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Thursday, January 16, 2014

Golda Fried Interview

I'm so excited to have an interview for you all today!

I recently read Nellcott Is My Darling and was lucky enough to interview the author, Golda Fried! :)

Thank you so much Golda for taking time out of your schedule to answer these questions for me!

I hope you all enjoy!

:)

1. Did you always know that you wanted to be a writer?
No, I wanted to be a ballet dancer, then a film director, the Bob Dylan, then a writer.

2. If you could co-write with any author-living or dead-who would you choose?
Probably David Levithan who wrote every other chapter with Rachel Cohn for Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist. I really like his style. I could learn a lot from Janet Fitch too (writer of White Oleander)-her prose is beautiful.

3. What was your favorite book as a teenager?
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest-I had some teenage angst going on.

4. Alice loved Nellcott even though he was NOT good for her. Do you think everyone has a Nellcott at least once?
Not sure.

5. Allegra was my favorite character, who was your favorite character to write?
The Children's Lit Guy-the name alone made me laugh.

6. Alice talked a lot about music and her favorite bands, what kind of music do you like?
I like pretty much the ones that Alice talked about in the book: the Rolling Stones, the Velvet Underground, Iggy and the Stooges. And singer songwriter stuff. Recently I've been listening to Mary Gauthier (singer of "Drag Queens and Limousines") and lots of Avett Brothers.

7. Do you ever base your characters on people you've met in real life?
It's more based on moments of people I've met. I can't say yes because then I get people like my cousin who says, "This conversation is copyrighted and you can't use any of it" as soon as I get on the phone.

8. Who are some of your favorite authors?
Banana Yoshimoto definitely. Susannah Kaysen (who wrote Girl, Interrupted). I read a lot but there's also huge holes in my reading.

9. If you could only read 5 books for the rest of your life, which books would you choose?The Collected Short Stories of Tennessee Williams
Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
Lenny Bruce is Dead by Jonathon Goldstein
Poor Cow by Nell DunnRun With The Hunted: A Charles Bukowski Reader

10. If Nellcott Is My Darling had a theme song, what would it be?
"Can't Wait" by Bob Dylan as Nellcott's theme song and "Phoenix" by Aimee Mann for Alice's theme song--Just replace "Montreal" for "Phoenix."

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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Nellcott Is My Darling by Golda Fried

I first saw this book in a haul on Heather/Bookables YouTube channel. As soon as she read the back cover I knew I had to read it.
Want to know the line that drew me in?
"She doesn't know how it happened, but Nellcott has become her darling."

I instantly knew that I had to get this book. I needed to know why this Nellcott fella was her darling.

This book follows Alice and her time in college. She's a virgin and she's pretty insecure about it.
She meets Nellcott a boy who wears eyeliner, works at a record store, and is significantly more experienced than Alice.
Throughout the story you get to know Alice more and watch relationships develop between her and Nelcott and friends.

I will tell you that this book isn't what I expected. I knew it was a coming of age type book and I've heard it referred to as New Adult. Now if you know me you know that I simply adore New Adult. This isn't at all what I'm used to in the New Adult Genre. And by that I mean there weren't and naughty naughty scenes.

I will also tell you that I really disliked Nellcott. When I read the back and saw "Wears eyeliner and works at a record store" I'm like um yes please. But he was a jerk. Like a serious jerk.
What's funny is I'm pretty sure I dated a Nellcott. In fact I'm pretty sure most girls have.
You know that guy that you're madly head over feet in love with even though they are a total jerk? Those guys that everyone warns you about but you don't care? Yeah that's Nellcott.

It was written in a very poetic way which I'm also not used to but did enjoy.
I'd recommend this book to you if you're looking for a coming of age type novel.

P.S. It takes place during the '90s which makes it extra awesome in my book.

Nellcott Is My Darling Playlist:
Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega
Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O'Connor
Enjoy The Silence by Depeche Mode
Never Enough by The Cure
Wicked Game by Chris Isaak

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Thursday, January 9, 2014

How I Read Tag

1. How do you find out about new books to read?
I watch a crap ton of book hauls on YouTube. Book hauls and bookshelf tours are my favorite videos to watch so I usually get ideas from those.

2 How did you get into reading?
Hmm. I'm not sure. I know i've always been a reader but i'm not sure why. Guess i'm programmed to love books! ;)

3. How has your taste change as you get older?
You know it's actually kind of funny. When I was younger like 13-16 I read a lot of adult novels. Nicholas Sparks was the first adult author I ever read and I was hooked. When Twilight came out I fell in love, and when I started watching BookTube videos I got hooked on Y.A. It's kind of weird that when I was younger I read mostly adult and as i've gotten older i've fallen for Y.A. Weirdo.

4. How often do you buy books?
Totally depends on my mood. Some months I won't buy anything and other months i'll buy waaaaaay to many. I haven't bought a physical book in a few months...but i've bought about 15 kindle books. Problem.

5. How did you get into BookTubing/Blogging?
I did a review for The Kiss Off by Sarah Billington on Goodreads and she liked it. I freaked out and wrote her thanking her for liking my review. I was so excited that I thought hmm why don't I start doing more reviews but on my own blog. Ooh yes that sounds fun. Then I talked to one of the coolest people/authors that I know--Patricia Lynne--and she helped me make my blog what it is.

6. How do you react when you don't like the end of a book?
Hm well if it makes me angry I throw it. Dear John by Nicholas Sparks anyone? Yeah that bitch almost went out the window.

7. How often have you taken a sneaky look at the last page of a book to see if it's a happy ending?
I'm not even going to lie to you guys, when I was younger I looked almost all the time. As i've gotten older I don't do it as much but I do still do it. If it's a Nicholas Sparks book I almost always look. I don't want to get really attached to a character just for them to die. I know, I know..It's a Nicholas Sparks book so obvi someone is going to die. But sometimes I can't handle it people. Don't judge me.

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

2014 Bookish Goals

I've been seeing a lot of BookTube videos of 2014 Book Goals so I decided to be a copy cat and make some goals for myself.
I made a couple goals last year and I think I only achieved like two of them. Oh well. New year.
Here we go!

1. Wrap-Ups
One of my favorite videos to watch on BookTube are TBR's and Wrap-Ups. I thought it'd be fun at the end of the month to do my own. The problem with that is I don't like being told what to read, I kind of just go with the flow. I feel like if I make a list of books to read I won't want to so instead of doing a TBR I'm just going to do a wrap-up.

2. Two Posts A Week
I would like to be more productive with my blog this year. Last year I would run out of ideas or get busy so I just wouldn't post. This year I have already bought a notebook to fill with ideas. I'd like to put up a post every Tuesday and Thursday. Doesn't seem to hard. I believe in myself. ;)

3. Create a Facebook page
How is this book related? Well because I'd like to create a Facebook page for my blog. I've seen how important social media is and I'd like to make it easier for people to talk to me.

4. Read a New (To Me) Author
There are a TON of authors out there that I've wanted to read but just haven't gotten to it yet. I'd like to read a book this year by an author that I've never read before. Maybe I'll find a new favorite.

5. Read a book that everyone but me has read
You know those books that EVERYONE and there freaking mother has read? Yeah I haven't read them. So I'd like to make it a goal to read one.

6. Re-Read a book
I think re-reading is fun but I just don't do it enough. I figure if I make it a goal I have a better chance of actually doing it.

7. Finish 4 series
I have started so many series it's insane. I would like to try and finish a few of them this year to get them out of the way. In my defense people a lot of the books don't come out until this year. So it's not that i'm a bad reader, it's that the authors haven't shared their books yet. Rude.

8. Read 60 books
This year I read about 100 books so I think 60 is a realistic goal. I participated in the Goodreads challenge last year and i'm going to do the same this year, so if you'd like to see my progress you can follow me here
My Goodreads

I feel like this year is going to be a great reading year and I'm determined to make it an amazing year on my blog. Thank you all for your support!
xoxo

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Hellooooo 2014

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I really wanted my first post of the year to be a thank you.
First off thank you to all of the authors that took the time do to interviews with me in 2013.
Jay Crownover, Patricia Lynne, Sarah Billington, J.J. Howard, Kendare Blake, Jennifer E. Smith, Tammara Webber, and Hayden Hill.
Words can't express how thankful I am to you ladies.
Next I want to thank all the BookTubers that took time to do an interview with me.
Heather/Bookables, Ben/BenjaminofTomes, Cameron/BookMovieGuy, and Jesse/JesseTheReader.
I also want to specially thank Patricia Lynne for helping me with my blog design, re-tweeting a bunch of my tweets, and for commenting on my blog. You are an amazing person and i'm beyond grateful to have met you.
Sarah Billington you inspired me to even start my blog so I will be forever in your debt. I've had the best time talking to you and talking about books. (Also you made my life when you put my name in your acknowledgements!)
Last I want to thank every single person who has checked out my blog. This wouldn't be near as fun to do if nobody was reading my posts. Thank you so incredibly much!
I plan on making 2014 even better than 2013!

Saturday, December 28, 2013

The Connections Tag

I know, I know. I've been doing an insane amount of Book Tags lately. The reason is because I wanted to give you guys more posts and I love doing tags!

This tag was originally created by Tiernan aka TheBookTuber on YouTube. He's awesome and I definitely recommend you go watch him if you haven't already!Original Video

1. Which two fictional characters from two different books would be good friends?
I think that Lissa from Vampire Academy and Alice from Twilight would be good friends. They both care deeply for the ones they love and they are both really cool characters.

2. Which two characters from different books would NOT be good friends?
Continuing with Vampire Academy and Twilight can you imagine Rosalie and Rose?! OMG! I think they would absolutely hate each other. Now I'm curious how their meeting would go.

3. Which fictional character do you hear about all the time, but you've never read the book?
Whatever the main girls name is in Shatter Me. I've heard people talk about that book since it first came out but recently it's like EVERYONE has read it. Except for me of course.

4. Which character would cause the most drama?
Nan from the Too Far series. That bitch is crazy and i'm sure drama is her middle name.

5. Which character would you constantly be rolling your eyes at?
Sydney from Crashing Into You. I really really disliked her. She drove me nuts and I'm pretty sure I rolled my eyes so much they almost got stuck that way.

6. Which character would not belong in the real world?
Dimitri Belecov. Did I spell that right? Like at all? Anywho I think he's a really cool dude and an awesome character but I think the real world might be a bit much for him.