BBAW - A Simple Love of Reading

It's Book Blogger Appreciation Week ! AKA BBAW - September 12-15. Book bloggers everywhere are sharing their love of books and blogging with each other and their followers, but, as an author, I wanted to share my love of book bloggers in my own way. Why? Because I wouldn't be where I am without them. Seriously.

Today I introduce to you Amy at A Simple Love of Reading. Amy's enthusiasm for my books really helped to spread the word on her blog and on Twitter and I've sincerely appreciated everything she does, not just for me but for all the authors she features and supports.

So let's get to know her!


KC: Tell us aboutyourself in 10 words.
A: Mother, book-lover, photography-lover, cookie-lover, animal-lover,movie-lover, slightly OCD and married. :)  KC: If you tweeted ageneral message about your blog, what would it say (140 characters or less)?
A: Hey Everyone, come on over and get comfy with my simplelove of reading!  Reviews, Giveaways andmore!  KC: What's your favoritegenre to read?
A: Paranormal Romance, although I do enjoy a variety ofothers.  KC: What are yourfavorite blogs to follow?
A: That is a really hard question.  I follow so many that I love...but a few are: Electrifying Reviews Not Your Faery Tale Parajunkee's View The Book Vixen YA Urban Book Faery ...And so many more, I could keep going and going!
KC: Have any bloggersinspired you or your blog?
A: Oh, definitely!  Ihave read some wonderful reviews and they inspire me to do better with my own.  KC: How did you getstarted blogging?
A: I found that I was reading my books too fast!  I would go through almost a book a day andneeded a way to slow myself down, so I started my blog.  This way I would have to take my time readingin order to think about the books and the characters so I could write down mythoughts, as simple as those thoughts may be they still require some time tosit down and blog them.  In the beginningI would just talk very briefly about the books, but as my blog has grown sohave my reviews.  I can only hope that Ihave improved and will continue to do so as time progresses.
KC: What is your favoritepart about being a blogger?
A: Talking to authors. I'm still amazed when authors welcome doing an interview or guestposting on my blog!  And getting to knowmy fellow bloggers through their own writing. One more thing I love to do is share my books with some of the othersthat can't always afford to buy their own books.  Some of the amazing bloggers I follow arepretty young, and don't even have jobs yet!
KC: What's the hardestpart of being a blogger?
A: I guess, for me, that would be always coming up with newthings to say in my reviews.  I keep minesimple but there are still times when I find myself to be repeating something Ihave said before.
KC: What do you do when abook you agreed to review just isn't working for you?
A: When an author offers me a book to review, I promise theman honest review, and if it just so happens that it's not working and I can'tfinish the book (although I feel terrible) I contact the author.  I explain to them why the book is not workingfor me, I keep the conversation between the author and myself because I do notfeel it is fair for me to judge the book in any way if I did not get very farinto it in the first place.
On the other hand, if a book isn't working but I do manageto finish it, I always try to be as fair as possible in my review.  I say why I didn't like it, but also talkabout the things that kept me reading the book to the end.
KC: Do you ever getreviewer's block or in a reading slump?
A: I can be lucky enough to say that I have never experienceda reading slump (*knock on wood*).  Butthere are times when I sit and just stare at a blank page wondering how I amgoing to get my thoughts about a book into some sort of understandablereview!  I usually pull through in theend, but I'm not always sure I'm satisfied with the end results.  I've never had any complaints...but maybepeople are just too nice!  ;)  KC: How can we connectwith you?
- Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/AmysSimpleLove- Email: simpleloveofreading@rogers(dot)com- And of course myblog: http://simpleloveofreading.blogspot.com/
Please check out Amy's reviews and other posts. You'll find lots of great stuff, including giveaways.
Have a question for Amy? Go ahead and ask!