Would you care to say hello? Would you like to tell us a little about yourself?
Hi, I'm Erika. I'm a British book blogger originally from the UK. I've been blogging since June 2013 when I came across some book blogs and decided I wanted to start my own. A few of my favourite books are The Fault in Our Stars (duh!), Divergent, Anna and the French Kiss and The Naturals. I'm currently reading Red Queen by Victoria Avegard, it's not the best start of the book but we'll see how it turns out.
So what kind of posts do you like writing? Is there a particular meme that you enjoy participating with?
I generally like writing about books, design and life generally. The red Bookmark started as a book blog but since then has drifted away from that. It is still a
book blog if you get what I mean but it's also leaned towards other topics as I've mentioned before.
I generally don't participate in many memes but I do like Top Ten Tuesday. Even though everybody is posting the same topic, it's always going to be different content.
When did you start blogging? What made you want to become a book blogger?
I started blogging in late June 2013. It was in the middle of Summer and I really just had nothing to do so it was mostly out of boredom. I actually found a few book blogs and I thought it would be quite fun to start my own. I really had no idea what I was doing but hey, at least I know a bit about it now!
What are your 3 all-time favourite reads?
Whoops! I've already put some of my favourites for the first question, but here are a few more. Goose by Dawn O'Porter, Geek Girl by Holly Smale and The Isobel Journal by Isobel Harrop. This last one is more of a journal type this than a book but it's filled with wonderful looking illustrations so I love it!
I recently read your 'When the Book You're Reading is Just Meh.' post and I was curious to know if you had some advice for how to review a 'Meh' book? (A book which you didn't love but didn't hate).
I'm pretty much the wrong person to ask advice for this topic but I will put something out there! When writing reviews like this, don't force yourself to write a 500 word review. Keep it short. Explain why it was "meh" and that's it really. I'm sorry I can't give you a more detailed answer as I haven't actually figured this out myself yet!
Sweet or Savoury?
This depends how I'm feeling. Sometimes I really can't handle something sweet because it makes me feel a little sick but sometimes I will choose it over anything. I still put sugar in my cereal every time I have it for breakfast.
What book did you get most excited for when you found out it was being made into a film?
Definitely Divergent. I loved the book so incredibly much (I might of read it in one sitting! Whoops!)
I sometimes find I run low on blog post ideas, whereas you've always got a really interesting post to read. How do you keep your blog fresh with new and different posts?
Well, thank you! But - this happens to me almost every week. Everyone who works in the creative field (whether it's writing, designing or anything else), is going to face times when they don't have any inspiration or ideas. For me, I just try and write as much as I can when I do (italic) have inspiration so that when I don't have any, there will be posts ready.
Would you recommend any blogs that you love the read?
That's funny - I'm actually writing a post listing the blogs I love. I'm not sure when it's coming out though! But here are a few I can think of at the top of my mind: Nose Graze, What She Reads, Adrift on Vulcan and These Paper Hearts.
A big hug and thanks for taking the time to answer my questions Erika! I hope you enjoyed answering them. Hope to see you again for future guests posts!
Big enormous hug to you too for interviewing me! :D
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