Time to spread some love and cheer around the blogosphere (yay rhymes)! This is my first time participating in Love-A-Thon and I’m PUMPED! Love-A-Thon is a 48 hour blog-a-thon hosted by Alexa @ Alexa Loves Books, Cee @ The Novel Hermit, Hazel @ Stay Bookish, and Mel @ The Daily Prophecy! They’re hosting lots of great events focused on spreading love around the blogosphere! First up: The Questionnaire!
1. What’s your name? Lila 🙂
2. Where in the world are you blogging from? Straight from the US of A!
3. How did you get into blogging in the first place? I was on medical leave from college and got bored. I loved reading and making edits and wanted to combine the two and share my love!
4. How did you come up with your blog name? I was trying to think of something catchy and mysterious, like a good book feels, and it just came to me!
5. What genre do you read and review the most on your blog? Anything YA!
6. What other types of posts do you do on your blog, apart from reviews? Oh, boy. A ton of stuff. I post the regular memes, like Top 10 Tuesday, Waiting On Wednesday, and Stacking The Shelves, but I also post my own stuff like my edits, my bookish travel guides, and Cover Lovin’, my own meme where I talk about the covers I love. Apart from bookish stuff, I post my segment “On A Personal Note,” in which I just blabber basically.
7. Best blogging experience so far? My first two segments of “On A Personal Note” were very personal and emotional and I was so touched by the kindness and support I received 🙂
8. Favorite thing about the blogging community? How supportive and kind everyone is!
9. Name the 5 books you’re most excited for this 2016! That haven’t come out yet? The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi, Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton, The Crown’s Game by Evelyn Skye, Firstlife by Gena Showalter, and the fifth Throe of Glass book by Sarah J. Maas.
10. Name the 5 books you want to read this 2016 that you didn’t get to in previous years! Uprooted by Naomi Novak, Legacy of Kings by Eleanor Herman, Sky Key by James Frey and Nils Johnson-Shelton, Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, and Court of Fives by Kate Elliot
11. What’s an underrated book or series that you think everyone should read? Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley–it’s soooo gorgeous!
12. Which book boy or girl would be your book BFF? Zuzana from Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
13. Which book boy or girl would be your book boyfriend/girlfriend? Simon Lewis from The Shadowhunter Chronicles by Cassandra Clare
14. Who would you recruit for your apocalypse squad (5 characters max) If I could pick from books, movies, and TV? Octavia Blake (from The 100 [TV Show]), Raven Reyes (from The 100 [TV Show]), Celaena Sardothien (from Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas), Kestrel Trajan (from The Winner’s Trilogy by Marie Rutkoski), and Jessica Jones (From Marvel’s Jessica Jones)
15. Apart from reading, what are your other hobbies or interests? Singing and making edits!
16. Apart from book shopping, what else do you like shopping for? Clothes and food, lol!
17. At a party, the DJ suddenly changes the song – and it’s your song. What song would be playing? 7/11 by Beyonce (atm)
18. Pick out either a book you want turned into a film/TV show, or a film/TV show you want turned into a book. I really think The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater would make a great TV show (not movie–TV would have the large scope necessary to accommodate Stiefvater’s gorgeous prose)
19. What would your dream library look like?
20. Author you want to meet and sit down to tea with? Maria Dahvana Headley–she seems so interesting!
That is an amazing library, wow. Your blog name is great too Lila.
Enjoy LoveAThon.
Amanda.
Loved learning more about you! And that library is beautiful!
Octavia! Her and Lincoln are my faves on The 100.
I’m excited for the 5th ToG book too, but I guess I should finally read QoS first! I pre-ordered it but still haven’t read it for some reason.
Your dream library is gorgeous. I love those built-in bookshelves!
Zuzanna would be the most amazing best friend and I feel like quite a few people from The 100 would come in handy during the apocalypse. They do have first hand experience!
very true, lol!
I am SO excited for The Star Touched Queen, Rebel of the Sands, and The Crown’s Game! That library is AMAZING!
thanks!
Hi Lila!
I can’t wait to read The Crown’s Game and the Star-Touched Queen. I also have Uprooted, Legacy of Kings, and Court of Fives on my to-read list. So many books, never enough time ha!
Enjoy your Love-A-Thon weekend!
I’m quite excited about The Star-Touched Queen, Rebel of the Sands and The Crown’s Game. I always love fantasy reads, and I’m really hoping these will be new favorites for me when I do get to read them! Thanks for joining us, and happy love-a-thon!
thanks alexa! i adore fantasy too! it’s always my go to!
I’m quite excited about The Star-Touched Queen, Rebel of the Sands and The Crown’s Game. I always love fantasy reads, and I’m really hoping these will be new favorites for me when I do get to read them! Thanks for joining us, and happy love-a-thon!
thanks alexa! i adore fantasy too! it’s always my go to!
Oh my goodness, I’m in love with your dream library!! I think I’ll add that to my dream library. So gorgeous! And everyone is talking about the Throne of Glass series! I really need to start it soon. A Court of Thorns and Roses was one of my favourite books last year so I need some more Sarah J. Maas!
Sarah J. Maas is quite a queen of YA lit lol!
Oh my goodness, I’m in love with your dream library!! I think I’ll add that to my dream library. So gorgeous! And everyone is talking about the Throne of Glass series! I really need to start it soon. A Court of Thorns and Roses was one of my favourite books last year so I need some more Sarah J. Maas!
Sarah J. Maas is quite a queen of YA lit lol!
Hi Lila! I love your blog and I’m excited to meet you! I fell in love with your tea party post, so I knew I had to learn more about the author behind it. =)
So many things I’m fangirling about in this post as well, so I’ll do it bullet style:
– I keep seeing Rebel in the Sands in the list of books to read. I’m going to have to check research it.
– Simon Lewis is everything!
– If Jessica Jones is on your apocalypse squad, you don’t even need anyone else!
– I’m obsessed with The Raven Boys. I’d love to see it as a movie or series, but I’m afraid it would and could never live up to the novels.
aw thanks! it means so much that you wanted to know more about me! i’m glad you enjoyed the tea party post!
Hi Lila! I love your blog and I’m excited to meet you! I fell in love with your tea party post, so I knew I had to learn more about the author behind it. =)
So many things I’m fangirling about in this post as well, so I’ll do it bullet style:
– I keep seeing Rebel in the Sands in the list of books to read. I’m going to have to check research it.
– Simon Lewis is everything!
– If Jessica Jones is on your apocalypse squad, you don’t even need anyone else!
– I’m obsessed with The Raven Boys. I’d love to see it as a movie or series, but I’m afraid it would and could never live up to the novels.
aw thanks! it means so much that you wanted to know more about me! i’m glad you enjoyed the tea party post!