Member Spotlights

Yesterday we got two new members! Yay! I thought it would be fun to spotlight them and get to know them a little better. And hopefully our earlier members will fill out their questionnaires and send them back to me because we want to everyone to know how neat and funny you all are!

Our first new member and first ever spotlight is Sarah. She is a busy mom of two adorable little boys, who I know makes time to share her love of reading with them by taking them to story time at their local library. Plus she is my cousin, and is just generally awesome. :) 

So welcome Sarah! I hope you all enjoy reading her spotlight, I sure did...

1. Do you have a favorite author or genre? And if so what do you find most appealing about them? 

I would have said Robin McKinley, or Anne Perry hands down before, but I find my tastes are changing as I get older.  I still enjoy Robin, but sometimes her fantasy stuff is a little 'out there' for me.  Not enough background and explanation, she just expects you to understand the worlds she's created, that being said, I like the worlds she creates.  I love how she always has strong female characters, that usually end up saving the day.  Anne Perry is a fabulous mystery writer and I've enjoyed how she can still surprise me and I love reading about the Victorian world.  I have found that I'm not in the mood for as much murder, mayhem and sexual depravity lately so I haven't read one of hers in awhile.  Lately I've really been enjoying a new local author named Jessica George. She writes fantasy/fairy tale books.  I don't know if I have a favorite genre, but I'll pick up a retelling of a fairy tale anytime.

2. If you could have tea (or lunch, or any meal really, tea just feels more book clubbish, doesn't it?) with any three characters from all of literature who would it be? 

I hate these kinds of questions.  I escape into books to pretend to be a different person for awhile, and while I enjoy getting in their heads, that doesn't mean I'd enjoy having an actual conversation with one of them, because no one would be writing my lines for me.

3. Do you have a favorite reading or book related quote? 

"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales."

— Albert Einstein

"You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend."

— Paul Sweeney

4. Where is your favorite place to read?

In a bubble bath.

5. Do you have any funny reading quirks? (Like having to read things in numerical order or not reading books that start with the letter Q? Something like that?)

I have to read every. last. word.  If I feel like I skipped one I have to go back and read the sentence or paragraph again.  If I'm listening to a book on CD I have to go back and listen to the whole track again if somebody was talking and I missed some.

6. How many books are currently by your bed (on your nightstand or on the floor?)  How many of those are you in the middle of reading? 

 15 and 5

7. Do you have a favorite children's book?  

Many.  Right now I think the Gerald and Piggie books by Mo Willems are just awesome.

8. What is your earliest book related memory? 

Using a flashlight to read under the covers after my mom turned the lights out.

9. What is most amount of money you have ever had to pay in library fines?  

$12.00  but I'm constantly paying off the $.15-4.00 ones cause I don't like seeing them on my account.

10. Do you have any great story to share about trying to multi-task while reading? (i.e. walking into something while your nose was in a book?)

I can't really do anything else while reading, except eat.  I'm not good at blocking stuff out.  I can't read in the car or I get sick but I can say that I have never ever ever fallen asleep while reading a book.