Blog Hopping 4/20/2012

Welcome, fellow bloghoppers! You're looking at the personal blog of S.J. Bell, independent author. My first book, Bonds of Fenris, is coming out May 7th, and reviews can be found around the net. I've been doing a bit of reviewing myself, lately. In the archive bar to the right, you'll see opinions on two films and one board game. Plus, the review of Running with the Pack should be up on Lupines and Lunatics later today. And just to remind you, there are still ARCs of Bonds of Fenris available for book bloggers. So, if you're interested, my e-mail's right there on the sidebar!

I also have a review blog, Lupines and Lunatics. Latest review is Promise of the Wolves.

This week's ice-breaker for Feature & Follow:

"If you could have two fictional characters battle it out (preferably from books), who would they be and who do you think would win?"

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Umm... that's uh... kinda outta nowhere... Uhhh... let me think...

Oh! I know! Big Macintosh and The Engineer in a vigorous debate over the building of a fence!

"Ayup."
"Nope."
"Ayup."
"Nope."
"Ayup."
"Nope."
"Ayup."
"Nope."
"Ayup."
"Nope."
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This week's ice-breaker for TGIF @ GReads:

"Has there been a particular book blogger who's influenced what you read? Share with us a review/book blog that convinced you to pick up a certain book."

I more or less decide what I read based on what looks interesting, but yes, a review will occasionally pique my interest in a book that I wouldn't normally pick up. One example that comes readily to mind is You're Killing Me's review of A Brush of Darkness, which convinced me that the book might be worth deviation from my blog's usual formula. It was, though I admit I wasn't quite as enamored of it.

You're Killing Me, BTW, is a very underrated blog, and you should definitely follow it.