Hi everyone, and welcome to Feature Friday!
Today, I have Amber from Me, My Shelf and I with me. After the interview,
be sure to check out her blog.
Please help me welcome Amber.
Cherie: How did you get started in blogging about books?
Amber: In 2010 my good
friend Jen (who co-runs Fictitious Delicious Book Blog now) bet me
I couldn't read 104 books in 2011. I started blogging to track my
books, because I wanted something more fun and personalized than
Goodreads. After a few months I realized that not only were people coming to
the blog and reading what I had to say (WHAT!?) but also that there was a huge
community of book bloggers out there. So I gave the blog a face lift, and
changed the name from The 104 in 365 (speak the numbers) to Me, My Shelf and I
and the rest is history!
Cherie: For those of you who are curious, Amber read 116 books that year, I asked. =) How did you come up with the name
for your blog?
Amber: Oh man, I must
have spent 3 weeks trying to come up with something catchy and clever whose URL
wasn't already taken. Me, My Shelf and I came to me just as I was about to give
up for good and stick with my old name. Just POOF and there it was.
Cherie: I like Me, My Shelf and I better than the other. It’s catchy. What’s
your favorite part about blogging?
Amber: The
relationships I have built with authors and bloggers. I found my very best
friends because of blogging!
Cherie: Do you have any pet peeves that make you want to put down the
book your reading?
Amber: I'm not a fan
of info dumping first thing in a book. Also, when a book tends to feel like
several others I read all mashed into one.
Cherie: What type of books do you enjoy?
Amber: New Adult and
Young Adult. Specifically if they have a horror or thriller theme to them.
That's my favorite!
Cherie: Do you mind books with similar ideas to other books? Similar
concepts, backgrounds, or retellings?
Amber: As long as they
have their own elements brought in to make it their own, then I don't mind
them.
Cherie: Do you like when your favorite books are made into movies, and
why?
Amber: As long as the
team producing tries to keep it as true to the book as possible. When something
already has such a large fan base, like a book series, it's main source of
viewers will be the readers and if they don't take that into account, they are
setting them self up to fail from the first day.
Cherie: That’s so true! If you could choose to be any character from a
book, who would it be and why?
Amber: I would just
like the magical ability to flit between being
different characters at my leisure. There's so many amazing ones, I
could never pick just one.
Cherie: That’s a great
answer! I want to steal it, but I won’t. Okay, try to answer the following
questions in five words or less:
If you start a book that isn’t grabbing your attention, how far into the
book will you read before you put it down?
Amber: 50 Pages.
Cherie: Who’s your favorite book mom?
Amber: Travis Maddox's
mom in the Beautiful Disaster Series by Jamie McGuire
Cherie: Who’s your favorite book dad?
Amber: Charlie Swan
from Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Cherie: Secret crush? (It can be anyone real or fictional.)
Amber: Not so secret:
Dylan O'Brien and Jackson Rathbone
Cherie: Do you believe in love at first sight?
Amber: You bet I do!
Cherie: Have you ever experienced that head-over-heels, tingly,
have-to-get-to-know-someone feeling yourself?
Amber: YES!!!
Cherie: Are you drawn to the good guy or the bad guy?
Amber: A little of
both, depends on the book.
Cherie: If you had all the money and time in the world, where would your
dream vacation be?
Amber: Tour Europe
with my family.
Cherie: Are you a morning person or an evening person?
Amber: Evening!
Cherie: Favorite author?
Amber: Impossible to
answer!
Cherie: Favorite place to read?
Amber: Deck chair at
my cabin
Cherie: What book are you the most excited to read?
Amber: GET EVEN by
Gretchen McNeil
Cherie: Are there any types of books you don’t read?
Amber: Historical
Fiction. Steampunk. Mermaids.
Cherie: Do you have any hobbies?
Amber: Concerts. I
love live music!
Cherie: What movie would make a great book?
Amber: Titanic
Cherie: It’s your birthday, and your friends got you a giant cake. What
character do you hope pops out of your cake and what book is he/her from?
Amber: Travis Maddox
from Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
AND
Lucas from Easy by Tammara Webber
AND
Lucas from Easy by Tammara Webber
Thanks, Amber, for taking the time out of your busy day to be on my blog.
I’ve really enjoyed getting to know the blogger behind the blog.
Click here to visit Me, My Shelf, and I
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Fifty pages is my cutoff point. Congratulations on the success of your book blog, Amber!
ReplyDeleteMe, My Shelf, and I is a great blog name -- sometimes I think the best ideas come just like that, in a flash.
ReplyDeleteI am still impressed with the number of books read in one year. =)
ReplyDeleteAmber, thanks for being on my blog today!