Sunday, January 29, 2023

{Sunday Post}—Farscape, Seaquest DSV, and Queen of the Slayers

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The Caffeinated Book Reviewer's Kimberly hosts a weekly meme called "The Sunday Post"!

I'm running really late with this post, so no "Weekly Tidbits."

{Book Blogger Hop} —A Quiet or Noisy Setting?

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Welcome to the Book Blogger Hop!

To plan the post for next week in advance, go here for upcoming prompts. You must complete this form to submit a prompt.

There is now a Facebook group for the Book Blogger Hop! Please join the community to connect with other book bloggers and receive the most recent Book Blogger Hop information.

What To Do

1. Post your response to the question.

Do you prefer to read in a quite or noisy setting?

Submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer.

2. In the linky list widget, enter your name or nickname @ Blog Name and the direct URL to your post answering this week's question. Here's an example: Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer

3. Please go to the other blogs on the list and comment on their BBH post.

TikTok’s Best Books: A Review of The Top Viral Titles

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These days, social media is all about viral content. Whether it's on YouTube, Twitter or Instagram, there's always a new meme, hashtag, or trend that everyone is talking about. One of the most popular apps for discovering these trends is TikTok, and its user base of more than 1 billion active users ensures that new trends are constantly popping up.

One area where the app has really excelled in the past year is its book recommendations. From classics to bestsellers, TikTok's algorithm has recommended some truly amazing titles for people to read.

In this article, we'll review some of the top books being recommended on this platform and why they have become so popular among users.

{Cover Reveal}—Nichole Heydenburg's "THESE DEADLY WORDS"

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Today, Nichole Heydenburg and Rockstar Book Tours are revealing the cover for THESE DEADLY WORDS, her new YA supernatural thriller, which releases April 25, 2023! Check out the awesome cover and enter the giveaway!

On to the reveal!

[Review]—Dean Koontz's "The House at the End of the World" is a Curiously Unusual Thriller

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I've been trying to remember which Dean Koontz novel I read first all morning. I kept telling myself it was Phantasms (Buy on Paperback or Kindle), which I presumably read after watching the mediocre 1998 Ben Affleck movie adaptation. But after giving it some more thought, I realized that it was Hideaway (Buy on Paperback or Kindle) since I can still clearly recall looking for a copy after seeing the 1995 adaptation starring Jeff Goldblum and Alicia Silverstone. Let's say I was a teenager when I found Dean Koontz, and I'll be 42 later this year and continue reading his novels. That speaks something about the author's impact on readers; they stick with him over time.

{Sunday Post}—A Face to Die For, The Galactic Whirlpool, and The Saboteur

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The Caffeinated Book Reviewer's Kimberly hosts a weekly meme called "The Sunday Post"!

Weekly Tidbits

The good news, I suppose, is that the Kansas City Chiefs won their playoff game yesterday. The team is still not doing well. They appear to deteriorate with each game. It will be pure luck if they win the AFC Championship this year.

{Book Blogger Hop}—Connecting with Authors

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Welcome to the Book Blogger Hop!

To plan the post for next week in advance, go here for upcoming prompts. You must complete this form to submit a prompt.

There is now a Facebook group for the Book Blogger Hop! Please join the community to connect with other book bloggers and receive the most recent Book Blogger Hop information.

What To Do

1. Post your response to the question.

Do you use social media to keep up with your favorite authors?

Submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer.

2. In the linky list widget, enter your name or nickname @ Blog Name and the direct URL to your post answering this week's question. Here's an example: Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer

3. Please go to the other blogs on the list and comment on their BBH post.

When Did Collecting Geeky Stuff Become Popular in Our Culture?

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Nowadays, both kids and adults alike dress in nerdy t-shirts. Even though I reside in a small town in the Midwest, I see them everywhere. The world has evolved. Because I was afraid of being labeled odd, nerdy, or geeky during my childhood in the 1980s and 1990s, I would never have worn such a t-shirt. Though I was worried about being teased, I wanted to wear Star Trek, Star Wars, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer t-shirts. Because I'm a bookish loner, I got bullied from middle school to my senior year in high school. Yes, I got tormented by my peers for reading books. It was probably a bad idea for me to bring a Star Trek: Generations novelization into an 8th-grade science class.

[Review]—"Dune: The Heir of Caladan" is a Flawed but Engaging Conclusion to the Prequel Trilogy

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I apologize for the delay in posting this review, but here I am with my thoughts on Dune: The Heir of Caladan, the third and final book of Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's Caladan Trilogy. Did you notice the keyword "trilogy"? You must have read Dune: The Duke of Caladan and Dune: The Lady of Caladan before reading the third since several narrative aspects continue. And, given that the trilogy takes place a year earlier, it wouldn't hurt to read Frank Herbert's Dune beforehand.

{Sunday Post}—Chainfire, Nothing More Dangerous, and The Sacred Bridge

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The Caffeinated Book Reviewer's Kimberly hosts a weekly meme called "The Sunday Post"!

Weekly Tidbits

I'm back as an Amazon affiliate. Yes, I've previously signed up for this program, but I've never fulfilled the "three sales in the first 180 days" criterion. I've only had time to add purchase links (mainly for Kindle eBooks) to this post. Additionally, the sidebar contains a Kindle search engine. I want to meet the three sale criteria; so I can stay in the program this time. I'm only letting everyone know what's going on with the Amazon links in this post; nobody has to buy anything.