Hop & Follow Friday!!

It's Friday again and you know what that means!! It's time to hop around and make some new blog friends!! If it's your first visit to Stories & Sweeties, WELCOME!!! Please feel free to link in the comments so I can visit you, too! :)

First off, we have Follow Friday hosted by Parakjunkee's View! (click the logo to get there!)Here's her featured question of the week:
My question for you guys, what is your high fashion book? --- translation --- best book cover ever.

This is a tough one, but when someone mentions awesome book covers, these two are the first that come to mind right now for me. I just finished the second book, and I swear after I closed that last page, I just sat there staring at the gorgeous cover. Not to mention, Fallen was printed with that velvety soft coating they've been using on some book these day that i LOVE. Makes you want to keep the book with you all day and pet it like a lap dog. Here's hoping they print Torment in the same way.


Next up is the Book Blog Hop hosted by Crazy-for-Books! (click the logo to get there!)This week, she asks: When you write reviews, do you write them as you are reading or wait until you have read the entire book?

I take a few notes while reading sometimes, and if I find a particular quote that I want to mention in my review I scribble that down, but for the most part, I write the whole review after I finish. Sometimes I even wait a few days to let the book sink in fully and gather my thoughts and feelings about it.

Thanks for hopping by!

Book Blogger Hop and Friday Follow TIme!!

Its times again for the Blogger Hop and Follow Friday! It's been awhile since I've done this, so I'm glad to finally find time to join in and make some new blog friends!! Seems like more and more fun blogs pop up everyday and this is the perfect way to find them all!
Click the images to go to the hosting sites for more details:

Each host has started asking a weekly question for us to answer so here goes!!

From the Blogger Hop:
Do you use a rating system for your reviews and if so, what is it and why?
Yes, I do! I give cupcake ratings!! :) I use a rating system because it's an easy way to gauge how I felt about a book as a whole (each rating is explained in my left sidebar!).

From Friday Follow:
What is the first book that you remember reading?
Wow, that's a tough one. I know I read a lot when I was little, but the first book that I remember was Lois Duncan's The Gift of Magic. I need to go back and read it again! I guess my reading tastes haven't changed much over the years!! Still LOVE the paranormal stuff!

Enjoy the hop, everyone, and WELCOME to all of you who stop by to say hello!! :)

Hop & Follow Friday!!

Two great sites are now hosting blog parties on Fridays, so here we go!! I love hopping around, finding new little gems of sites that I might not have come across otherwise! Click the images to go to the hosting sites for more details:

Have a great Friday, everyone! And Happy Reading!! :)

Blog Hop Friday!!

This week I'm participating in the Blog Hop, hosted by Crazy For Books! Here's what she says about the hop:

ABOUT THE HOP:

In the spirit of the Friday Follow, I thought it would be cool to do a Book Blogger Hop to give us all book bloggers and readers a chance to connect and find new blogs that we may be missing out on! So, I created this weekly BOOK PARTY where book bloggers and readers can connect to find new blogs to read, 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 that they may not know existed! So, grab the logo, post about the Hop on your blog, and start PARTYING!!

Looking forward to finding some great new blogs out there!!