This post will officially take my blogging virginity, and to avoid shame I have told no one about my blogging aspirations-and when I say that I mean absolutely not anyone; my boyfriend, my roommate, even my mother!
I want to explain a little about my inspiration for starting this blog and then my next posts will be all about literary epics and failures.
I graduated from college recently and landed a job right out of school! I know, I was extremely lucky to find anything in this economy, let alone a job that was actually right up my alley, but my job as a marketing professional is 8-5, so for someone who was extremely active in college I found myself with a lot of free time on nights and weekends. I started reading books again- something I have loved all my life, but never had time with all the textbook readings required in college.
When my dad bought me a Kindle for Christmas this past year, I went a little crazy, reading about 3-5 books a week. I love reading YA and paranormal books, and was staying pretty true to these genres, but something annoyed me one afternoon that sparked my idea for this blog. It was a sunny weekend afternoon- ok probably it was a gray, cold, winter afternoon in Michigan, but stick with me- I was enjoying a YA novel on my Kindle when suddenly the protagonist made a decision that made my head spin. Everything I knew about this character screamed that this decision was not the right one for her, and that she would never choose this path. I was left scratching my head and extremely frustrated.
I wanted to tell someone right away, so I called the BF- he didn’t get it, or more likely didn’t really care. So, I was left fuming with no one to talk to. That’s when I remembered Book Soulmates, a book blog that I absolutely love, and then the idea was formed. I would create a blog, that maybe someone would read, to discuss books from a character perspective. I truly believe that characters should be an author’s best friend- they should know them so well- better than family, friends and lovers.
Yada yada yada, right? This is not why any of you are here. You came to this blog expecting to read something that has to do with a book. So, let’s get on with it.
