Armchair BEA - Introductions

It's that time of year again - when bloggers nationwide start buzzing about Book Expo America being held this week in New York City. Much as we'd all love to be there (maybe next year!), most of us won't be. Thanks to some amazing bloggers, we'll still get to share in some of the fun with Armchair BEA. Hopefully I won't bore all of those who aren't bloggers but I'm going to get out my pictures of New York City from my honeymoon and pretend like I'm there this week learning about all of the upcoming books and listening to authors, publishers and other bloggers take books!

The organizers of Armchair BEA have asked us to share a little about ourselves to kick off the week:

I'm a wife, mom, reader, and lazy gardener who loves movies, music, and entertaining. I got into blogging as a way to record my thoughts on books, interact with other readers and to learn something new. I can't believe I've been blogging for three years already!

One of my favorite features on my blog is Fairy Tale Fridays. It's been largely missing for a few months recently due to a Bleak House readalong and other life events but it's making a comeback next week. It was inspired by the Omaha LitFest a couple of years ago and might focus on new books or movies, fairy tale authors or illustrators, or it may be a review of new or classic fairy tales...or both. I can't wait to pull out my books again!

My reading tastes have not necessarily changed since I started blogging but they have certainly expanded and I push myself to read more of the things that used to be on the fringe of my reading. I definitely read more nonfiction, although that has as much to do with having had more time to listen to NPR in the past few years. Blogging certainly has opened my eyes to books from all over the world as I've been exposed to new books and "met" new people from all over the world.