20 Questions with Kathleen Bradean: "life is too short to read books I don't enjoy..."
1. Favorite YA book?
Harry Potter2. It’s a meatless meal night. You eat… curry3. Football or baseball? Real football, AKA soccer4. Look at your bookshelf. Top shelf, left to right, what are the first five books you see? No cheating! Which bookshelf? There are three behind me and two in front of me. I'll take the first one on the left. Chemickal Marriage by Gordon Dahlquist, Purgatory by Jeff Mann, Wind up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Johannes Cabal and the Fear Institute by Johnathan Howard, The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service 11.5. Average night. Eat in, eat out, or takeout?
eat in6. Favorite meal to cook?
Italian cuisine7. Favorite TV show when you were a kid?
Wild, Wild West8. Favorite TV show now?
Sherlock (BBC) although Doctor Who is a close second9. Best teacher you ever had…
Mr Seewer. Also the toughest teacher I ever had.10. What did they teach you?
History and English, but what he really taught me was that it was okay to be smart.11. Tell us something you did as a kid that no one/very few people know about. When I was three or four, I dissected a doll to see what made her talk when you pull the string. That's the last (and I think only) doll my mother ever gave me. 12. Tell us something you did this year that no one/very few people know about. I bought myself a chemistry set because I asked for one every Christmas when I was younger but my parents never let me have one. (Following the doll incident, one can hardly blame them.) 13. What one clothing item can you not live without?
Scarves. I have too many.14. Zombies, vampires or werewolves?
Vampires, I guess.15. Anything you haven’t written about that you desperately want to? Monsters for the age of tech.16. Anything you’ve written about that you desperately wish you hadn’t?
no17. Do you finish a book that is terrible or put it down? If I'm reviewing it, I'll finish it, but life is too short to read books I don't enjoy.18. Do you review terrible books or pass on saying anything at all? I wish I could pass because I hate making writers feel bad, but I review them because we promise to be honest.
19. Do you read reviews of your work?
Sure. 20. Red wine or white wine? red
To find out more about Kathleen and her work visit: kathleenbradean@blogspot.com
Harry Potter2. It’s a meatless meal night. You eat… curry3. Football or baseball? Real football, AKA soccer4. Look at your bookshelf. Top shelf, left to right, what are the first five books you see? No cheating! Which bookshelf? There are three behind me and two in front of me. I'll take the first one on the left. Chemickal Marriage by Gordon Dahlquist, Purgatory by Jeff Mann, Wind up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Johannes Cabal and the Fear Institute by Johnathan Howard, The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service 11.5. Average night. Eat in, eat out, or takeout?
eat in6. Favorite meal to cook?
Italian cuisine7. Favorite TV show when you were a kid?
Wild, Wild West8. Favorite TV show now?
Sherlock (BBC) although Doctor Who is a close second9. Best teacher you ever had…
Mr Seewer. Also the toughest teacher I ever had.10. What did they teach you?
History and English, but what he really taught me was that it was okay to be smart.11. Tell us something you did as a kid that no one/very few people know about. When I was three or four, I dissected a doll to see what made her talk when you pull the string. That's the last (and I think only) doll my mother ever gave me. 12. Tell us something you did this year that no one/very few people know about. I bought myself a chemistry set because I asked for one every Christmas when I was younger but my parents never let me have one. (Following the doll incident, one can hardly blame them.) 13. What one clothing item can you not live without?
Scarves. I have too many.14. Zombies, vampires or werewolves?
Vampires, I guess.15. Anything you haven’t written about that you desperately want to? Monsters for the age of tech.16. Anything you’ve written about that you desperately wish you hadn’t?
no17. Do you finish a book that is terrible or put it down? If I'm reviewing it, I'll finish it, but life is too short to read books I don't enjoy.18. Do you review terrible books or pass on saying anything at all? I wish I could pass because I hate making writers feel bad, but I review them because we promise to be honest.
19. Do you read reviews of your work? Sure. 20. Red wine or white wine? red
To find out more about Kathleen and her work visit: kathleenbradean@blogspot.com
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