The Timid Girl in the Corner, Teaching, and Moving Through the Difficulties
[image error]This week I have an announcement to make about the Anonymous Teen Reader feature. I've received several emails asking for me to expand the interviews to include non-teen readers. The more I think about it, the more it makes sense. Prophecy readers aren't all teenagers. In fact, I'd say the split is more like 50/50 between teens and adults.
So I'm going to open the interviews up to non-teens. From here on out, the feature will be called Anonymous Prophecy Reader and will be open to readers of all ages. If you'd like to be featured, send an email to prophecypress@aol.com with "Anonymous Prophecy Reader" in the subject line. My assistant will email you the questions and instructions.
This week's Anonymous Prophecy Reader is Abugcutie! I know you'll enjoy her interview as much as I did!
JUST THE FACTS
Interview Code Name (you choose!); Abugcutie
Current country of residence; United states of America/ State:Colorado
Male or female? Female
Age; 20
ABOUT THE BOOKS
How many books, on average, do you read a month? 4-5 depending on how long they are.
Favorite kind of book and why: I like a lot of different genres but right now I'm into fantasy
Name the single most important factor in your decision to purchase a book; price
What makes you feel like you're reading or have read a truly amazing book? When I can place myself into the story and become part of the story is when I truly have felt like I have read and amazing book.
How important is a friend's recommendation in your decision to purchase a book? A friends recommendation does not necessarily make or break my decision to read a book but a recommendation will definitely make me take a closer look at it.
Thing you'd like to see more or less of in the YA genre; being raise in a predominately white family but also having black in me I like to read about the black culture but I generally cant find fantasy books with predominately black characters in them so I would like to see more of that.
What's your biggest pet peeve in a book? To be continued endings
Paperback or hardcover? Doesn't matter a book is a book
Series or stand-alone? I love book series but stand alones are good too
ALL ABOUT YOU
If you had a life philosophy or motto, what would it be? When someone tells you who they are as a person don't try to change them cause you can only change you. (SO TRUE!)
Are your parents divorced? Yes but they still live together (kinda weird but it works)
Do you feel that being a teenager is difficult? If so, why? Yes being a teen is hard but life in general is hard and we just gotta learn to move through the difficultness and learn from it. And I think being a teen is hard because if anything was easy there wouldn't be a point in doing or being it everything takes work. So ya
List some of your hobbies. baking, reading, swimming, learning, traveling
Why do you think teenagers feel the need to label one another? to make themselves better
Favorite color? Blue and Purple
Is there anything in your past that makes you sad or angry? If so, are you willing to share it here? No not really
What is your passion? teaching
Do you feel the need to pretend to be someone you're not? If so, why? Sometimes and its cause I want to fit in and not be the timid girl in the corner.
What kinds of things do you think about when you're all alone? I think about god, guys and whether or not there is a Mr. Right for me, sex and whether or not I made the right choice to wait till marriage before doing it….
How do you keep your bed? Covered in pillows? Made perfect every morning? A mess of tangled sheets? I like pillows but I try to make it perfect every morning.
Do you ever feel the need to be invisible? If so, why? I am invisible most of the time so I guess I don't feel the need to be invisible I feel the need to be seen.
Do you believe that you will ever find the type of love in books and movies? My dream is to find a love like the loves I read about and watch in the movies but its hard to believe in that kind of love when you don't ever actually see it in real life
Do you like school? Why or why not? I do not like school only because I am not a quick learner and I have always struggled to keep up and to understand.
Do you believe that education is important? Yes education is super important
Are the cliques you read about or see on TV present in your school? Yes the cliques are there but in my school they weren't as bad as the dramatized versions you see on TV
Do you ever feel awkward and uncomfortable? Only when I say something stupid or when people start talking about their significant others.
Favorite animal? Rhinos and hippos
Have you ever been mean to someone? If so, why? How did it make you feel afterward? Yes I have been mean to a lot of people not purposely always but I always felt terrible after saying or doing something mean and it was generally done in anger.
Do you regret any of the choices you've made? If so, are you willing to share them here? I regret not trying harder to make friends and to be social
Do you wonder or worry about what other people think about you? Be honest! I am always worried about what people think of me.
