Armchair BEA: Introduction

Armchair BEA is for all bloggers who can't make it to NYC for BEA or the Book Blogger Con.  That, of course, includes me.  It starts with introductions, as any good event should.  Part of that is answering five out of ten interview questions.  Hopefully there will be something interesting in my answers for longtime readers of In Bed With Books as well as new visitors.

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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?

I am a college graduate currently working as a freelance copyeditor.  I hope to work in publishing full time.  In Bed With Books is now a little over four years old, although I blogged elsewhere before beginning IBWB.  I also write reviews for TGTBTU.  I started on the path to book blogging in ninth grade, when my school librarian introduced me to the world of ARCs and pre-publication reviews.  That was more than four years, however, before I began a blog dedicated to my book reviews.

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

I am currently reading MY LIFE IN BLACK & WHITE by Natasha Friend.  I've read a lot of good books lately, so it's hard to pick a favorite.  SMART GIRLS GET WHAT THEY WANT by Sarah Strohmeyer and FOR DARKNESS SHOWS THE STARS by Diana Peterfreund are at the top of the heap.  But I still have a number of books to read that look absolutely amazing!

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

I love to laugh.  People can tell when I laugh, for it is a unique laugh.  My laughter once brought a performance by the Royal Shakespeare Company to a brief standstill because the entire theater laughed with me.  (As You Like It, 2009 - If you were there, you know who I am.)  My friends often reassure me that my laugh isn't annoying, but I'm not entirely convinced.  My niece may have inherited it.

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6.  Which is your favorite post that you have written that you want everyone to read?

I don't have one perfect post to point you to, but I'm rather fond of my review of DANGEROUS NEIGHBORS by Beth Kephart.

7.  If you could eat dinner with any author or character, who would it be and why?

I'm going to assume this means alive or dead.  The answer is Nathaniel Hawthorne, so that I can proposition him.  I have a thing for his symbolism.  (I was in high school; I've never quite gotten over it.)