Friday, October 22, 2021

{Book Blogger Hop} - Book Character Costumes

Welcome to the Book Blogger Hop!

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What To Do

1. Post an answer for the prompt.

Have you ever considered dressing up as a book character? If so, which one?

Submitted by Julie @ Stepping Stones Book Reviews.

2. Enter your Name/Nickname @ Blog Name and the direct URL to your post answering this week’s question linky list widget. Here's an example: Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer

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{The Friday 56} - Star Trek: Coda: The Ashes of Tomorrow

Billy Burgess The Friday 56 ,

Rules

Grab any book.
Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader.
Find any sentence (or more). Just don't spoil it.
Post it.
Add your post URL in the Linky at www.fredasvoice.com.

In the wake of Picard's words, everyone began to talk at once―some of them dismayed at his statement, others arguing against it or in favor of direct action.

page 56, "Star Trek: Coda: The Ashes of Tomorrow" by James Swallow

My Thoughts

Gallery Books kindly sent me an ARC of Star Trek: Coda: The Ashes of Tomorrow, the second of three novels that will end the Trek lit-verse and recannon everything to line up with the Paramount+ series, Star Trek: Picard. I had planned on reading a different book, but The Ashes of Tomorrow was calling my name.

{Sunday Post} - Floating Dragon, Revival Road, and Star Trek: Coda: The Ashes of Tomorrow

Billy Burgess Sunday Post ,

Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer!

Good Morning, Everyone!

Don't let the post date fool you. I'm writing this post on Monday morning instead of Sunday. Yep, I am a day late!

{The Friday 56} - The Living Dead

Billy Burgess The Friday 56 ,

Rules

Grab any book.
Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader.
Find any sentence (or more). Just don't spoil it.
Post it.
Add your post URL in the Linky at www.fredasvoice.com.

He looked about, wishing for a supernatural vortex to whisk it away, and settled for putting the safety back on and placing it carefully into the pocket of his scrubs.

page 56, "The Living Dead" by George A. Romero and Daniel Kraus

My Thoughts

I haven't started reading The Living Dead, but I wanted to share one sentence from this massive zombie novel.

{Book Blogger Hop} - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein VS. Bram Stoker's Dracula

Billy Burgess book blogger hop ,

Welcome to the Book Blogger Hop!

If you want to schedule next week's post in advance, click here for future prompts. To submit a prompt, please fill out this form.

The Book Blogger Hop now has its own Facebook Group! Please join the group to get all the newest Book Blogger Hop updates and communicate with other book bloggers.

What To Do

1. Post an answer for the prompt.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein VS. Bram Stoker's Dracula. Which classic story is scarier?

Submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer.

2. Enter your Name/Nickname @ Blog Name and the direct URL to your post answering this week’s question linky list widget. Here's an example: Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer

3. Please visit other blogs on the list and leave a comment on their BBH post.

[Review] - Octopussy and The Living Daylights by Ian Fleming

Billy Burgess 007 , books

Nearly two years after the death of Ian Fleming in 1964, Jonathan Cape published the author's short story collection Octopussy and The Living Daylights. The first edition had only 94 pages and didn't par too well with critics, who called the two stories predictable and complained about the overuse of violence and sex. Subsequent editions included The Property of a Lady and 007 in New York.

[Review] - The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming

Billy Burgess 007 , books

Before the death of Ian Fleming in August 1964, he wrote one more full-length James Bond novel - The Man with the Golden Gun. Fleming wrote the 184-page tale at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica between January and March 1964. Usually, Fleming would write 2,000 words per day. But because of his declining health, he would only write for an hour per day. It wasn't Fleming's best work. He planned on rewriting it in the spring of 1965, but, unfortunately, he died of a heart attack on August 2, 1964. Jonathan Cape published the novel posthumously eight months after Fleming's death. Like the previous 007 novel You Only Live Twice, critics didn't care much about Bond's newest adventure.