Why yes I did forget Armchair BEA started today. Fail. Sorry this is just going up, but I still wanted to participate. I enjoy my fellow book bloggers so much and I feel like a slacker when I don't join in on some of these big events. So here it goes...
1. Please tell us a little bit about yourself: Who are you? How long have you been blogging? Why did you get into blogging?
My name is Melissa, I'm 28 and I live in Indianapolis with my pup and the Huz. I work full time at a medical journal and review Indy theatre and write a book blog for fun. I've been blogging since Jan. 2010 and I started because I love talking about books and writing.
2. What are you currently reading?
I'm currently reading Villette, Beautiful Boy, The Stand and I'm rereading The Perks of Being a Wallflower (a classic, a nonfiction, a YA and a newer fiction book, yup that's how it usually is)
3. Tell us one non-book-related thing that everyone reading your blog may not know about you.
Everyone I'm close to calls me Lissa (not Lisa) and I love planning and taking roadtrips and weekend getaways with friends of the Huz. Oh, also I love good TV. Give me a season of Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Doctor Who, etc. and I'm good to go.
4. What is your favorite feature on your blog (i.e. author interviews, memes, something specific to your blog)?
I started a Reading the States feature this year and I hope it will be a good resource for people in the future. Whenever someone wants to read more books set in a specific states (whether they're about to travel there or they're just curious) they'll be able to find each state through the Reading the States page.
5. Where do you see your blog in five years?
Still around I hope. I love having a group of people to talk books with and each year it seems like I've done a few new things (RIP challenge, hosted a readalong, Dewey, etc.)
6. Which is your favorite post that you have written that you want everyone to read?
One of my first posts was on creating my library when I moved into my first home. I love that one and I don't think anyone read this blog back then. Also, my 2011 year end survey would be a good way to get a feel for what I read.
7. If you could eat dinner with any author or character, who would it be and why?
Neil Gaiman, there are authors I may love more (though most are dead), but Gaiman is so fantastic and we could not only talk about his books, but also about Doctor Who!
8. What literary location would you most like to visit? Why?
I've gotten to see a lot of my dream places (Stratford-Upon-Avon, the courthouse that inspired To Kill a Mockingbird, the Algonquin Round Table, Shakespeare and Co. Bookstore, Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey, etc.), but I would really love to go East and visit Walden pond, Louisa May Alcott's home and Mark Twain's Connecticut home.
9. What is your favorite part about the book blogging community? Is there anything that you would like to see change in the coming years?
The people! I've loved making friends with readers all over the world. I probably never would have met them otherwise. I hope that bloggers continue to welcome new members to the community and connect with them one-on-one. As this group of people grows I think that will become harder to do.
10. Have your reading tastes changed since you started blogging? How?
Yes! I read so many more new releases. I used to wait to read almost all new books because I couldn't afford to buy new books on a newspaper reporter's salary. Now it's so hard to resist when the whole blogosphere is buzzing about a new release.
1. Please tell us a little bit about yourself: Who are you? How long have you been blogging? Why did you get into blogging?
My name is Melissa, I'm 28 and I live in Indianapolis with my pup and the Huz. I work full time at a medical journal and review Indy theatre and write a book blog for fun. I've been blogging since Jan. 2010 and I started because I love talking about books and writing.
2. What are you currently reading?
I'm currently reading Villette, Beautiful Boy, The Stand and I'm rereading The Perks of Being a Wallflower (a classic, a nonfiction, a YA and a newer fiction book, yup that's how it usually is)
3. Tell us one non-book-related thing that everyone reading your blog may not know about you.
Everyone I'm close to calls me Lissa (not Lisa) and I love planning and taking roadtrips and weekend getaways with friends of the Huz. Oh, also I love good TV. Give me a season of Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Doctor Who, etc. and I'm good to go.
4. What is your favorite feature on your blog (i.e. author interviews, memes, something specific to your blog)?
I started a Reading the States feature this year and I hope it will be a good resource for people in the future. Whenever someone wants to read more books set in a specific states (whether they're about to travel there or they're just curious) they'll be able to find each state through the Reading the States page.
5. Where do you see your blog in five years?
Still around I hope. I love having a group of people to talk books with and each year it seems like I've done a few new things (RIP challenge, hosted a readalong, Dewey, etc.)
6. Which is your favorite post that you have written that you want everyone to read?
One of my first posts was on creating my library when I moved into my first home. I love that one and I don't think anyone read this blog back then. Also, my 2011 year end survey would be a good way to get a feel for what I read.
7. If you could eat dinner with any author or character, who would it be and why?
Neil Gaiman, there are authors I may love more (though most are dead), but Gaiman is so fantastic and we could not only talk about his books, but also about Doctor Who!
8. What literary location would you most like to visit? Why?
I've gotten to see a lot of my dream places (Stratford-Upon-Avon, the courthouse that inspired To Kill a Mockingbird, the Algonquin Round Table, Shakespeare and Co. Bookstore, Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey, etc.), but I would really love to go East and visit Walden pond, Louisa May Alcott's home and Mark Twain's Connecticut home.
9. What is your favorite part about the book blogging community? Is there anything that you would like to see change in the coming years?
The people! I've loved making friends with readers all over the world. I probably never would have met them otherwise. I hope that bloggers continue to welcome new members to the community and connect with them one-on-one. As this group of people grows I think that will become harder to do.
10. Have your reading tastes changed since you started blogging? How?
Yes! I read so many more new releases. I used to wait to read almost all new books because I couldn't afford to buy new books on a newspaper reporter's salary. Now it's so hard to resist when the whole blogosphere is buzzing about a new release.
