We are so ECSTATIC for you to meet our two friends, Anna and Laura, who are joining Star-Crossed Book Blog ! We know you are going to love their reviews as much as we do! Their reviews are colorful, passionate, full of life and make you want to go read that book now! We’ve fallen in love with series they have recommended to us and even books in genres we don’t normally read. Below you can discover a little bit more about Anna and Laura, and make for sure to keep an eye out for their upcoming reviews!
Anna
“Do you remember that awkward kid who’s hiding under his blanket to read a book? That wasn’t me. Don’t get fooled, I always loved reading but while I was spending hours lost in another world, I always was such a chatterbox. I had to share all the thoughts which crossed my mind when I met all those new friends – yes, because when you’re a child, fictional characters are your friends, obviously. Okay, sometimes when you’re a grown-up too, I guess.
But you aren’t here to read my entire biography, are you? So, let’s get straight : I’m Anna, a teacher-gamer-book worm who spends most of her spare time reading, talking about books and writing reviews. Oh, and by the way, I’m French, so if you feel my sentences don’t make any sense sometimes, you’re probably right. Sorry about that – But I’m willing to improve, it does count, right?
As for my tastes, well, I guess you have to make your own judgment : Sometimes I love fluffy romances, but sometimes I can’t stand them. Sometimes I want to be moved by painful books in crazy worlds, but sometimes I’m like, “Stop this pleaaase! I can’t handle it!” But in any case, I need to feel something, to live when I read, and above all that, I need to care about the story and the characters. Don’t bore me, make me laugh, make my heart beat faster and I’ll give you a chance.
In other words, I’m pretty inconsistent in my tastes, even if I have a soft spot for dystopia and fantasy, mostly YA. But if I’m being fair, the most important aspect of a book for me is the characterization – because I can fall for every kind of book if I feel connected to the characters. The opposite is also true though.
Well, I guess I’m done here. Did I say I was super ecstatic to join this blog?
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Laura
I’m a soon-to-be uni (college) student from Germany and love nothing more than reading a good book. People usually call me Laura or Lauri, but I started this confusion on Goodreads – where I first signed up with a nickname that stems from my middle name – so you might know me as Becky as well.
Either way and whatever you might call me, one thing stays the same: Books will always be the big love in my life. Always. Generally I read YA, some NA, contemporary and fantasy, whatever suits my current mood. Right now I’m really obsessed with YA dystopia and high fantasy (think The Darkest Minds and Throne of Glass).
There’s only one thing I like as much as reading, and that’s talking about the books I’ve read. And what is a girl to do when her ‘real’ friends don’t share her crazy obsession for books? (And don’t really care for her constant book talk.) Exactly, she finds them somewhere else!
I’ll be forever grateful that I have met all these lovely bookish people on my various social media sites (hello goodreads!). I LOVE LOVE LOVE that I can now discuss my favorite reads, get awesome recommendations, do spectacular buddy reads and other bookish things. I seriously don’t know how I lived without it just over a year ago.
What I always wanted to do though, what became my little secret goal for some distant time in the future when it didn’t seem quite as overwhelming, was starting my own book blog. So guess how ecstatic I was when three of my favorite bookish people from goodreads asked me to join their blog! And now here I am.
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