Armchair BEA Day 1: Introductions/Interviews

Welcome to the first day of Armchair BEA! I had so much fun last year and I'm excited to participate again this year. The first day is for interviews and this year our task was to interview ourselves and then visit as many other interviews as possible. I'll be visiting everyone else's later in the day! Here is me... interviewing me...

Please tell us a little bit about yourself: Who are you? How long have you been blogging? Why did you get into blogging?

Hi all! My name is Kaitlyn [obviously]. I’ve been blogging since July 2010--my two year is approaching! I started blogging because I’m obsessed with reading and was kind of bored waiting for grad school to start. Grad school has also been the reason behind my many blog hiatuses, but I’m graduating in August. Holla. No one can quite understand how excited I am. Well, maybe you can.. who am I to judge? But how about we just leave it at I’m really excited. 

Hey Kaitlyn, what literary location would you most like to visit? Why?

Well, you know I would like to visit Hogwarts/Hogsmeade/Diagon Alley. I obviously want to eat a chocolate frog, get a wand, and say what’s up to Harry, Ron and Hermione. Mayhaps I’ll get to do a few of these things when I visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter this fall. Join me! 

So, Kaitlyn, even though everyone probably knows the answer to this question, if you could eat dinner with any author or character, who would it be and why?

Why, Kaitlyn... that is a good question. I know it might be obvious, but I would love to have dinner with J.K. Rowling. Why? Because she is the Queen. She is honestly one of the most interesting people ever to walk the Earth. The details in her stories are amazing. All hail J.K. Rowling. [I swear I’m going to try to make these not all about Harry Potter, but I fail so hard.] 

What is your favorite part about the book blogging community? Is there anything that you would like to see change in the coming years?

That’s a really great question, Kaitlyn. Even better than the last. My favorite part of the book blogging community is how amazing everyone seems to be. Other book bloggers are really nice, authors are so cool [especially on Twitter], and people from the publishing companies are really welcoming as well. If there is anything that I would like to see change, it would be for people to say smell ya to the drama. I haven’t been a part of any of it, but I’ve seen plenty of it happening. How about we just hang out and chat books? Yeah? 

Finally, what are you currently reading, or what is your favorite book you have read so far in 2012?

Well, well. I’m reading Hourglass by Myra McEntire on my Kindle right now, My Soul to Lose by Rachel Vincent on audiobook, and some school books that no one really cares about in print. I’m enjoying them all [yes, even the school books]. My favorite book of the year so far was probably The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa. Excellent world building.

Thanks for interviewing me, Kaitlyn! No problem, Kaitlyn. Any questions for me? Leave them in the comments! You are all my favorites. I hope you stick around for the rest of the week. Or forever. That's cool too.