I interview a lot of authors, we all do. And it is really a lot of fun, right? But who is it behind those interviews? You!!! So now I want to interview you! This post will run every Thursday (give or take a day due to scheduling)! Check out the tab up there in my tab index for this feature. That's where you can check out past interviews and upcoming interviews!
Today I have Tash, from Confessions from Romaholics, and an international swag prize!
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Things are good here, despite the
hot weather here at the moment! It has been averaging around 86° to 108°
Fahrenheit in the last week.
First, can you tell us a little bit about Confessions From
Romaholics?
Confessions was started in August
2012 but the site was two months in the making. Originally, it was the plan to
be just MF, MM and Ménage but then I fell in the love with YA and now there is a
little bit of everything as the current reviewers read a wide range of fiction.
But from me you will see more YA reviews at the moment than any other category,
although I will never exclusively review from just one category.
Now I see you’ve merged with Booked Up. How does that work?
Most of our reviewers who reviewed
from the original site came over to the new one and the original ‘Fashionta’
retired and a friend stepped up and took over the name. Since that time, most
of them have taken a break because of real life. So at the moment there is only
myself, Fashionta, Dolce Amore, and Black Tulip who review and on the editing
side there is redstarr, Jancf and Em.
What is your favorite part of book blogging?
Okay I actually have two things.
The bloggers and the authors who make up the book community. Every blogger that I have interacted with has
been willing to help in any way possible by giving time up or making
opportunities like this.
The authors have given me the
privilege of reviewing their books, often to interview them or create a guest
post for them on the blog. The opportunity to do something like this allows me
to read, learn and discover new things. My interest in YA romance came as a
result of a request to read a particular book that followed another and another
… and out of it came a great passion for the genre. Through the intimacy of the
interviewing process, I can ask the kind of questions I’d like to know about
favorite authors, in particular, and understand their writing process,
something I find fascinating. It’s also absolutely thrilling to have a
one-on-one with an author whose works I admire.
What do you do when you aren’t blogging?
Reading! I know reading is a part
of blogging but I admit I’m obsessed with category romances. They are my secret
indulgence, especially the cheesy ones from the 80’s and 90’s. The main things
in my life are school and TV. I’m in my final year at uni (college) studying accounting
and finance. As for TV, I’m into anything that catches my interest, so at the
moment I’m watching American Pickers and Operation Repo and streaming online E.R.
Ohh! and I forgot the key
ingredient that makes so much of this happen, how I get to indulge in my
category romances. Book SALES. During
certain months you can find me on weekends at book sales scouring for cheap
books so that I can bulk buy my category romances and anything else that
catches my eyes.
If you could only read one genre for an entire year, what
would it be?
Hmm, it a toss-up between paranormal
or historical fiction. I have discovered lot of authors writing paranormal
material since I started blogging and this was a favorite genre of my pre-blogging
and remains so. I love a good shapeshifter novel. On the other hand, I’m a sucker
for those historical novels that always seem to have seduction, revenge or some
cliché romance type.
What is your favorite type of post to do?
I love to do Blog Tour posts as it
is usually a combination of a review and (hopefully) either a guest post and
interview. It is hard work but I love see it go live on the blog and let others
see all the hard work come to fruition.
If you could bring one book to life, which would it be?
Hmm. Good question! At the moment
it would be to be Shadow Claim, the first book in Kresley Cole’s new series, The Dacian: Realm of Blood and Mist.
Sexy Vampires, anyone? and it is set in
The Lore, the same setting as her Immortal After Dark series and there’s
mention of Lotharie coming to life with Dacians in their secret kingdom.
How do you handle Did Not Finish books, or do you finish
every book?
I never had a DNF for the blog as
I try to preserve and read the whole book. I never reviewed anything truly bad
that I had to DNF. However, I have had instances of having stopped reading a book
and needing to come back to it at a later date because I wasn’t into the book
initially. I’m more picky with what I read for reviewing but I have stopped
reading books I hated if it was a personal choice.
Do you have any favorite blogs or authors you think the rest
of us should check out?
At the moment the ones I check at lot and am loving
are:
Kimba the “Caffeinated Book
Reviewer”—I love her Sunday Post memo but I
haven’t had the time in recent months to participate.
And I can’t forgot the Aussie
Blogs:
Book Probe
(http://bookprobereviews.com/)
This Charming Mum (http://thischarmingmum.com/)
Novels on the Run (http://www.novelsontherun.blogspot.com.au/)
If you didn’t have a book blog anymore, do you think you
would still review books?
I don’t really review books that I
read on Goodreads; I think there is one non-blog review on my Goodreads account.
I only rate books and mark them so I know that I have read them so I don’t have
to search my books at a later date if I want a reread. I like reviewing but it
is hobby and reading is the main passion here, my main interest. Reviewing just
grew out of it as I wanted to share my opinion on books I loved.
And last question:
Who would your favorite book boyfriend be?
I think the answer is going to
surprise people as I read widely. But my favourite book boyfriend is Will from Colleen
Hoover’s Slammed series . He is
sweet, a hunk, a mature and true gentleman and the perfect age for me—LOL! I
can’t wait for his book which will detail the missing period between the first
and second book in the series from his point of view.
Thanks so much for joining me today!
Thank Liz for this opportunity J
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