So, to start, I love young adult fiction and beautiful children’s illustrations. All I really want from a book is for it to drag me in, give me the romance I want, and have pretty pictures. I’m still a kid when it comes down to it.
How long have you worked at Lemuria? Just about a year now.
What do you do at Lemuria? I work in OZ, our children’s section. I mainly handle the different displays, and the other everyday duties. Hopefully I can help out more after school is out.
What I’m reading now.. Okay, so this is the sad part: I’m in a reading funk right now. The beginning of school this year has just taken over my life and I haven’t read as much as I would like. I’ve just finished A Shadow Dark and Burning by Jessica Cluess and really enjoyed her magic- and destruction-ridden Old England. I’ve started about three other YA (young adult) books, but haven’t gotten deep enough into any of them to really say anything about them yet.
What’s currently on your bedside table (book purgatory)? I’ve actually started all the ones on my table, but am switching around, willing at least one to kick me out of my book funk. So my books are Spare and Found Parts by Sarah Griffin, Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter and Kids of Appetite by David Arnold.
Top 5 books:
Ahh! Let’s see, if we’re talking currently favorites then it would have to be
- The Book Thiefby Markus Zusak (It will always hold top place for me)
- An Ember in the Ashesby Sabaa Tahir
- The Dream Thieves(from The Raven Cycle) by Maggie Stiefvater
- The Diabolic(comes out Nov. 2016) by S. J. Kincaid
- A Child of Booksby Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston (because I’m still a child at heart)
Favorite Authors This is a bit harder than picking favorite books. I’m not the best with names, so, sadly, I don’t always remember them. I don’t necessarily find one author that I like and then go read all their books, but I do love Markus Zusak, William Joyce, Oliver Jeffers, Maggie Stiefvater and Sabaa Tahir.
Any particular genre that you’re especially in love with?Ha, yes! I love YA and have no shame in saying it. It’s really the majority of what I read. I also have a huge love for children’s picture books. I’m an artist and am a sucker for beautiful illustration.
What did you do before you worked at Lemuria? I’m still a college student and thought I had a work study job, until I didn’t. Besides that, I have worked at two libraries and as a pool assistant.
If you could share lasagna with any author, dead or alive, who would it be? What would you ask them? Maggie Stiefvater, I just finished her Raven Cycle books. I want to know what lead her to ending the series the way she did. It took me by surprise in the quietest and best way possible.
If we could have any living author visit the store and do a reading, who would you want to come? I would LOVE Sabaa Tahir to come and do a reading. By far, An Ember in the Ashes is one of my all time favorite books. She creates beautiful and broken worlds with the most vibrant and often violent characters. I’m always captivated by her books and I can’t wait to see what she does next.
If Lemuria could have ANY pet (mythical or real), what do you think it should be? I have this feeling that Lemuria is being haunted by a friendly but mischievous ghost that likes to rearrange displays and push books off the shelves right when you walk out of the room.
If you had the ability to teleport, where would you go first? Cancun, Mexico. They have sunken underwater coral reef statues that I would love to see. Really though, I’m just a total beach bum at heart and winter is coming soon in Jackson. I would give anything to feel hot sand between my toes
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