Zoe O’Farrell
It is great today to be talking to Zoe after a bit of a hiccup when her site was down due to her changing her hosting service. She finally got it sorted, and here we are. Zoe describes herself as human, a good start, a mother to a gorgeous little spitfire who is 4 years old and keeps her on her feet. She is married to a soldier and has found a home surrounded by the White Cliffs of Dover. She also has a cat which she admits to being slightly obsessed with, something else she has in common with many bloggers / writers.
Can you tell us about yourself please?
Hi I am Zoé from Zooloo Book blog. I am married to a soldier aka the Boy and we have a little lady Alicia who is 4. I have a black cat called Jet who is referred to as the devil cat, but she is scared of her own shadow.
I am originally from Watford, but we have moved to the sunny seaside town of Dover and looking to make it our home.
Aside from blogging, I love my sports, movies, embroidery and gigging!
I currently work in Finance for an arts charity called Creative Foundation. Plus, I go on a lot….
How did you become involved in book blogging?
Ready for this…. So, my friends outside the blogging community know how much I love reading and at the end of Jan 18, I kept banging on about a book I read…little known novel called The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware. On WhatsApp I was telling my friends and they suggested setting up a bookstagram. I was like what? So, I set it up took some picture (not so great!) and learned about hashtagging and off I went. Then I heard Twitter was mentioned a lot and I hadn’t a clue about it. So, I wrote that I had finished the book, and was thinking of starting another little book called The Woman in the Window by A.J Finn, and lo and behold they replied to me on Twitter. So, I was dancing around at home, the other half didn’t care but my two best friends were over the moon and encouraged me to start a blog. My friend Cyran, who has a lifestyle blog, helped me get started and February 2018 Zooloo Book blog was born (God I went on a bit didn’t I!!)
What is the best thing about blogging? What is the worst thing?
I love the community, I love speaking to the author (such as yourself!) and the fact they someone wants to know what I think. When an author emails me/acknowledges me on social media, I get all fangirling. I love the feeling. I have loved getting to know some of the publishers and the fab ladies who put on the book tours – they are in the “naughty” list – just asked Noelle at Bookouture she will know what I mean!
Stereotypically, too many books not enough time, although it’s not a bad thing I need to learn the word No (although not sure it should exist) lol. But mainly, being a newbie still, is learning that some bloggers out there do give us book bloggers a bad name and that makes me sad.
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What is your favourite genre? What genres do you review?
I love Thrillers, (hence reading your book Blood Ribbon, love a good ole name drop) Please, carry on! 
