Friday, May 3, 2013

Feature and Follow #8 - Fun or Fail Scenes


Happy Friday, everyone! :)

Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The purpose is to meet new people and gain more followers in the book blogging community. If this is your first time here, welcome! You are about to make some new friends and gain new followers. But you have to know, the point of this hop is to follow other bloggers also. I follow you, you follow me. The general the rules are:

·  Follow the Feature and Follow Hosts {Parajunkee & Alison Can Read}
·  Follow the Featured Bloggers
·  Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing. You can also grab the code if you would like to insert it into your posts.
·  Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say "hi" in your comments and that they are now following you.
·  Follow Follow Follow as many as you can. The whole point is to make new friends and find new blogs. Also, don't just follow, comment and say hi. Another blogger might not know you are a new follower if you don't say "HI"
·  If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love...and the followers. Thanks!!

Here’s this week’s question: Give us a sneak! What are you reading? Tell us about a fun or fail scene in your current read.

I just started PREY by Michael Crichton. I’m in page 4, so I’m not far enough into the story to have any fun scene to share. So I’m going to share a fun scene from the book I recently finished: TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE by Mary Higgins Clark. You can find my review HERE.

     “I always had an escape plan in mind, just in case Clint got caught on one of the jobs he did with Lucas,” she told Kathy with a chuckle. But then, seeing that Kathy was falling back asleep, she frowned and went over the bed and tapped the little girl’s shoulder. “Listen to me when I’m talking to you. You might learn something.”

     Kathy’s eyes remained closed.

     “Maybe I gave you too much of that cough medicine,” Angie speculated. “If it made Clint sleepy when he used it last year, I guess it could really knock you out.”

Actually, this isn’t supposed to be fun because the book deals with the kidnap of two three-year-old twins. But I so much loved Angie’s character. Though a psychopath, her character had enough depth to it, and she always make fun of everything.

How about you? What fun or fail scene from a book are you reading?

If you decided to follow me, you can do it through BlogLovin, RSS, or Email. I heard that GFC will disappear soon. And please check out my 400-Word Blog series The Beach Man. I’d appreciate it.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by. And don't forget to leave your link in the comments section below so I can follow back!

47 comments:

  1. Psychopathic characters are always fun to read. New Follower via Bloglovin' and GFC.

    Starry Storm

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    1. Yeah, I love them. :) Thanks for following. I hope you enjoy the posts here! :)

      Have a wonderful weekend! :)

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  2. Wow this book sounds intense!

    Following via GFC & Bloglovin

    My FF

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    1. Yeap! It is. I enjoyed it. Thanks for following. I hope you enjoy the posts here! :)

      Have a great day! :)

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  3. New Follower here just saying hi :) Here is my post back!! Hope to see you as a follower as well.

    Amber

    http://paradiseofpages.blogspot.com/2013/05/feature-and-follow-friday.html

    Sorry don't know how to do the hop thing.

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    1. Thanks for following, Amber. I hope you enjoy the posts here. :)

      Have a great day! :)

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  4. I have been wanting to read a Crichton book for a long time now. I just never made time for it. I'll be interested to see your review on Prey.

    Angie
    Angela's Anxious Life

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    1. This is my first Crichton read. I hope I'll like it. I'll let you know when my review is up. Thanks for stopping by.

      Have a great day! :)

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  5. I haven't read any Crichton books ever, but I have some on my TBR. I think I'd be an emotional mess reading about little kids being kidnapped, though :(

    Thanks for stopping by my FF post earlier. Have a fantastic Friday!

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    1. You're welcome, Lexxie. This is my first Crichton read. I hope I'll like it.

      Thanks for dropping by. I hope you have a wonderful weekend.:)

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  6. Just hopping through!

    New follower via Bloglovin. =)

    Bieke @ Istyria book blog

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    1. Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful weekend! :)

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  7. Nice...thanks for sharing that. Hope you enjoy the next book.

    follower

    http://itchingforbooks.blogspot.com/2013/05/feature-follow-46.html

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, Shane. Hope you have a great weekend! :)

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  8. Wow this book is definitely different sounding than anything I've ever read. Thank you so much for sharing that little scene and for following me! Following you back through Bloglovin and GFC!

    Happy Friday from Reese's @Reese's Reviews: MA2F

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  9. THanks for stopping by my blog
    Just hopping through

    New Following through Bloglovin :)

    Have a great day

    Michelle@Because reading is better than real life
    My FF

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    1. Thanks, Michelle. I hope you have a wonderful weekend! :)

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  10. Hopping through. My parents really like Mary Higgins Clark's books. I should read them.
    My Hop

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    1. Yeah, you should, Alison. Mary Higgins writes good suspense. You might enjoy her books.

      Thanks for stopping by. Hope you have a wonderful weekend! :)

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  11. That sounds like a very macabre book, especially seeing that at first I thought the sneak peak was supposed to be funny, but knowing now the circumstances... it's not that funny at all!

    Thanks for sharing!

    Your true blogger buddy :)
    My FF
    Florentine @ Readiculously Peachy

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    1. Haha! :) I enjoyed the book, I really did. I didn't know why I liked a psychopathic character in this one. :)

      Thanks for stopping by, blogger-buddy. I hope you have a great weekend! :)

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  12. I love Mary Higgins Clark, but haven't read this one. Great review, KayKay, even though much like you - too many characters sometimes gets a bit flustery. I will have to add this one to my ever growing pile, though.

    Old follower.

    Sandra @ SSBF Blog

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    1. Mary Higgins is one of my favorite authors. I enjoy her suspense novels, and she knows how to keep one reading all night. You'll enjoy this one.

      Thanks for stopping by my FF. I hope you have a wonderful weekend! :)

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  13. I like the part where you say, "although a psychopath..." You are such a suspense/thriller/mystery reader! Despite being fairly new to that genre, I think you picked a really good quote to see Angie's mental workings. I didn't do my FF this week. Happy Friday, Kaykay!

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    1. I wrote that funny, I'm the newbie to the genre and I can see the levity in Angie's thinking...you're not a newbie. hehe

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    2. Haha! :) I enjoyed every scene she appeared in, and somehow I wished the book had a movie adaptation. I'd definitely love to see someone play her role. She's one of those villains you can't help but fall in love with. Although she's quite dumb, but she's funny. :)

      Thanks for dropping by my FF. I'd have loved to see the fun or fail scene in your current read.

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    3. Ah, you should play JC's Book Haven's Sidekick Saturday. We give credit to the side characters. Jaclyn chooses a theme, like this weekend it was shifter. You can simply choose the character and explain why, or you can offer quotes. I try to find an actor that would play the person. Check it out if you're looking for a fun meme to join, http://jcbookhaven.blogspot.com/2013/05/sidekick-saturday-21-shifter.html

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    4. I know the meme! :) It's a nice concept. I'll try and see if I can play it, though I might not participate regularly. :)

      Thanks for letting me know! :)

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  14. Thanks for visiting my FF. Followed back via Bloglovin and Twitter :)

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  15. Old follower stopping by to say hi! It's crazy when a psychopath can be funny, pun intended, lol! ;)

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    1. Haha! :) Thanks for stopping by!

      I hope you have a great weekend!

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  16. Thanks for stopping by my blog! Following you back via bloglovin!
    Beth @ Free Spirit Books

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    1. You're welcome, Beth. Thanks for following! :)

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  17. Stopping by from the Hop. I used to read MHC quite a bit. I love weird thriller mysteries.

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    1. MHC is one of my favorite authors. I always enjoy her suspense novels.

      Thanks for stopping by! :)

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  18. I haven't read this one either, but great characterization is mandatory for a good read! Thanks for stopping by my FF! :)

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  19. Haven't read this one, but i'm going to check it out. I understand why you'd Angie, she may be a psychopath but if a character has enough depth and substance you're going to like them, bad or not!

    Thanks for dropping by my FF.
    Old follower now following via bloglovin ;)

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    1. Yeah, Angie had enough depth and substance. She was the best character so far in the book.

      Thanks for stopping by! :)

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  20. Thanks for the comment and the follow on my blog.
    I am following you. :)
    Have a great day!

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    1. You're welcome. Thanks for following. I hope you enjoy the posts here. :)

      Do have a great weekend! :)

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  21. Psychopaths make for the best characters:) Thanks so much for stopping by my blog- new follower!
    Esty @ Boarding with Books

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    1. Thanks for following, Esty! :) I hope you enjoy the posts here.

      Happy Reading!

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  22. Thanks for following! I hope you enjoy the posts here! :)

    Happy Reading!

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  23. I would have loved to have seen a little snippet of Prey but since you just started it, I guess I'm out of luck. But, that was a bit funny...until you mentioned that she was a psychopath! Thanks for stopping by :)

    -New GFC Follower.
    Jahzeiah @ Mermaed Books

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    1. I'm loving PREY; it's a nice book. Haha! Angie was a funny psychopath. :)

      Thanks for following! I hope you have a wonderful week.

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