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    1. The1stdaughter (Danielle Smith)

      Travel memoirs. I'm not incredibly fond of reading about other people traveling when I'd rather be the one traveling. ;)

    2. The1stdaughter (Danielle Smith)

      Composer/conductor - classical music or a writer, but I'm already working on both. :)

    3. The1stdaughter (Danielle Smith)

      The Pellinor series by Allison Croggin. In fact, I'm almost positive she said she's writing it right now! :)

    4. The1stdaughter (Danielle Smith)

      Top three:
      The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom
      See You at Harry's
      City of Lost Souls

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    6. The1stdaughter (Danielle Smith)

      Tough question! Because it's fresh in my mind I'd go with A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness or Cinder by Marissa Meyer. Children's books...Boy & Bot by Ame Dyckman.

    7. The1stdaughter (Danielle Smith)

      I don't think I could choose. That's an impossible question. I'd probably be inclined to choose Elephant & Piggie from the series by Mo Willems. :)

    8. The1stdaughter (Danielle Smith)

      I honestly have zero idea. I've got a list a mile long so it could be a number of books. But there's no doubt I'll be reading. ;)

    9. The1stdaughter (Danielle Smith)

      Just one thing? I think I could make a list a mile long. One thing I'm working on is being better about listening and paying attention to the needs of others.

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    11. The1stdaughter (Danielle Smith)

      I'm okay with ads on other blogs. It's a lot of work to keep up a great blog and if you can get a bit of help through ads then that's fantastic. Now granted, for my own blog I'd prefer a very limited number of ads...too many and I start to feel overwhelmed making reading the blog less enjoyable.

    12. The1stdaughter (Danielle Smith)

      There are times when I read two or three books at a time, but not often. If I do they are usually completely different in terms of genre because I'm not sure I could sort it all out if they were too familiar.

    13. The1stdaughter (Danielle Smith)

      In more ways than I can recall fully. Everyone has been overwhelmingly supportive of all of my bookish endeavors. I'm sure my husband often thinks I'm crazy for how involved I am with it all, but thankfully he's still incredibly supportive.

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    15. The1stdaughter (Danielle Smith)

      Something that involves either music (classical) or books...it's a tough call.

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    17. The1stdaughter (Danielle Smith)

      More often than not a book trailer has encouraged me to read a book than not to. Though I should say that the book trailers I watch are generally for picture books, which of course are pretty cute. :)

    18. The1stdaughter (Danielle Smith)

      Hands down the Books of Pellinor by Alison Croggon (The Naming and The Riddle are my favorites in the series). Amazing writing!

    19. The1stdaughter (Danielle Smith)

      Basically anything with white chocolate in it or a Lake Champlain Chocolate Caramel bar. Yum!

    20. The1stdaughter (Danielle Smith)

      I usually like to read the book well before watching the movie. Then I like some time so that the specifics aren't so fresh in my mind. Usually I can enjoy both a little more that way. :)

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San Luis Obispo, CA

www.theresabook.com

Reading,writing, music, life...all while taking care of two kiddos.