Abandon by Meg Cabot

Abandon by Meg Cabot

Hardcover, Paperback or Ebook? Favorite place to read?

Over the past week or so I have had the same conversation with people. Ebook or real book? Personally while I enjoy ebooks and think they are great to travel with real books are better. There is something about the smell of a brand new book and cracking the spine for the first time. It's soothing! It kind of comes close to the calming effect that the smell of walking into a Coach store has on me. That smell just gets you and all your troubles seem to go away. lol

As for whether I prefer paperback or hardcover I choose paperback. Hardcover gets very heavy when you hold it for long periods of time. So personally trade paperback is my favorite for continuous reading.

I know this will sound strange (okay maybe not as strange as saying that the smell of a new book is calming, but strange). When I read a book I really like to have access to both an ebook and a paperback copy. One of my favorite places to read is lying down in bed in the dark, which is very easy to do with my brand new ipad. Trying to read a paperback or hardcover book at night like that is just impossible. So I like to have my ebook to read in bed. Traveling by subway, I prefer not to bring my expensive ereader to get bounced around in my bag and slammed into by other people. There I prefer to have a hard copy. So if I have both I am able to get the best of both worlds and read my ebook at night and my hard copy during the day. I also tend to finish a book faster when I have both a hard and digital copy. I am not really sure why I seem to read faster when I have both, but for some reason I do.

Most people I have spoken to seem to agree while ebook is easier to travel with a hard copy book is better!

What is your opinion ebook or hard copy?

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Skipping a Beat by Sarah Pekkanen

Skipping a Beat by Sarah Pekkanen

Fundraiser Alert

My school organization, the Long Island Audiology Consortium Student Academy of Audiology is conducting a fundraiser using the Visit Our Mall fundraiser site. 

When you want to shop for ANYTHING online, from ANY STORE first go to:

http://www.visitourmall.com/LongIslandAuDConstorium

Use the links on the page to go to any of the available stores to do your shopping.

Bookmark It For Future Shopping!

*Great places to buy textbooks from!

When you Purchase the LIAUDCSAA gets a commission.

· You do not have to sign-up for anything.

· There is no extra cost for you.

· All you have to do is shop as you normally would.

As long as you use our store website we get the credit.

The money we earn from this site will help develop our program more.

We will also donate to charities and organizations that promote better hearing and provide aid for those with a hearing loss.

Invite everyone to shop through our mall site as well!

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Swagbucks Thursdays

Swagbucks Thursday!




A few weeks ago I saw a story on CBS news about earning prizes by doing a few surveys or downloading coupons from a site. I joined one and thought you may want to too. I have been earning money since joining a few weeks ago. It's really easy to use the Swagbucks search engine to do your normal internet searching and sometimes you will be rewarded with Swagbucks which can then be redeemed for some great prizes. I search for things I would normally be searching for, so I might as well earn some swag money for it. Once you have enough swagbugs you can get great rewards such as Amazon Gift Cards, Ipods/Ipads, Movies, Ebook Readers and much much more. Don't forget to check out other ways to earn swagbucks once you join.

Click the bar above or the Swagbucks search engine link to join and start earning today!

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Love The One You're With (Chick Lit Challenge, TBR Challenge Book 4)

I just finished Love The One You're With By Emily Giffin. While it isn't as good as her other books (i.e. Something Borrowed and Something Blue) it is still a great book. It begins when a women runs into an old boyfriend in the middle of NYC leaving her wondering if she made the right decision by choosing her husband.

I highly recommend everyone read it!

Chick Lit Challenge can be found http://chicklitplus.com/chick-lit-reading-challenge-2011/

The 2011 TBR Challenge can be found http://readerchallenges.wordpress.com/2011-tbr-lite/

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Swagbucks Thursday

Swagbucks Thursday!




A few weeks ago I saw a story on CBS news about earning prizes by doing a few surveys or downloading coupons from a site. I joined one and thought you may want to too. I have been earning money since joining a few weeks ago. It's really easy to use the Swagbucks search engine to do your normal internet searching and sometimes you will be rewarded with Swagbucks which can then be redeemed for some great prizes. I search for things I would normally be searching for, so I might as well earn some swag money for it. Once you have enough swagbugs you can get great rewards such as Amazon Gift Cards, Ipods/Ipads, Movies, Ebook Readers and much much more. Don't forget to check out other ways to earn swagbucks once you join.

Click the bar above or the Swagbucks search engine link to join and start earning today!

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The Opposite of Me by Sarah Pekkanen (Chick Lit Challenge, TBR Challenge Book 3, Just For Fun Challenge Book 2)

The Opposite of Me by Sarah Pekkanen

Have you ever picked up a book and know by the second page that you are going to fall in love and not be able to put it down? That's what happened to me when I first started to read Opposite of Me. I first discovered Sarah Pekkanen through my love of Jennifer Weiner's books. She had a promotion that if you purchased Opposite of me she would send you one of her books (your choice) autographed. I immediately placed my order and emailed Jennifer my choice of book. Both books arrived a short time later. School had taken over my life by then and the books sat on the shelve waiting for the day they would be read.

About a year later when I realized that Sarah's second book Skipping a Beat would be out any day I decided that it needed to be read. I had heard wonderful things about Opposite of Me and had no excuse for not reading it yet. I picked it up and began reading. I didn't stop that day until way after 200 pages. I knew right from the start that this was going to be a great book!

The book begins by following Lindsey Rose through her life growing up as a twin, but not the prettier of the two. It then follows her as advertiser working for a high profile agency. Her hard work had paid off and she was on track to become the youngest vice president at her firm. One night she looses a large campaign, and her job, causing life as she knew it to come to a screeching stop.

She decides to move back home with her parents and find a new job. This brings about a whole set of new problems like how to tell her parents she was fired and dealing with her sister who she barely had relationship with. Little did she know that a chance meeting after an uncharacteristic shopping spree would change her life.

Want to know how it ends? Well I will not ruin it for you. Go buy the book and find out!

If you have not read Opposite of Me yet don't wait, run to your local bookstore and get it. And don't forget to pick up a copy of Skipping a Beat this February too. She also has a short story available for ebook only entitled All is Bright.


I am so sorry that I waited so long to read Opposite of Me. I promise not to wait to read Skipping a Beat!


Check out Sarah's Website: http://www.sarahpekkanen.com/

Chick Lit Challenge can be found http://chicklitplus.com/chick-lit-reading-challenge-2011/

The 2011 TBR Challenge can be found http://readerchallenges.wordpress.com/2011-tbr-lite/
Just For Fun Challenge can be found http://dollycas.blogspot.com/2010/11/just-for-fun-reading-challenge-2011.html

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