Meet the Bookish Reviewer!

Welcome, welcome to the 74th annual...

Oh, this isn't the Hunger Games? Sorry about that, I guess you would rather see a blog post then? Okay, fair enough.

Welcome to The Bookish Hollow fellow book lovers! This blog is brought to you by me, Amanda, and my (nonexistent) group of reading minions. No, I really don't have reading minions, sorry to disappoint. Anyways, disappointment aside I thought I would give you a little bit of an introduction to who I am, savvy?

Again, my name is Amanda and I am 23 years old! I am a middle school science teacher by trade and a reader by choice, a great choice I might add. As far as reading goes I enjoy reading mostly young adult fiction of any sub-genre from contemporary to paranormal. YA is my favorite because it is extremely diverse! I do delve into the adult and literary fiction genres occasionally when I need a more mature read. Some of my favorite authors include: J.K. Rowling, Una LaMarche, I.W. Gregorio, Sarah J. Maas, Scott Westerfeld, and Maggie Stiefvater.

I recently attended BookCon and had a blast! I got to meet Rainbow Rowell, Scott Westerfeld, Maggie Stiefvater, Jackson Pearce, Melissa De la Cruz, Sarah J. Maas, Elisa Freilich, J.D. Netto, David Levithan, Jennifer M. Eaton, Patrick Ness, Nicola Yoon, Maureen Johnson, Melissa Cantor, Meg Medina, and I. W. Gregorio (again)! It was seriously the most fun I've ever had! I got to meet some awesome bookish people in lines where we chatted about authors, books, and swag. We swapped stories and extra ARCs. 

Scott, Rainbow, and Sarah were my trifecta, I decided if I could meet them I would have a successful trip no matter what. I was able to meet Rainbow at her signing party for the special edition of Fangirl and she was kind enough to also sign my collector's edition of Eleanor & Park! I waited 2 hours in line for Scott Westerfeld, which was a nice break honestly, and I was 4th in line (you can even see me in the picture he posted on twitter)! Sarah J. Maas is such a sweetheart! She walked past me while we were waiting for the rain to stop at the end of BookCon and I said "Hi Sarah!" She came back over and we did the most normal thing ever, chatted about the weather. I asked her if she would sign my book and she replied "of course!" as I told her that I missed all three of her signings that day. It was a great day to end the Con!

Well, that is just a teensy bit about me as a book lover. If you would like to know more about me personally put your questions in the comments and I will answer them!

- Amanda