I decided to do something different this week. Instead of interviewing an author, reviewing a book, or sharing another glimpse into my writing journey, I would like to present to you a teenaged blogger from California, who goes by the name of “Bree,” at least online, reads YA books by the hundreds (well, she says she’s up to about two hundred so far), and blogs about books and authors.
She only started her blog in March of this year, and just last month the blog got about 7500 hits, with editors and authors sending her all those shiny ARCs.
“It’s been really, really fun!” Bree said. “I’ve met all kinds of wonderful book lovers and amazing authors both through the screen and at bookish events that I never would’ve met if it wasn’t for book blogging.”
As for the ARCs, “I’ve just received Tempest by Julie Cross, Darker Still by Leanne Renee Hieber, and Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder,” 
Bree said. “They all sound extremely good, and I can’t wait to read them!”
Oh, the joy of receiving a fresh-smelling, shiny-looking ARC [Advanced Reading Copy] to review! 🙂
In general, Bree loves books across genres. Her most favorite genre, is YA romance, still she loves fantasy, paranormal and dystopian fiction most of all.
“IÂ love books that take me to a different place,” Bree said. “Forget time traveling machines. I love how I can just crack open a book and travel back however many years I was to whenever the story takes place.”
But what about historical fiction?
Bree said she preferred books taking place in the past that have an element of magic, science fiction, or fantasy.
(That was the other list I was going to compile for you guys on this blog, btw. Soon, soon, I promise!)
Bree talked about “steampunk” novels like “Clockwork Angel” by Cassandra Care, and “The Girl in the Steel Corset” by Kady Cross.
In addition to being a passionate reader, Bree is a writer, with some short stories published in an anthology, but she dreams of publishing a YA novel one day. “I really want to walk into my local Barnes and Noble one day and see my book on the shelf among the other amazing, published books,” she said. “That was actually one of the goals I had when I was little. My teacher asked me to write down some of my goals, and I wrote: ‘Write a book and buy a copy for mommy and daddy.’”
On her blog Bree calls herself a “shy teenager, bookworm, reader, book blogger, field hockey lover, hopeless romantic, figure skater [and] dreamer” who “uses way too many smiley faces in her writing, and laughs at the randomest things.” She has been competing in figure skating since the age of three, and just recently fell in love with field hockey.
In fact, a lot of the reading Bree does happens while waiting for her turn at the field hockey rink, Bree said.
I hope you will stop by her lovely looking blog, “The Magic Attic!”
Good luck, Bree, and I hope we’ll be seeing your name in print some day! (And if that happens, be sure to send me a shiny ARC!) 😉
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