Our resident fan girl kindly answered some questions about her love of books. If YOU want to be featured or have an article you'd like to share. Email me: vicki.trask@gmail.com
Name: Jessica Baker
Location: Super close to Austin, Texas
Age: 17
Occupation/Grade: I…go to school. And I run my blog (which I
don’t get paid for, but takes up loads of time). And I sleep. :) I’m starting
my senior year of high school at the end of August.
Favourite genre: As long as there’s romance, I’m happy!
Favourite author: Jennifer L. Armentrout. (Though Victoria
Scott totally deserves a shout-out here, too, because she freaking rocks!)
Favourite book: The
Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
First book you ever remember reading (for leisure): EVER?
Probably a Magic Tree House book. But the one that got me INTO reading was Twilight.
Are you a “casual” reader or an “avid” reader? What makes
you so? Definitely avid, because there is literally NO down time in between
books. Ever. The most I take between books will be a few hours to sleep,
because I was up until some ungodly hour finishing the last book. But,
honestly, I don’t even give myself that sometimes. I just pick up the next book
and GO.
Most recent read: I just finished Brilliant Nightmare by Edita Birschbach.
Next read: I am SOOOOOOOOOOO excited about this—Butterfly Weeds by Laura Miller (which I
plan to immediately follow up with My
Butterfly, of course! Eeep!)
Favourite place to read: My bed. I get distracted when I’m
other places. I mean, I CAN read in other places, and I DO, but my room on my
bed is my #1 spot. OH! And there’s this rocking chair at my brother’s house
that I heart. It’s where I read those Twilight books that got me into this big
reading mess ;)
Dream vacation: Honestly? I’d like to be somewhere it snows
for Christmas. That would be my vacation. Preferably somewhere there were some
bookish friends (be them author or blogger) to meet up with.
Favourite drink while reading: Urm…water. I know that’s
boring, but I honestly drink something close to my weight in water every day. And
when we have cans, I drink Pepsi, too. But only because it’s convenient. We
don’t have cans often.
If you could think of the most ideal, fantasy, crazy perfect
situation for reading a book, what would it be? The ideal situation I would be
in for reading a book? Hmmm. Probably to read either a Lux novel or a Dante
Walker novel, and have the author (Jen or V, depending on which it was) RIGHT
THERE to comment to as I read it. I just feel like that would be hilarious…I
say funny things when I read.
How do you choose your books: I read what I feel like
reading. I look at my books, maybe look them up to learn a bit more about them,
and then I start the one I feel like reading the most. Unless I am under some
obligation to read something else, like for a blog tour or something. Then I
read that. THEN I read what I want.
How is your bookshelf organized? (Alphabetically by title,
author, by colour, random): It’s kind of not. I tried to organize it loosely by
genre, like all contemporary books on this shelf, and all angel books here, and
all that, but…it doesn’t really stay that way. Plus, I keep taking books off my
shelves to re-read parts, and then I’m always too lazy to put them back, so
there’s a huge stack in front of the table next to my bed. Seriously.
When was the last time you went to a bookstore? Umm…that
would be…for the Sarah Dessen signing at Book People, which was in April. The
21st? Or the 23rd? Something like that.
What drew you to Between/Aiden? Aiden drew me to Between, and his Scottish hotness is
what drew me to HIM. I heart him to death.
One cool fact about you? I am Victoria Scott’s Super Fan.
Legit. Ask her. She wrote it all over my copy of The Collector, and if you ever go to a signing for her and I’m
there, too, I’ll probably be sitting on the floor near her or lurking behind
her table or something.
How can Angels connect with you? I am a huuuuge Twitter
addict, so you can totally follow me there! @makesmeworse12. I have a blog, too, called Just a Booklover, which you can find here: http://justabooklover.blogspot.com
And you can email me if you’d like: makesmeworse12@gmail.com. No worries, I like people. And I don’t bite or anything.
The Twilight series is what triggered my obsession with reading as well. Great interview!
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