It's Danielle Schmidt from Romance Book Junkies. Welcome to my blog, Danielle! It's a pleasure to meet you.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your blog. Why did
you start your own book review blog, and which genres do you feature?
I am a 31 year old housewife. I love to blog, read and
paint. I also enjoy chatting with other romance junkies so email me anytime. I
started my blog because I had met very few people in my life that actually read
romance novels and I wanted that interaction with other romance lovers. I also
wanted to share all the books I read with others that might like to read a good
book that I could recommend. We spend all that time reading a book it seems
only natural to want to share that experience with someone else. I will talk
and post about any genre in romance on my blog. If there’s a romance going on
in the book then it has a spot on my blog that’s why I sometimes will even
venture into genres such as historical fiction.
What genres do you read in private? What are your most
favorite books of all time?
The genres I read normally are paranormal romance,
historical romance and erotica or at least those are the ones I love the most.
My favorite book of all time hmmm? That’s like asking a mother to pick her
favorite child. Off the top of my head two books come to mind “The Other Boleyn
Girl” and “Twilight” even though I normally don’t read YA.
With all those books being offered to you, you surely must
be a bit picky about what you read. What intrigues you most in a story? Are you
influenced by a good blurb or cover?
You really do have to be picky about what you read when
you’re a blogger because you get so many review requests and you just don’t
have time to read them all. I look for books in the genres I like most to read
and I hate to say it but I am extremely influenced by a cover. I just can’t
help it and I know its wrong.
How on earth do you find the time to manage such a busy blog
besides your job and family life?
Like I said I have no real job besides taking care of the
family so when everyone is off to school and work I get to blog and I do most
of my reading at night before I go to bed when everyone else is sleeping. I
have many late nights especially with good books sometimes I’ll be up until
2:00 in the morning then get up at 6:00 and start all over but it’s a labor of
love truly.
Be honest: Is it easy or difficult to deal with us writers?
I know that we can be an unorganized, sensitive lot sometimes. (You don't need
to tell names …)
Honestly, I find most writers to be very delightful,
corporative and generous.
You will be attending the first Indie Romance Convention
next year! Please tell us what you've planned for the event.
I am very much looking forward to the Indie Romance
Convention next year. Some of my favorite authors are attending. I don’t have a
lot planned besides taking pictures, getting books signed and meeting authors.
I may be planning to bring along some goodies to hand out from my blog but
we’ll have to wait and see. I am also planning to donate a gift basket for the
charity raffle that we’ll be having.
Just for fun - some quickies:
Favorite movie: The Wizard of Oz
Favorite TV series: I don’t watch TV ever so I don’t have a
favorite series.
Favorite singer/band: Fergie with the Black Eyed Peas
Most beautiful male celebrity: Brad Pitt
Sexiest fictional hero ever: Gladiator (Russell Crowe)
Best fictional villain ever: Snow Whites Stepmother in the
movie Snow White and the Huntsman
Best fictional heroine ever: The Queen in the movie 300 she
was kick ass
Your secret beauty tip: Wash your face everyday with Olay
Regenerist
Your secret favorite cooking/baking recipe: (full recipe or
maybe online link)
Dump Cake
1 can cherry pie filling
1 can chopped pineapple
1 box yellow cake mix
1 stick buttler
Grease your pan then pour in your cherries and pineapple
evenly. Top with yellow cake mix then cut butter into slices and layer on top
of cake mix totally. Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes and your done. Yummy and
simple.
Thank you for your wonderful and interesting answers, Danielle! ;-)
