As Gina took the initiative to start posting, I will just follow her lead and fill out the same survey!
I have always loved books! I inherited my mother’s love of reading, and from a young age I requested bed time stories and books for presents instead of video games like most of my friends. Reading is the most amazing thing in the world to me, because it allows an escape, a chance to step into another reality. As long as I’ve got a book I never feel alone. I majored in English Literature in college and it was absolutely the best time of my life. I will always remember my amazing professors and classmates who shared my passion for reading/discussion.
A brief note : the books that I will be discussing will range from timeless classics of the literary cannon to what Gina & I refer to as “fluffy” books, meaning, light reads that may not be amazing works of art but are fun to read all the same!
* Name: Kella
* Sign: Virgo
* Age: 24
* Favorite Book as a Child: Sesame Street : Spring Cleaning (Explains why I’m a clean freak now I guess!)
* Favorite Book as a Teen: As a teenager I was extremely into anything written by V.C. Andrews. My favorites were the Wildflower, Shooting Star, and Orphan Chronicles.
* Favorite Books: Emma, The Awakening, The Sookie Stackhouse Novels, The Twilight Saga, Wicked, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Her Fearful Symmetry, My Sister’s Keeper, The Lovely Bones, Light in August, We Need to Talk about Kevin, The House of Mirth, The Handmaid’s Tale
* Favorite Genres to Read: Paranormal, Romance, Classics, Horror, Gothic, British Literature, Non-Fiction, really anything as long as it’s got a mildly entertaining story line. I have yet to find a book that I considered an absolute waste of time.
* Favorite Authors: Jane Austen, Charlaine Harris, Maggie Stiefvater, Jodi Picoult, Christine Feehan, Edgar Allen Poe, Nora Roberts, William Faulkner, The Bronte Sisters.
* Other Loves: My boyfriend, family, & puppy. I love listening to various types of music, going to the gym, going on trips, eating at new restaurants, going out to/renting movies, and painting pottery. The Baltimore Ravens are my favorite football team, though I just started watching football last season! I love going to Wineries (I never turn down a good glass of wine), eating seafood, and spending my free time with the people who mean the most to me.
I hope to have enough spare time to write some thought provoking responses to the novels I am reading – but no promises!
Enjoy,
Kella
♥ Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same ♥ -- Emily Bronte
