Banana Blog Hop - Book Blogger Hop - Friday 56 - Friday Friday!!

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! 

This week's question comes from Ivan who blogs at Ivan Bookworm:


"If you were given the chance to spend one day in a fictional world (from a book), which book would it be from and what would that place be?"

Hmmm, well, Dan Browns Davinci Code, PARIS! Yeah. The Louvre.

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!)

 The Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice.

Rules:
*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56.
*Find any sentence that grabs you.
*Post it.
*Add your (url) post below in Linky.

This comes from the book Wrecker by Summer Wood. A Library Thing early reviewer book:

"They all turned  to stare at the waves.  Collectively, with horror, they searched for a bob of blond hair, for a flash of red sweatshirt."

Banana Blog Hop!    What is the Banana Blog hop you say?  Melville House

is hosting the Banana Blog Hop and here's what they have to say about it:

We’ve just released the new summer novel The Lake by Japanese sensation Banana Yoshimoto and so we’re going to center our first “Hop” around that book.

Here’s how you can participate and win free books.

1. Answer these questions on your blog.

“What’s the most unusual love story you’ve ever read?”

    That is a tough question - I have been thinking about this and most of the love stories I've read are the usual story lines. One recent book I've read, not sure if its classified as a "love story" is The Preachers Bride by Jody Hedlund.  Ummm, I don't read many love stories so this is kind of hard.  Kristin Higgins,  All I Ever Wanted not so unusual.

“What’s your favorite novel from another country?”

Oh, do Amy Tan's book qualify being in another country?  I love her books. I also have read The Wind Up Bird Chronicle  by Haruki Murakami.

“Why would you be interested in winning a copy of Banana Yoshimoto’s The Lake?”  

Well, for one, the book sounds really good. I am also part Japanese , so anything Japanese is interesting to me!

2. Include the book’s cover in your post.

3. Add your blog link at MobyLives so everyone knows you’re participating and can link to your responses.

On Tuesday we’ll have a drawing and give away 5 free copies of The Lake to anyone who participated.

By the way, each novel sale helps contribute to Japan Disaster Relief. 

You can participate in this meme by going to Mobylives