Blog Hops

It's time for the weekly book blogger hops again! A great opportunity to meet new bloggers and say hi to old.

Check out the Book Blogger Hop hosted by Crazy For Books.

I'm Alison. I've been blogging for five months. I review mainly YA with a few MG books and a weekly manga feature.

New Feature: What Books?

I've decided to start a new feature called "What Books?" I have so many book memories from my childhood. Different books touched me in different ways and had came to me at important times. I plan on running this feature from time to time - maybe twice a month? - and feature books that I love(d) for different reasons.

Some topics I've thought of:
1. The first book that really turned you into a reader
2. Books you didn't like at first but now love
3. Favorite books you read in high school English
4. Favorite series from elementary school

Check out my first post: What Books? Favorite Ghost/Scary Stories

Books Reviewed This Week:

Fruits Basket vol. 10 by Natsuki Takaya
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs

Questions of the Week:

Blog Hop: What are your feelings on losing followers? Have you ever stopped following a blog? Naturally, I'd prefer only to gain and not to lose any followers. But attrition is natural. People like blogs for different reasons, like different kinds of books, etc. I would hope that nothing about my blog is so controversial that people would leave it in anger - I do my best to be balanced about everything, including books I don't like.
I have stopped following a blog, but never because I was upset with it. I follow tons of blogs, out of courtesy to those who follow me and because I like lots of different blogs. But if I notice a blog hasn't been updated for awhile, I'll drop it, assuming that it's inactive. Otherwise, I probably won't stop following a blog.

Follow Friday: Who are your favorite authors? That's sort of like asking who are your favorite children - well, not really, but it's hard to choose.

Here are some of the authors who I consistently love (I've excluded authors for whom I've only read one book): Maggie Stiefvater, Stephenie Meyer, J.K. Rowling, Jane Austen, Ann Rinaldi, Lois Lowry, Richelle Mead, Suzanne Collins, Melina Marchetta, Alley Carter, Jen Calonita, Kami Garcia/Melissa Stohl, Jeff Shaara, Bill Bryson, Joseph Ellis, David McCullough, Orson Scott Card, L.M. Montgomery, Laurie Halse Anderson, Maud Hart Lovelace - I could go on...

And also check out Parajunkee's Follow My Book Blog Friday.