I am a book-addict, born and raised in Canada. π
My number one hobby is reading. Anything from paranormal to contemporary (especially bad-boys and rock starsβ¦ and alpha-males. Everyone needs a guilty pleasure. ). I love books that give me an adrenaline rush, overload my emotions and/or put me in a βlove-fogβ.
When I first startedβpower-readingβ, I felt the need to talk about the books. You knowβ¦ go over every little detail, sigh over the latest βheroββ¦ *squee* a little. But my book friends were few & far between & my husband could only humor me for so long (he knows more about vampires & bad-boy heroes than I think he cares to). Plus. Heβs not very good at squeeβing.
And so this blog was born. It has helped me connect with so many authors and readers, and Iβve read stuff that I love and will remember forever.
Iβm an admitted βgirly-girlβ who usually likes anything in the sparkly and/or pink realm that makes me go βoooooh preeetttttyβ. (*embarrassing admission here*: Iβve been known to trip over my own feetΒ walking past sparkly thingies). Β *sigh* As I was sayingβ¦ I like candles that smell like dessert, stiletto heels, sugary treats and vodka martinis (especially together). Also, Iβm a fashion freak.
But I do have another side to me that prefers horror movies (all kinds, but my favorites would be Asian horror)Β and heavy music (mostly metal) over romance flicks and pop (not always my thing). The dark brooding gritty characters that need to be redeemed to the bubbly or altruistic ones that are already there.Β I frequent both sides of the βpinkβ and βblackβ realms equally.
Oh. And I also collect a particular 80β²s toy sensation β the βCabbage Patch Kidsβ (another guilty pleasure that creeps many of my friends out). Yep. Dolls.
Hrmmmβ¦ reading this back again, I see this could make for a very creepy horror movie on itβs own β Vampires, and dolls. Yup β perhaps I am a little βoffββ¦
And thereβs more! I was interviewed by:
- Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books/XOXO After Dark here,
- part of thisΒ Huffington Post piece here,
- and I was interviewed by author Willow Aster for her podcast channel! I discuss my love of books, my favorites and how this all began (and I sing at the end <β she got me!!) *snort* . If youβre interested, check out the blog post, and
- Listen on the βΒ Website
- Listen onΒ βΒ iTunes
- Author Leslie Fear interviewed me on THIS podcast chatting about books!! AND⦠some of you here are mentioned.
Oh andβ¦if you ended up here while searching for the WWE Wrestler / Diva βMaryseβ who shares my name, I am obviously not her.
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