Book Blogger Interview: Talking Supe

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Book Blogger Interview: Talking Supe

Where are you from? – I was born and raised in Manila, Philippines. Currently I live in Tennessee

Were you a big reader as a child? – I guess I was. My father is a big reader himself as well as several aunts and books were always around the house. I remember back in elementary I’d always borrow story books on myth and the Adventures of TinTin. The first series I’ve truly followed was Sweet Valley Twins by Francine Pascal and it just evolved from there.

What made you decide to start a book blog? – For those of you who don’t know us and Talk Supe, I share it with my cousin, Debbie. We’d talk and gush about books and one day I suggested that we start an online book club just to get more people to gush with us. Before blogging I’d submit book reviews to our local library and I guess it wasn’t enough because nobody was responding LOL. So she suggested a blog instead and it took off from there. Basically we just wanted an avenue to unload all our thoughts about books, the rest is icing on a very delicious cake.

What’s your biggest challenge as a book blogger? – Finding the time to blog! Reading is the easiest part but it’s the reviews and the aesthetic part of creating the post and pimping it to social media sites that’s taking the most time for me. Aside from that, once your blog starts getting an audience and the numbers starts to pick up, you start getting invites from various people to review their books, feature, tours etc. and it’s all so exciting but I’m afraid sometimes I bite more than I could chew and that’s when it starts to stress me out. I literally want to read every book review request and join every book tour but I only have so much time in the day to do it.

Who are some of your favorite authors and why? – A lot! But the ones topping the list are Anne Rice, Tiffany Reisz, Tim O’Rourke and Michael Scott. These people never fail to have me on suspended disbelief every time!

Before I would stick to reading books from authors that I’m familiar with or the bestselling ones like Anne Rice and John Grisham. Blogging opened a lot of genres for me to explore and read. That jump out of my reading comfort zone enriched my reading life and I’ve grown to love a lot of books that I wouldn’t have paid attention to in the past. Now I’m more comfortable reading just about anything that I find interesting.

What’s your biggest book/story related pet peeve? – I really find insta-love and love triangles to be too fantastical. It probably happens in real life but the chances of that happening all the time is very minute. To be more specific, these two are almost always present in every YA novel and it automatically makes my eyes roll when I see it coming. In general, I dislike it when the author makes “convenient” scenes, conflicts or endings. Like blow up a very simple conflict to make it dramatic or screw around with familiar processes (i.e. legal/procedural stories) to fit their plot.

If you could only read one genre for the rest of your life, what would it be and why? – I don’t think this will ever happen and I would go on strike if someone tries and make me read just one genre.

Thank you for having me!