My good friend Gina, from Hott Books, recently interviewed me and today she posted it on her site.  It was an honor to be asked .  Let me tell you a little about Gina,  she has a huge, caring heart.  A great Mom!!   Even though we have not met face to face,  we have become close friends via the internet.  If you haven’t visited her blog, (btw she designed it), take a look around, read her interview, say hi, and once you see what you have been missing, become a follower.  I’m headed there now.  Hope to see you there too.

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Arianna gasped slowly for air.   She didn’t cry.   The pain she felt in her side wasn’t bad enough to give her husband the satisfaction.
“When I say it is time to leave, it is time to leave.   There is no room for negotiation in this marriage.”

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Today’s question:
Why do you think that the Young Adult genre is so popular with even the adult readers? Do you read YA books, yourself?
My answer:
Ironically, I have been thinking the same thing myself over the past few weeks.  As some of you know, I am a partner in Partners In Crime Tours, a virtual tour PR company for authors of mystery, suspense and crime novels.  We have become very busy, which is a good thing, however, because of that and not wanting to over work our awesome hosts, I have been visiting a lot of blogs to read their policies to see if  they might be interested in the genre we represent to send an invitation,

And I am AMAZED at how many YA blogs there are.  It’s like a whole different neighborhood, community,state, planet of blogs.  I, for one, do not read YA only because I have this preconceived notion that Iwould not be able to relate to the characters or premise of the books.  I have, however, like the question states, wondered why so many adults do read this genre.  Am I missing out on some good reading because it is out of my comfort zone?  But then I look at my TBR bookcase and think, I have enough books that are in my comfort zone just waiting patiently to be chosen to be my “current read”.

January is being hosted by At Home with Books 

Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia of A girl and her books and is now on tour.

According to Marcia, “Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.”

                

 

                           The Story Plant                                 Author (WOW)

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I am participating in the Winter Respite Read-A-Thon of 2012.  Wish me luck because it never seems to fail that whenever I sign up for one, real life tends to interfere, matter of fact it already has.  Of course, life’s obligations are  always a priority over hobby, but I will try to do my best.  I will keep a daily approximation of how many hours I put into my reading.   Want to join?  Click on above and it will bring you to Michelle’s sign up post.  Read-A-Thon starts today and ends Jan 29th so that gives us a lot of time to read and make dents in those TBR piles.  Good Luck if you have already signed up.

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MY QUESTION:
Do you have a “comfort food”? And what is it?
MY ANSWER:
Ice cream.

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This week’s question:
I saw this article the other day that asked, “Are you ashamed of skipping parts of books?” Which, naturally, made me want to ask all of YOU.
Do you skip ahead in a book? Do you feel badly about it when you do?
My Answer:
I can honestly say that I don’t.  What would the purpose be?  If it is to see the ending, then I would think that it would just  take away from the pleasure of the whole story line.  Or, if  it is is because, you just don’t like the book, then for me, it would end at my 50 page limit and go in my DNF pile.  Why would I care how it turns out if it didn’t grab me from the start?

What about you…are you a skipper of pages?  Why or why not?

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What are you currently reading?

What did you recently finish reading?

What do you think you’ll read next?

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Today’s question:
What devices –if any– do you read books on? Do you find it enjoyable, or still somewhat bothersome? Or: If you only read the print books, why haven’t you chosen to read on any devices?
My answer:
I have 2 devices, a Kindle and a Sony EReader.   I find both to have pros and cons.  I like the Sony because of the touch screen but it doesn’t have an archive feature and “the Sony Store” sometimes doesn’t have all the books available and isn’t wi-fi.  The Kindle is easier to read on, but doesn’t have the touch screen, I can archive the books I have read and is wi-fi.  Both are easier to fit into a pocketbook than a print version.  But then I still need to be surrounded by my Print versions and need to use all the senses when reading a Print book.  I find I need to alternate between a digital read and a Print.

What about you?  Have you taken the plunge yet into the digital age of reading?

January is being hosted by At Home with Books

Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia of A girl and her books and is now on tour.

According to Marcia, “Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.”

                                    The Story Plant                    Author

                               Meryl L. Moss Media             Author

And purchased by me since I am computer challenged………

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From An Island Life:

In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, too. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.

MY QUESTION:
Do you have any stationery supplies with your blog logo (ex: business cards, post cards, pens, etc?

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This week’s question:

But enough about interviewing other people. It’s time I interviewed YOU.

1. What’s your favorite time of day to read?
Afternoon and evenings. Waiting at doctor’s appointments where there will be no interuptions.

2. Do you read during breakfast? (Assuming you eat breakfast.)
No. Will usually eat a muffin while blogging.

3. What’s your favorite breakfast food? (Noting that breakfast foods can be eaten any time of day.)
If I go out for breakfast, I usually order blueberry pancakes.

4. How many hours a day would you say you read?
I try to read at least a minimum of 3 hours a day but it depends on what needs to be done in real life.

5. Do you read more or less now than you did, say, 10 years ago?
Less. I didn’t blog back then and it does take up a lot of time.

6. Do you consider yourself a speed reader?
No, but I wish I did.

7. If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
To be a speed reader, especially when I look at my TBR bookcase. Also to be abloe to survive on no sleep and to accomplish things at warp speed.

8. Do you carry a book with you everywhere you go?
Absolutely, dont leave home without it.

9. What KIND of book?
My current read.

10. How old were you when you got your first library card?
I was approximately 6 years old and remember my Mom taking me to our local library and how excited I was that I was getting my “own” library card

11. What’s the oldest book you have in your collection? (Oldest physical copy? Longest in the collection? Oldest copyright?)
It would have to be 1976, my text books from college.

12. Do you read in bed?
Yes.

13. Do you write in your books?
Absolutely NOT

14. If you had one piece of advice to a new reader, what would it be?
Enjoy, take pleasure, use your imagination and try to create a mini movie in your mind from what you are reading.

15. What question have I NOT asked at BTT that you’d love me to ask? (Actually, leave the answer to this one in the comments on this post, huh? So I can find them when I need inspiration!)
Do you ever wonder what makes other bloggers choose a specific genre/age level books as their favorite reads?