Guess what? Chris (our external reviewer) and I thought it would be a fun little project to interview each other since he recently started a blog online and post our interviews with each other on our blogs. So here is my little interview I conducted with Chris to get a little insight into his reading habits and tastes.
What is your top read of 2020 so far?
A Wilder Time: Notes From a Geologist at the Edge of the Greenland Ice, William E. Glassley. A beautiful lyrically written book about Greenland’s beauty and atmosphere, as well as thoughts on life, what is essential vs the things society falsely tells us are essential.
What is your favorite book friendship?
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his friendship with the people of Three Pines. The kindness and strength of Gamache makes you wish he was real so he could be your friend too. Don’t read the book while hungry—you’ll drool all over the pages where the Three Pines bistro meals are described.
Most anticipated book release of 2020?
Martha Wells’ Network Effect (A Murderbot full-length novel). Murderbot’s internal dialogue when it/she deals with people trying to be friendly has me laughing in empathy.
How many books are in your TBR Pile?
Mwahahahahahahahaaa! So many that realistically I won’t read them all. More arrive from the library every week.
Shelf TBR: ~40
Kindle 1 TBR: 516
Kindle 2 TBR: 95
Audiobook TBR: 12 (two added in the 30 minutes writing this)
Library Hold TBR: 10 TBR
File Folder to Transfer to Kindle: 59
And this doesn’t include the batch I put on hold from your 5-star hopeful books.
Who is your favorite author?
That changes all the time. Often it is the author I just finished reading if they’ve written a good book. Sometimes it is an author who has only written one book 15 years ago, but it’s a book that stayed with me. When they write a second book I buy it/borrow it from library right away (as just happened this past week and I’m all “squeeeeee”).
Where is your favorite reading spot?
In British Columbia on a porch with an overhang so I can read while it rains. I was recently gifted a new Kindle (thanks, sis!) with a backlight so I can read outside at night. A good long BC steady rain with fog and mist makes reading even more magical because sounds are muted, people stay inside, and it feels like you could be the only person in the world. Peaceful.
Alternatively, down at the ocean in a driftwood shelter I built and a small fire to reflect heat into the shelter. Very few people are around because that section of the beach just ends as the cliffs meet the ocean. It’s a dead end, therefore pedestrians stay on the non-dead end beaches so when they need their next fix they’re close to the various drug dens (aka coffee shops).
What do you like about reading?
Louis L’Amour summed it up well.
“It is often said that one has but one life to live, but that is nonsense. For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived, for fiction, biography, and history offer an inexhaustible number of lives in many parts of the world, in all periods of time”.
Reading transports you and stretches your mind to allow you to see through someone else’s eyes. Anecdotally speaking, after 15-30 minutes of speaking to someone I can tell if they’re big readers or not based on how they view the world around them. Are their statements and thoughts flexible, or are they rigid, black-and-white? I view non-readers who are strangers with suspicion, and friends who are non-readers with concern.
If you had to describe yourself in a book title, what would it be?
Not Dead Yet (Peter James).
Or The Autistic Brain (Temple Grandin).
In the mood for a fun western story? Check out Billy (The Kid) by Peter Meech and satisfy that craving!
Pueblo, Colorado,1932. Bootleggers thrive in a town where the sheriff is on the take and you can kill a man with impunity. In this thrilling narrative, a once-famous outlaw finds himself thrust into the middle of a bootleg war against his will. At stake is nothing less than the life of his best friend and his last chance at true love with the town beauty. But is the legendary gunman who he claims to be, or is he just a retired dentist with a vivid imagination? Peter Meech reimagines the figure of Billy the Kid in a remarkable story told with verve, humor, grit and grace.
About the author: Peter Meech is an author, screenwriter, director and producer. He also mugs for the camera on occasion. His website is www.petermeech.com.
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I left my reading fate in my boyfriend’s hands and let him pick all the books I will be reading in June! Check out the video below:
Great interview, thank you for sharing this 🙂 I’m posting my first blogger interview this week and I’m super excited!
Nice! I hope this was helpful. Doing interviews on the blog are so much fun because everyone has such unique answers 🙂
Yes that’s true!