Hi everyone! This is my first year participating in Armchair BEA, I'm pretty excited to see what it's all about. The organizers have asked that we answer five questions, so here we go:
1. Please tell us a little bit about yourself: Who are you? How long have you been blogging? Why did you get into blogging? I am a wife, a mom, a crafter, a blogger, and a life long reader. My husband was transferred shortly after the birth of our third child and I've been a stay at home mom ever since. I have three kids: The Pirate is 7, the Bug is 4, and the Princess is fast approaching 2. I have a small Etsy shop, a twitter acount, a Pinterest account, and blog sporadically over here. We live in a small town in the middle of nowhere- Pierre, SD. We do not have a Starbucks, a chain bookstore, or a Wendy's. I was born and raised in Alabama and graduated from Auburn University but I've been in South Dakota for ten years this summer, so now it feels like home. I started blogging five and a half years ago as a place to talk about books. As time has gone on, I've written fewer and fewer book reviews, but I keep blogging.
2. What are you currently reading, or what is your favorite book you have read so far in 2012? I am currently reading The Stand for Trish's Standalong. I am incapable of reading just one book at a time though, so I'm sure that any minute now I'll start something to go with it. Every Friday I post a bunch of random stuff about my week that ends with a section on what I read that week. Feel free to page through them.
3. Tell us one non-book-related thing that everyone reading your blog may not know about you. I am a complete slob about my car. It is disgusting how full of trash and toys and papers and other crap it is. I want to care, but I just don't.
4. Where do you see your blog in five years? Pretty much right where it is now. I'd love to have the time and energy to make it into something successful, and if I'm honest, I'd like to make a little money on it, but I just don't seem to have that drive.
5. Have your reading tastes changed since you started blogging? How? I've done pretty much the opposite of everyone else. I read less literary fiction and "serious" books and more romance and young adult. I find with three small kids I just don't have the attention span for books that make me think. I don't mind this at all, I've always loved romance, and I assume that one day I'll branch out again.
