My 21 Questions Interview with @TheBookNympho @Goldilox3Weres @LittleRead1

In preparation of my Blogoversary I threw out on Twitter if anyone would like to interview me. I got several responses, 3 to be exact. From 3 of my favorite bloggers. Each one decided to ask me 7 questions to make the nice number of 21.

Before we begin..I have to also say there was some SERIOUSLY hilarious discussions about the title of this blog post. Here are two that were thrown out: Readers Confession: Jenese Gets Gang Banged or 3 Girls, 1 Interview and it got worse! LMAO!! Hilarious!! 

1. Favorite Urban Fantasy book/series? Adult- Fever series by Karen Marie Moning or Downside Ghosts by Stacia Kane for YA- Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead or Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

2. Favorite snack while reading? Popcorn or KitKat (serious obsession lately)

3. Favorite audio book narrator? Lauren Fortgang or Khristine Hvam

4. How many packages of batteries do you go through in a month? You know what I mean, for your BOB. Not enough- haha! I broke my last friend and haven't had a chance to get another one. Sad times people! LOL!

5. What male character would you like to ride at a gallop until their legs buckled? Wow! He would have to have some serious stamina...how about Gideon Cross! Yum! :-)

6. Same question as #5 but a female character. Female character I want to ride? Yikes...I can't say that I've wanted to ride a female character. Do you have one Jen?

7. What book heroine are you most like? Really tough question...she has to speak her mind, bold, loud and curse A LOT! Hmmm...can't think of any...who do you think? Rose from VA maybe, Chess from Downside Ghosts (umm...minus the excessive drug usage)

1. Favorite drink - alcoholic or otherwise Diet Coke or Cranberry & Vodka

2. Favorite Author There are tons, but if I had to choose just ONE...I would say J.R. Ward

3. Favorite position ... you know ;-) I would have thought Jen would ask this one...haha! Umm...I'd saw I enjoy a LONG HARD RIDE! :-P

4. Favorite weekend hobby - other than reading Does sleeping count? Honestly the only other hobby that I have besides reading is blogging :-) Don't have time for anything else.

5. Pick 2 book boyfriends that get to be real for a day - what do you do (and your husband would never find out!) OMG...hot orgy!! LOL! Just 2 book boyfriends, huh? Ok, I'll go with...Rhage from BDB and Barrons from Fever series...yummy! 

6. What book heroine would you like to hang out with & why? Chess from Downside Ghosts. She's just so bad ass, honest and crazy all at the same time. It would be interesting to hang with her and go out on an assignment with her. 

7. In your year of blogging you've met a lot of cool people, both authors and bloggers. Who was your favorite to meet in person? YOU! *slaps knee* No really? LOL! (Love you Laura!) I really don't have a favorite. I've just been so excited to meet everyone. I will say it have been AWESOME to meet locals like yourself, Kait Ballenger, Tiffany King, C.A. Kunz and many more. 

1. What's the best part about listening to people have sex in your dirty dirty audio books? LOL! The unassuming passengers in the car next to me that have NO CLUE I'm listening to dirty sex. haha! No really...I haven't listened to many dirty books in audio, mostly UF books which is TOO dirty. 
2. Who is the handsome book hottie you'd most like to get down and dirty with? Oh, there are TONS Barrons, Bones, ALL of the BDB vamps, Ryodan, Terrible, Gideon Cross...hell the list goes ON AND ON!!! I could probably brake some laws with the YA hotties too. LOL!
3. ...and exactly which position would the two of you be getting down in? Position you say...up against the wall, on all 4's...hell I'll try just about anything once, twice if I really liked it. Ha! 
4. Which book heroine or villain do you have a girl crush on? Rose from Vampire Academy. I'm not sure totally why but I love her totally and completely. 
5. What's your favorite position...to read books in? (I know what you were thinking! In the gutter as usual!) :-P Usually laying down in my bed
6. What author have you been most starstruck to meet? Nalini Singh and Jeaniene Frost (saw Sherrilyn Kenyon too but didn't talk to her)! Saw them both at RWA literary signing in Orlando a few years ago. I was so excited to meet them and they were both sooooo nice. I even got picks with them. 

7. Why is it so funny when I say, "For fuck's sake!"? It's so funny b/c for people that don't know you...you look like such an innocent. Very much like your avi above^ blond hair, all doe-y eyed and pretty. Of course being a elementary school teacher adds to the "innocence" and when you curse it's hilarious to me! When I saw you in February you kept catching me off guard with "For fuck's sake!" and it just makes me laugh every time I hear it or see it! :-P

Thank you ladies for interviewing me, for keeping me sane and for making me laugh!! :-)

For my readers...do you have any questions for me? Ask away in the comments and I will answer them. 

Graphic Novel Review: The Walking Dead, Compendium 1

The Walking Dead, Compendium 1
by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Tony Moore
Published May 19th 2009 by Image Comics




Blurb:

Introducing the first eight volumes of the fan-favorite, New York Times Best Seller series collected into one massive paperback collection.

In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally start living. WithThe Walking Dead #1-48, this compendium features more than one thousand pages chronicling the start of Robert Kirkman's Eisner Award-winning story of zombie horror, from Rick Grimes waking up alone in a hospital, his band of survivors seeking refuge on an isolated farm and the controversial introduction of Woodbury despot, The Governor.

Review:

This is a review or the walking dead compendium one. This book is an absolute beast, and weighs nothing short of a ton. It's a bind up of the first 48 individual novels, or the first 8 volumes of the newly bound up paperback or the first 4 hardback books... confused much?! If you're thinking of investing in this series then I highly recommend buying the compendiums, it's a lot cheaper than buying the hardback books or the newly issued paperbacks. Unless you're pumped up in the bicep department this book can't be carried around, it's heavy, big and down right awkward, it was a little uncomfortable to read at times due to the weight of it. Once I hit halfway through balancing the book became easier.

I absolutely love The Walking Dead TV show put out by AMC. I didn't know that the series was based on graphic novels, at the end of series 2 I decided that I wanted to read the original story. I needed something to fill the gap that the series finale had left, so with that  I placed an order. I was a little nervous going into it, I worried that I would get the characters mixed up, and I wouldn't recognize the faces in the artwork. I need not have worried. The artwork is black and transparent but it works fantastically with this story. I don't think I would have enjoyed it so much if it had been in color. The world within The Walking Dead has gone to shit, the world has lost its color, it's dark, bleak and gritty and this comes through with the amazing artwork. The details are just out of this world, zombies chowing down on some dudes neck, I can see them pulling on the tissue and I wince as I look at it. Amazing! At the very beginning I was a little confused about who was who, some of the faces looked a bit similar  but after a few pages the confusion was gone and the characters were distinguishable not only from their faces but the dialogue.

The story starts how the TV show starts, with Rick waking up in hospital and wondering wtf has gone down. We see what Rick goes through on his journey to finding his family, dealing with the dangers in this world that he's has woke up in and trying to find salvation not only for his family but survivors that now rely on him.Rick is more emotional, and you can see his character better in these novels. There is no Daryl Dixon in the story, which I found disappointing, so I'm glad his character was brought to the TV show. There are more characters in the novels, some people will and do show up in  the TV series. Some events happen in the books that don't happen in the TV show, things surrounding Hershel and his farm. I liked how things developed in the novels and how different some of the characters are/were. I think you could watch the TV show and also read these at the same time without having mass spoilers they work well together but also as a separate story arc. I liked how some things happened to characters in the novel but happened to someone else in the TV show, I also see why the producers of the show changed things up.

This book is huge but it didn't take me long to read, I read the whole lot within a week, I just couldn't stop reading. I was so invested in the artwork and the writing, it really is an addictive read. I wish that I had taken more time with it, and spaced it out between reading other books.The story always moves at a fast pace, there's a lot going on, with the main story but also the characters each have their own shit to deal with. I was just so eager to keep plowing on that sometimes I would forget what just happened so I'd have to re read the last few pages.

There is a lot of cussing throughout the whole book so if you're not a fan of swear words then this is not the graphic novel for you. The world is bleak, dark, gritty, there is despair and disappointment  violence and horror. The world is full of zombies, but they aren't the only thing to fear, humans are now hunters, rapists and torturers. This book shows the best but also the worst of human behavior and when the shit goes down what we'll do to protect ourselves and our loved ones.

I highly recommend this graphic novel for fans of the TV show, or someone wanting a fantastic zombie/apocalyptic/horror graphic novel series. In short, a broken world plagued by zombies and what it takes to survive in a world of death and misery, a must read.

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Blurb:
I am everything you fear. I am vampire. As the two Sons chosen to decipher the Prophecy of Idolas, Ramiel and Thane journey to find the key to defeating the Archons. Together with Noele, a born vampire, they confront their fates as they fulfill their duty to their world. Along the way, they'll find love, but death and betrayal lurk in the shadows, threatening everything dear to them. Descended from the gods and warriors all, each Son's loyalty will be tested. Every action has consequences, and the choices they make now seal their fates. Alliances as old as the vampire world itself are reforged, and the Sons' duty is clear. Stop the Archons. Or die trying.
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About Gabrielle Bisset I began writing years ago because I wanted to emulate the stories I’d loved. Now in an age that seems to glorify everything fast, I’m a bit of a relic. I believe that great things take time (you know–Rome wasn’t built in a day). I take my time as I write and edit as I go because after a decade of being an editor and English composition instructor I know of no other way. Much of the joy of writing for me comes in the choosing of the exact word that can deliver just what I want a character to express to affect the reader the most. For me, books aren’t just narratives of this character did this, so this character did that, and therefore this occurred. They’re stories full of the bigger issues of life: love, hate, power, lust and sex, hopes and dreams. And these wondrous things all thinking and feeling beings experience are shown not through the telling of he did and she did, but through the slow unveiling of events and characters so the reader becomes a part of the story. As Stephen King has said, “Good books don’t give up all their secrets at once.” The idea for my first book came to me in a dream. I know that seems almost cliched, but it did. I woke up one morning after having an extremely vivid dream and began to jot things down that I was able to remember. Days later, I had the first pages written and the ideas that I had dreamed about had become the characters in my first book. Those characters are the basis for the first series I’ve written, The Destined Ones Series, about a people called Aeveren who have lived side by side with humans since almost the beginning of recorded time. The first book in that series, Stolen Destiny, was published in June 2011. I’m still working on The Destined Ones books, and I look forward to what my imagination has waiting for me next. The second book about Aeveren, Destiny Redeemed, was released in October 2011. I’ve finished the Victorian Erotic Romance Trilogy, three erotic novellas set in Victorian England. The first one, Vampire Dreams, is a paranormal erotic romance. The second novella, another erotic romance but an historical, Love’s Master, involves some light BDSM. The third novella, Masquerade, is a straight historical, no kink or paranormal but still a great story. And now I’ve begun a new paranormal series called The Sons of Navarus series that begins with Blood Avenged. Anyone who read Vampire Dreams will remember Vasilije, Brandon’s sire. Blood Avenged is his story. The second book in the series, Blood Betrayed, was released in May 2012, and this fall 2012 the third book, Blood Spirit, was released. I’ve even reworked the original Vampire Dreams to be an official prequel to the series, Vampire Dreams Revamped. As the series progresses, readers are drawn into the civil war between the Sons and the Archons who seek to take over the vampire world. It’s a power struggle to the death, for only one side can win this battle. The joy of storytelling isn’t in the end result but the journey, not only for the writer but also for the reader. In a world that seems increasingly disposable, I work to create tales that find a home in readers’ hearts and memories..
Author Links: Website - Facebook - Twitter -  Goodreads - Amazon Blood Prophecy page: http://www.gabriellebisset.com/blood-prophecy-sons-of-navarus-4.html Blood Prophecy swag page: http://sonsofnavarus.weebly.com/blood-prophecy-goodies.html Sons of Navarus series: http://www.gabriellebisset.com/sons-of-navarus.html Blood Prophecy on Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/gabriellebisset/blood-prophecy-sons-of-navarus-4/ Sons of Navarus Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SonsOfNavarusSeries

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The final giveaway will be a Blood Prophecy bookthong (pic attached), Sons of Navarus swag, including a mousepad, cover flat, signed bookmarks, pens, and trading cards for five of the Sons. And a signed copy of Blood Prophecy. 

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May 13 - (Guest Post) Urban Fantasy Investigations: http://urbanfantasyinvestigations.blogspot.com
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May 15 – Paranormal BookClub: www.paranormal-bookclub.com
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May 20 – Readers Confession: www.readersconfession.com
May 21 - (Guest Post) at Tynga’s Reviews: http://www.tyngasreviews.com
May 22 – Nettes Bookshelf: http://nettesbookshelf.blogspot.com
May 22 – Dark Addictions: http://darkestaddictions.blogspot.com
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Feature: Confession from Kay

Hi Everyone! It’s Kay, part-time blogger here at Readers Confession. I’m a romance reader at heart but love reading several different genres.

What’s My Confession?

As a reader, I am so anal about reading a series in order about 95% of the time. If someone recommends a book that is in the middle of a series, I have to pick up book 1 before the subsequent books. I won’t just jump right into the middle of a series, even if those books could be read as standalone novels. This is a good thing and a bad thing. The good is that I get to follow all the characters in the series from the beginning and watch them grow. Unfortunately, if the first couple of books do not grab my attention, I will just give up on the series despite knowing that future books could get better.

Another confession I have is that, at times, I forget what books I’ve read or not. Since I read about 175-200 books a year, after a while, some storylines just all blur and blend together. If someone brings up a particular book that I don’t remember, I have to be reminded what the plot of the book was about and then I’ll be like, “Oh yeah, I remember reading that book! Duh!” Sometimes, my memory is so bad where I have to check my goodreads account to see if I have that book on my ‘read’ shelf and to make it even worse, sometimes I don’t remember the book plot at all! So, this probably makes me sound like a bad reader but I really do love reading. I guess some books are just not as memorable to me as others.

(Kay with one of her favorite men, Jordan Knight!)

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Thank you for your confession Kay! You read wayyy more than me so I haven't quite gotten to forgetting what I've already read yet. LOL! Depending on the series I feel the need to read in order too. I don't think you're alone in this one. But I will say if I can read it as standalone I'll go for it.

Thanks for sharing! 

Anyone else have these problems too?