Armchair BEA: Self Interview

Introduction Self Interview

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

My name is Chrystal and I'm a 30-something year old blogger. I've been blogging for ALMOST two years now (blogoversary is coming up quick - guess I better come up with some kind of event). Initially I was just searching for info on a book that looked interesting and came upon a book blog (All About {n}) and read a review of the book. I honestly had never thought of the concept book blogging - truly and honestly. As soon as I started checking out this blog and realized that I could totally do this... share my thoughts on the books I love to read. So I started up a blog of my own - it was going to be about everything at first, but quite quickly it turned into just about book blogging. And I haven't looked back since.

2. Tell us one non-book-related thing that everyone reading your blog may not know about you.

I am getting married soon. Very soon. EEK! September 29th to be exact. I'm stressed out and excited all at the same time. It's an outdoor wedding at a conservation park. Our guests can hand feed chickadees while we go get our photos done around the park. Dinner will be there too in the pretty building that looks out over the water at sunset. The entire theme was built around my obsession with antique birdcages. So my centerpieces are birdcages of all sorts with little birds and nests inside (fake of course). The colours are coral and a pale sage green.

3. What is your favourite feature on your blog (ie. author interviews, memes, something specific to your blog)?

My favourite feature is Deserted Island - where both authors and bloggers stop by to let us in on their choices of items and books (they get to choose five of each) that they would want with them if ever stuck on a deserted island and why they chose those items. It's been a lot of fun seeing what people come up with - sometimes the posts are super serious and other times completely silly and I love being surprised with their answers.

4. Which is your favourite post that you have written that you want everyone to read?

I have two:

*Guest post for A&C Book Junkies for their Canuck Week regarding my fave childhood book: The Little Prince

*My review of ReVamped by Ada Adams (she's Canadian, she was featured in a magazine and I've struck up a lovely new friendship with her - can't beat that).

 

5. What is your favourite part of the book blogging community? Is there anything that you would like to see change in the coming years?

I love being able to share my thoughts on books with others who have the same love for reading, books and blogging. I have met so many great bloggers and authors both virtually and in real life and it has been amazing so far. I've attended some great author events, met up with fellow Canadian bloggers and have just had a wonderful time in general. The only thing I can think of that I'd like to see changed is how people deal with one another when something doesn't go right or when a blogger does something that people feel needs to be called out on. Things don't need to get so heated and honestly in the past little bit I think all of the comments and tweeting and such make book bloggers look worse than the actual issues that brought it all to light. The one thing I'm learning in life in general is to not dwell on things.