Armchair BEA: My Bad Bookish Habits & Middle Grade/Young Adult!


       Unfortunately here is another year that I couldn't make it to BEA :( Living in Texas and going to NYC is a bit too far for me. Especially going by myself. I just couldn't make the leap to do it. Next year tho I am MAKING my mom go. She'll be retired by then so it'll be ok lol But ANYWAYS, since I can't go, I will be bringing BEA to me.... And my armchair lol

TOPIC OF CHOICE

     I had no idea what I was going to write here until I actually sat down to write it. Isn't that always how your best happens though? But thinking about what I like I couldn't really make up my mind up. I had so many ideas floating around, and we've covered so much in such a short time, I didn't even know what to talk about. Soooo, I'll go with my bad bookish habits. 

1. Putting a book in my purse/bag.
     -Gah I hate when I do this. But I can't go anywhere without a book. I hate being without a book somewhere. But then I do it and it gets all beat up and looks gross. 

2. Eating while reading.
     -This isn't a bad thing, but at the same time, it depends on what you eat. I always find myself eating like hot Cheeto puffs or drinking some red juice. You know anything that will leave smudges on the pages or a stain if I accidentally drop a drop. 

3. Using anything for a bookmark. 
     -This isn't necessarily a bad habit, but I've learned the hard way what you can and can't use. I once used a Dollar Tree bookmark and it basically had rubbed off on my pages and got all over the place and I could barely read the words. 

4. I can't walk out the library unless I have 5 books in my stack.
     -Clearly that was before I started reviewing. Because now, I don't even visit my library unless I am dropping off some donations smh

5. I feel myself judging my reading by looking at other people's goals. 
      -I see some of you who've read a hundred something books already and I'm barely on 40 something and I get embarrassed. How come you read so fast? How come I DON'T? I know everyone is different, but I think it just intimidates me a little. 

6. I will literally read anywhere. 
     -Sometimes it's in the middle of my floor, sometimes its on my mom's floor, sometimes its at Wal-Mart, and sometimes its at family reunions O_o I know it's weird, but if it's really good or I've been waiting forever for it, I don't care. I will get comfy, find a snack and crack open my book.

MIDDLE GRADE/ YOUNG ADULT

     As an MG/YA/NA blogger, I almost skipped this topic. In the first ABEA post I gave you my favorites and its all I've been talking about the rest of the time. But I guess I'l go with the question I'm most asked.... "Why YA at 25?"

1. I've never read it until now.
     -As a kid I read anything I could get from the library. It was mostly The Bailey School Adventures or Encyclopedia Brown.Then it changed to Harry Potter in 5th grade. And then in middle school it was The Babysitter's Club.  But then in high school I was reading anything my mom had on the shelf. Probably things I shouldn't have read until now lol But I didn't have anything that just caught my interest. But then, when I was in college, my roommate at the time said she'd read Harry Potter (which I love) if I would read Twilight (which she loved.) After that, anything paranormal romance I wanted to read it. It just so happened that was mostly YA.
 Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, #1)Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)Kristy's Great Idea (The Baby-Sitters Club, #1)

2. I have wayyyy too many adult problems to read about another person with adult problems.
     -When I go out and check the mail, I always get bills, bills, coupons, and more bills. I don't want to read about someone else that is having trouble paying bills. That is definitely no fun for me, so why would it be fun reading about it for someone else? 

3. I'm studying to be a YA librarian.
     -I'm studying to become a YA librarian should be all the excuse I need. Don't judge me because I'd rather read something like Cinder than something like How Stella Got her Groove Back or something lol 

4. At least I'm reading period.
     -My main reason for wanting to become a librarian is the fact that I look at children and I see them with Kindles or Nooks and they're playing games on it, they have cell phones at age 3, they have just all these different electronics and no books. And if you ask if they like to read they get agitated and angry. It hurts when people say they only do it because they have to, never for fun. And I feel like that's one reason the literacy rates are falling. Everyone makes it seem like its torture instead of fun. And that's what kids look for, fun things. *end rant*

5. Let's face it, YA things are more fun than adult.
     -Let's be honest, there is no way you'd have as much fun reading a Greek mythology adult book than you would reading the Percy Jackson series. Percy is just amazing so that may not be a fair comparison, but you get my drift. 

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