Big Sis/Little Sis Program- My Awesome Little Sis & Giveaway!

I stumbled across this program here and signed up for it a few months ago. Then, a couple of weeks ago I was contacted and asked to choose between several bloggers to be my little sis! I wanted to let you know a bit about this program and introduce you all to my little sis!


Hafsah, Ivy, Katie, and Kelsey started a program for more experienced bloggers to help out others that are newer to the whole blogging thing. All you have to do is fill out a form and they will contact you! Here's a link to Ivy's page (since it's the first one I found) but you can check them out on all the blogs!


Now I'd like to introduce you to my super fantastic Little Sis. We've been chatting via e-mail for the past couple of weeks and I love her so much it hurts! I'm pleased to introduce you to Jessica from The Midnight Bookworm.

I picked her blog because of the lovely design, the fact that we had similar reading tastes and she seemed like a generally awesome human being. And you know what? I was right on all levels. She's teaching me about the merits of Grey Anatomy and dual majoring in college and I'm...well... I'm answering back! I decided that in order to get to know her a bit better, I'd interview her. So here are my questions and her answers:

1) Why did you sign up for the Big Sis/Little Sis program?
I think this is a super fun way to meet other bloggers around the country, one that’s into the same type of books I am. And I’m glad you found me! :)

2) What were you hoping to get out of it?
A blogging buddy. :) I don’t talk to many people in real life, I go to school in a small town & I hate the school for the most part. I like the girl I live with though :)

3) What made you decide to start blogging?
I needed something to keep me motivated to keep reading while up at school, so now I read for the blogging.

4) What's your best experience with blogging? Is there anything you don't like about it?
I don’t know if I’ve had a “best” experience yet. The only thing I don’t like about blogging is keeping up with it, and keeping it interesting (which I don’t think I am right now). My school work is insane right now and I never thought I’d have this much to do for a semester.

5) What does your blog focus on?
Young Adult books. Right now it’s mostly weekly memes to showcase different books, and reviews. I plan to eventually start doing more events, interviews, giveaways (when/if I ever get money to afford it), and more reviews.

6) What are you top 10 must reads?
These are probably going to change within the next few months because I haven’t read a LARGE majority of the books I’m hearing awesome things about. Most of these are series because that tends to be what I read a lot. 

In no particular order:

1. Anything by Tera Lynn Childs (Fins series, Oh. My. Gods. series, Medusa Girls trilogy)

2. Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling (yes, I am a half-hypocrite here because I’ve only read 4.5 of these books, but I do think they’re a necessity in life, and I will read them sometime).

3. Twilight Series (Saga? I’m not sure what the difference between a series and a saga is.) by Stephenie Meyer (Yea… I’m one of THOSE people, I’m obsessed, and have read all of them multiple times)

4. TTYL Series by Lauren Myracle (The FIRST books to be written entirely in IMs, they’re so much fun, and super quick reads. I would categorize these as Tween books, somewhere between middle grade and YA).

5. Pretty Little Liars Series by Sara Shepard (because they’re freaking awesome! And if you’ve seen the ABCFamily TV show it’s completely different from the books so far so I can’t figure out where they’re going with the show which is good).

6. The Gallagher Girls Series by Ally Carter (One of my favorite authors of all time, and

7. Speak/Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson (both are issues books, and super inspiring. I absolutely loved these stories, and they both made me more aware of what some people have to go through).

8. The Girl Who Owned a City by O.T. Nelson (First ever dystopian I read, I am still trying to track down a copy of this book because I want to re-read it. I had to read this for school in 6th or 7th grade, it’s definitely an amazing book).

9. The Giver by Lois Lowry (Another dystopian I read, and I loved but didn’t know what dystopians were at that point).

10. Stranger with My Face by Lois Duncan (I don’t even know how to describe this book, it’s just amazing. Twins switched at birth with the power to project their spirits from their bodies).

7) Favorite word?
Fantastic – I use this word a lot in normal conversation, I don’t know why, it’s a weird word to use to describe EVERYTHING, but that’s what I do with it. :)

8) If you could be best friends with one or two characters, who would you choose and why?
SO HARD! I would have to say the girls from Lauren Myracle’s TTYL Series because they’re super fun. Between the three of them (I cheated, I pick 3), I don’t think there would ever be a dull moment. (There's probably others that I'd love to be friends with, but I can't think of them right now).

Do you guys see why I love her? She cheats! And she has awesome taste in reading!

I'm telling you all about this to introduce my amazing Little Sis and to encourage you to sign up. It's a big old blogosphere out there and I can't express to you how epic it is to have someone who has your back. Now to celebrate, I'm giving away a book!

You can pick a book of your choice (for up to $12) from The Book Depository. Some choices could be:

Rules:

• Must be 13 years or older
• This is an international giveaway (as long as The Book Depository ships to you)
• Must fill out the form below
• Giveaway ends October 24, 2011