About me!
Hello! My name is Alison Weaver. I am a Youth Services Librarian at a public library in Indiana. I absolutely love my job, and really enjoy helping families and children find the perfect materials. Aside from my job being literature-related, I am an avid reader as well. I have always loved reading, but while working through school, I found that I didn't have enough time to read as much as I would like. Now that I am completely done with school, I have picked up my old reading habits again, and have begun reviewing the books that I read. I have chosen to do this so that I have a "reading diary" of sorts to look back on, but helping others find great books is a great reason to do this as well.
Some of my favorite genres are fantasy, historical fiction, paranormal fiction, and romance. I typically gravitate toward Young Adult fiction, but I sometimes read Adult fiction as well. Some of my favorite authors include Adriana Mather, John Green, and Shea Ernshaw.
Some of my other hobbies include crochet, cooking/baking, coming up with new DIY projects around the house, and doting on my animals. I have an 12 year old lab mix named Willow, a 1.5 year old Pyredoodle named Grover, and a 9 year old Sphynx named Dobby. They are my entire world and I will talk about them and share photos whenever I have the chance
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Hi Alison, it's nice to meet you!
ReplyDeleteI love the pics of your fur babies (one of them a little more sans-fur than the others, but you know what I mean lol)!! My blog profile pic is of my 11 year old tabby, Mr. Meowgi :) I also like to crochet; what are some of your recent favorite projects?
I find it interesting that you tend to gravitate to Young Adult reads, rather than Adult, because I am the flip side of that coin. May I ask what it is about YA that does better at keeping your attention?
First off, Mr. Meowgi is so adorable! I love to make amigurumi, so typically I am working on those projects. Recently I made a tiny Totoro and I have been working on a sloth stuffie and an elephant stuffie. I haven't had as much time with school being in session again, but I try to find time here and there to work on my projects still.
DeleteAs for my preference in YA reads, I really enjoy that they typically get right into the story or characters. I have found that a lot of the Adult reads that I have tried are just too slow moving initially to keep my attention. If you have any quicker-paced recommendations, then I would be happy to try more out! :)
Hi Alison! We have another class together!
ReplyDeleteI used to always gravitate towards YA as well and I have just in the last few years really started reading only adult fiction. My absolutely favorite YA book is 10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston. It is the CUTEST book!! I honestly recommend it to everyone I know that is willing to read YA.
Hi Allison! I have not heard of that book, but I will definitely add it to my TBR!
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