Monday, June 4, 2012

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.

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  1. Loving this! JK Rowling is the Queen, no doubt about it! So excited to hear about your trip to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter!

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    1. Thanks! I can't wait to go.

      PS. I have a very large Diet Coke packed in my bag for work :)

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  2. Love you interviewing yourself. Very funny! Hope you enjoy your BEA week.

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    1. Thank you so much! I hope you have a great time during ArmcharBEA.

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  3. Congratulations on the upcoming graduation!

    Kagawa's world building in The Immortal Rules was so amazing. I can't wait to see where the series heads.

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    1. Thanks :)

      I'm really excited for the rest of the series as well. I want to get to know the characters a bit more.

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  4. So you may or may not like Harry Potter and the wonderful world that JK Rowling has created? It is a little vague as to your love of that series :)

    LOL You made me smile :)

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    1. Yeah, it's really up in the air. I mean...I don't have a painted Harry Potter rock on my desk at work or anything. No, I would never do anything like that.

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  5. J.K. Rowling is quite the popular dinner guest....

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    1. She sure is. I bet we could make quite the dinner party if we rounded up everyone who chose her!

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  6. Oh your interview of you was so much fun! I knew it would be all about the Potter! I don't think I've "met" anyone who is as big a fan as you. And I seriously hope you get to meet and have dinner with J.K. Rowling some day. How awesome is that!

    Congratulations on graduating this summer. FINALLY! All that hard work and torture will be over. YAY!!!! And even though you had a few hiatuses, I'm so glad you're still around!

    I can't wait to find out what you think about HOURGLASS. I really must read that book...

    Hope your Armchair has been tons of fun so far! And this year I can't be late to the Twitter party! Hope to see you there. :)

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    1. Such a Harry Potter nerd haha. I'm super pumped to graduate! I'm also glad I'm still around, otherwise I wouldn't have met you!

      I'm about 1/3 of the way done with Hourglass and it's fun so far--I'm excited to finish it.

      Have the best ArmchairBEA! I hope I can make the Twitter parties--at least one of them is while I am working. :(

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  7. Congratulations on your upcoming graduation!! That is fantastic!!

    I love The Immortal Rules so much too!! It is one of my favorites of the year so far too!

    Also, I am so with you on Hogwarts and JK Rowling!! I love that series so much! I have shared it with both of my children and I am pregnant now with a little girl due in July. I am excited to get to share Harry Potter with her too!

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    1. Thank you so much! I feel like the book blogging community has been there through it all for me. They sure have heard me complain enough.

      I'm glad you enjoyed The Immortal Rules too. Julie Kagawa is such an amazing world builder. Fabulous.

      I love that you share HP with your children. When I have kids one day, I'm totally going to read Harry Potter with them. It's one of the things I'm most looking forward to doing. Voices and all! I hope your daughter enjoys HP. :)

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  8. I love Rachel Vincent's work! I haven't tried the audiobooks so I may have to check those out. I'm glad you joined ABEA! Tattooed Books

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    1. I'm really enjoying the narrator for this audiobook. I've never read a Rachel Vincent book, so it has definitely made me eager to check out the rest of her books!

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  9. I hope you're enjoying My Soul to Lose on audio! I'm all caught up on that series, and I listened to them as well. I started getting really emotional about them by book 4. Man!! :o)

    Mickey @ imabookshark

    PS - Come check out my introduction? Thanks!

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    1. I am really enjoying it! I think the narrator does a really great job. I definitely can't wait to read/listen to the rest! Thanks for stopping by. :)

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  10. Nice to meet you Kaitlyn, and thanks for stopping by. You can be sure I'm all over Pinterest...but thanks for the suggestion.

    Have a great BEA!

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    1. Pinterest is so addictive. I just got my mom obsessed. :)

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  11. Thanks for stopping by.

    I'd love to visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter too.

    Hourglass was a really good book. I'm looking forward to reading more in that series.

    Your interview was very fun to read :-)

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    1. I'm so excited to go to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. I've been wanting to go since it was announced.

      I have Timepiece lined up on my Kindle waiting for me. I'm looking forward to starting it. :)

      Thanks for visiting!

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  12. Nice to meet you Kaitlyn, I loved your interview format. Congratulations on your upcoming graduation as well.

    My Armchair BEA intro post is here!

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    1. Thank you so much! Thanks for visiting. :)

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  13. I so need to read Immortal Rules - it just moved way up the list!!! And I so agree with you - the book blogging community rocks!

    Tanya
    Girlxoxo.com

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    1. Definitely read Immortal Rules. I'm really anxious to read the next one - too bad it's not going to be out for awhile. The one downfall of reading books before or close to release date!

      Thanks so much for visiting!!

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  14. I loved reading your answers - such fun!

    All the best for your upcoming graduation :)

    My Introduction - http://obsessionwithbooks.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/armchair-bea-introduction.html

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  15. A chocolate frog sounds great right now! I'd love to go to a Quidditch tournament.

    It's lovely to meet you and I hope you have fun during Armchair BEA.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by! It would be so amazing to see Quidditch in real life. Why can't we flyyyyy? Wah.

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  16. Your interview with yourself is so awesome. It made me smile :]

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    1. Haha thank you! I probably shouldn't be allowed to post on little sleep. Thanks for visiting. :)

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  17. Oooo I've heard great things about Immortal Rules and am hoping to get a copy soon. :)

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