- S. H. Pratt
- Jul 21, 2016
- 5 min read
OMGoogle! The ladies who are Celebrity Readers are just too much fun. LOL I met Carla through... you guessed it... IABB and Confessions. She actually has done some beta reading for me. ♥ And Lenore, I met through Carla. They always make me smile and they have the best way of brightening the day for so many people.
You get lucky with the interview questions because both Lenore and Carla answered them. LOL
Lenore:
Aside from loving to read, why did you start blogging?
I'd been writing reviews for every single book I read for a few years (since shortly after I got my first kindle and discovered Indie books), and I love participating in the Indie community -- from sharing sales, to cover reveals, to just trying to pimp out the authors I love. I'd mostly been doing that on my personal Facebook page, but I kind of wanted to interact more with people actually interested instead of just my friends (not all of whom are readers). After meeting up with fellow book nerds at a few conventions/book signings, and guest blogging on The Unofficial Book Blog, I just felt like maybe it was time to have my own piece of this weird book community. But I didn't want to do it alone. And I knew immediately that if I was going to start this new adventure, Carla was the one I wanted to adventure with. We have a lot of crossover tastes, but we also branch out in our own areas, so I knew we'd both bring a bunch of great books to the table and unique opinions. And she's just plain amazing. I feel like we get each other, and have the same perverse sense of humour, so she would always make blogging fun.
How long have you been blogging?
We started in September of 2015, so we're not even a year old yet!
Where is you blog’s home? US or abroad?
Our blog is INTERNATIONAL!!! Or at least North American. Curly Carla is from California, and I'm from the great white north -- Canada (Edmonton, Alberta to be exact).
What’s your favorite book?
ROFL. Yeah, no. I would honestly still be stuck on this question for years if you made me answer it. There are just too many to count, and I have no way to narrow it down. Sorry if that's a bit of a copout answer.
What’s your favorite genre?
Even this question is hard to answer. I guess I'll just say romance, b/c no matter what I read, I prefer it to have at least a little bit of romance in it. I probably lean more towards contemporary if I really had to choose.
Is there any specific genre that you don’t care to read?
I'm not a huge fan of historical, and I prefer for whatever I read to have at least a smidgeon of romance, so that pretty much excludes non-fiction.
What is the one thing about your blog that you think makes it stand out among the other blogs?
I'm never good at these kinds of questions! I think our love of Indie books makes us stand apart. So many blogs feature the same popular books that are out via traditional publishing, and Curly Carla and I just have an affinity for the underdog Indie authors (not that we won't read traditionally published books too, we just tend to be Indie heavy).
What’s your favorite thing about blogging?
Interacting with other people that love books and reading as much as me -- and in particular, chatting with Curly Carla. I love that girl.
When you aren’t busy with your blog, what do you enjoy doing?
Obviously reading. I really do spend the majority of my time doing that. I love swimming, but rarely find the time to go. I enjoy sewing, but kind of burned out so I haven't been sewing lately. And I definitely enjoy traveling, though after my latest mishap with delayed baggage (that had 42 books in it), I think I need a break from that too.
What would you like the whole world to know about your blog?
We may call ourselves Celebrities, but that's partly to poke fun at ourselves -- we're just two crazy girls who love reading, and love to share our love of reading with the world.
Carla
Aside from loving to read, why did you start blogging?
I feel like it was the next logical step since becoming a part of this community. I review all the books I read and I was on a few street teams, plus I had some blogger friends. Then one day one of my very dear street team friends approached me and asked if I wanted to co-blog with her. I thought it was a great idea since we could share the responsibility and there wasn’t so much pressure.
How long have you been blogging?
We are pretty new, only since September of 2015.
Where is you blog’s home?
https://celebrityreaders.wordpress.com/ is the only way I know how to answer this question. Is that what you meant? US or abroad?
Well, I would say we are international since Lenore lives in Canada.
What’s your favorite book?
What kind of trick question is this?!?!!? LOL, this changes on a daily basis. Right now, I would have to say that Truth of Beard by Penny Reid. I floved that story.
What’s your favorite genre?
It’s really a toss-up between Sci-fi/fantasy and anything with Romance.
Is there any specific genre that you don’t care to read?
Non-fiction, I read to escape, not to learn stuff. But I’m trying to broaden my horizons cause knowledge is power.
What is the one thing about your blog that you think makes it stand out among the other blogs?
I can’t name one thing! We aren’t taking review requests right now. That’s probably a big thing, I have a set of core authors I beta for that I take very seriously and my TBR list is just too long to do review requests from other authors right now. Also, we focus only on reviews. We do not do cover reveals or release day promos. And we do not do is promote any author whose books we haven’t read, words have power and I can’t in good conscience put my name on a book if I don’t know its good.
What’s your favorite thing about blogging?
The interaction between us and our followers and other bloggers. It’s a really great community and everyone has been incredibly supportive of us so far. I’m one of those people that isn’t afraid to ask questions if I don’t know something and my blogging friends were right there to answer them for me. No judgement, it has been a wonderful experience so far.
When you aren’t busy with your blog, what do you enjoy doing?
I beta read for my core authors and mess with Judith. LOL, actually, my daughter and I do a lot of crafts and my husband likes to do car shows so we go to those as well.
What would you like the whole world to know about your blog?
We are cool.
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