who took the time to visit us this evening! I was at the theatre with my daughter, & it is so much fun to return hime to all of the comments. As Anndrea said, we appreciate the visits & the follows!

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  17. Great answer! Thanks for stopping by my blog :) I really appreciate it.

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  18. Thanks for commenting and following my blog! That was awesome of you =]

    I love your header, the birds are so cute! I read YA Paranormal mostly too, but sometimes I read the odd adult book or contemporary fiction too. It depends.

    Have a great weekend and happy reading! I'm a new follower!
    Bella

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  19. Hopping by on this busy sat morn. :)

    enjoy ur weekend!

    carol

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  20. I'm hopping in too (a bit late). Great site, I'm now a follower.
    Sue

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  21. Hey Andrea, Tevya, my husband and I were on the friday hop, and he says that your blog design is the prettiest we've seen so far :)

    I like both your answers - have fun reading together!
    I'm hopping from e-Volving Books

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  22. Thanks for visting my blog, yours is gorgeous. I agree, it's great that events like the Blog Hop bring us all together, whatever our favourite genre.

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  23. Thanks for hopping by my blog! I love young adult romances as well. :)

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  24. hello! i really like the design of yout blog thanks for the follow, i did the same!

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  25. Thanks for visiting Reading World! This is a great blog - so creative! I've read some paranormal that I've really liked, but I don't read it very much because of a lifelong irrational fear of vampires. I dread the nightmares!

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  26. Stopping by for the Hop! I am really just starting to dip my toes in the YA genre.

    Angela

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  27. Hey guys thanks for following my blog! I just started following yours and I think that is so cool that you two blog together. My friend Kate and I have been trying to write just one joint blog entry on both of our blogs for like a month now and it is not that easy.

    I don't read a lot of Paranormal but I liked what you guys had to say about YA. Right now I am listening to Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist and it is a lot like what Tevya was talking about as far as highschool relationships. I'm going to post about it tomorrow.

    Keep up the good work!

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  28. Thank you so much for stopping by!
    Have a great weekend!:D

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  29. Hopping through. I prefer reading YA too...especially paranormal.
    My Hop

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  30. Thank you so much for all the nice comments. We truly appreciate people noticing all of our hard work.

    We love the way our blog looks and are really attached to our little birdies, but it's nice to know others dig it too.

    We also appreciate all of the followers. We always try to return the favor.

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  31. Visiting from the blog hop tour. I'm a new follower! I love your blog. I'm partial to pokeyspots. Thanks for coming over to my blog and leaving a comment! I love getting comments. I'm sure you do, too.

    Have a great weekend!

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  32. It's nice to leave adolescence behind and look at it fondly. Magical is a nice way to describe it.

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  33. Hi, I am returning the follow! Thank you for stopping in at Bookin' It and leaving a comment for me! You have such a wonderful site here and I look forward to coming back often.

    Have a wonderful weekend and happy reading!
    Talina

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  34. Thanks for hopping by. It's always nice to find other fans of romance and paranormal.

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  35. Great answers to the hop question by both of you!

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  36. Andrea, Thanks for visiting and following my blog. ove yours.I read YA paranormal and fantasy, never used to be into the vampire werewolf thing, but now love it.

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  37. I'm into the YA especially paranormal too!
    Nice blog. :)
    Thanks for hopping by!

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  38. Gotta love the YA paranormal! I think it's just that time period in a persons life where so much happens, so many coming of age moments. That is part of why I love YA. I read Adult as well, but both genres are awesome. My fav is fantasy, but I dabble a little bit everywhere...well, except non-fic. Not a fan.. I'm your newest follower!

    Jen
    In the Closet With a Bibliophile

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  39. Thanks for stopping by my blog :]
    I love how YA is loved by so many people! There's always something that draws us in. Can't wait to check out future posts from both of you :)

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  40. Thanks for all the comments! We love getting them and having new people discover our blog.

    I also think I'm drawn to YA because there weren't quite as many YA options when I was a kid. I love the variety and am making up for it now.

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  41. Thanks for stopping by! I love your blog and am a new follower. Happy reading!

    Andrea--I know what you mean about not having YA options as a kid. I almost completely skipped the YA genre when I was a teen, with the exception of a few Sweet Valley High books.

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  42. Loving your blog ladies. New follower here.

    Hippity hop. I love all kinds of books.

    Black Disaster Fairy
    A World of Personality

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  43. @Kelly - I loved the SVH books, but it was slim selection outside of series like that for sure. I had to get my paranormal fix with Christopher Pike and R.L. Stine

    @Black Disaster Fairy - Thanks for stopping by! Off to return the favor....

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  44. Thanks so much everyone for the follows, comments, and compliments. The blogging community is amazing and we are having so much fun being a part of it!

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