Book Blogger Interview: Cara Sutra
Where are you from? Were you a big reader as a child?
I grew up in Jersey, Channel Islands. A long way from Lincolnshire UK where I presently reside!
I read so much when I was a child. I would use my brother’s library card as well as my own so I could borrow 12 books instead of 6.
In no time at all I had read all of their Enid Blyton, the Nancy Drew section, Babysitter’s Club and Roald Dahl. I soon moved on to Watership Down, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Red Dwarf and more.
What made you decide to start a book blog?
Well I love reading and erotic fiction is my chosen genre to read and review most. My blog is actually a magazine containing various aspects of my life, book reviewing being just one of them. After discussing some of my favourite books in my blog posts I was soon contacted to review short stories and novels for publishing houses and self published authors.
What’s your biggest challenge as a book blogger?
Definitely to read everything I am sent! I have a Kindle full of stories and books that I should get round to reading, as well as a shelf full of hard copies. I need more time!
Who are some of your favorite authors and why?
My favourite authors from the past year have been Tiffany Reisz and Janine Ashbless – I was simply stunned by their work.
In general I love Ann Rice, Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind… so many different authors, from many different genres. If they can capture my imagination and creatively transfer their incredibly detailed mini worlds to my mind, then I will love them as an author.
What’s your biggest book/story related pet peeve?
Finding typos and grammatical errors in printed books, or any type of published work. If I feel I could proof the work further than it has been and I am reading it as the end user, I won’t be very impressed.
If you could only read one genre for the rest of your life, what would it be and why?
Ooh that is a difficult question! Probably a mixture of fantasy and erotica… there are too many good pieces of writing in either genre to be able to properly choose between them. Sorry!
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