This week on the Blog I have Nuzaifa and Rachel from Say It With Books!
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Interview:
Where are you from?
Nuzaifa- Sri Lanka
Rachel-Republic of the Philippines
What is the best and worst thing about living in the country you are from?
Nuzaifa- Best thing would be the food and beautiful landscape! The worst thing would be the lack of great bookstores-It takes AGES for YA books to hit the shelves. And by the time it comes to the book store more or less the entire world has read the book.
Rachel-Best thing: the people, worst thing: the weather
What is the biggest challenge of being a book blogger there?
Nuzaifa- Like I mentioned because of the unavailability of YA books in my country, I have order all my books from Amazon or Book Depository. There is also an issue of geographical restrictions on ebooks.
Rachel -Not being able to attend book signings.
Are you able to go to book signings, launches, or industry events?
Nuzaifa- Sadly, no.
Rachel -Sadly, there are only a few events like that here, as far as I know. So, no. Not yet. Hope I can attend them one day. Since I am a new blogger, I am still finding ways to know more about signings and launches, so I’ll tell you if ever!
Are Publishers willing to work with you were you live?
Nuzaifa- Some of them are and some are not so willing.But I hope that this will not be a problem once the blog starts gaining a little more exposure.
Rachel -Yes, some are willing to work with me. Say for example, Soho Teen gave me a galley of Escape Theory. But, I’ve tried asking some publishers too and it seems that it’s hard to work with bloggers out of US/Canada.
Do you have any favorite books set in the country you are from or written by authors who are from the country you are from?
Nuzaifa- I haven't had the chance to read a lot of Sri Lankan books but I’m looking forward to reading The Swimmer by Roma Tearne and A Disobedient Girl by Ru Freeman.
I’ve not read many books set in the Philippines or written by Filipinos, but this book by Jose Rizal, our national hero, is, I think, one of the books that are really close to the heart of the Filipinos.
A Few Of My Favorite Things:
A Few Of My Favorite Things:
Rachel:
Favorite Book (overall): Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
Favorite Book Recent Release: Going Under by S. Walden
Author: Sarah Dessen
Social Media: Twitter
International Food: Gelato, next to it is pizza
Nuzaifa-
Favorite Book (overall): Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma
Favorite Book Recent Release: I’m a HUGE fan of dystopians so I’m really looking forward to Erin Bowman’s Taken.
Author: John Green, Sarah Dessen, Katie McGarry, Colleen Hoover, Kristin Cashore
Social Media: Twitter,Goodreads,Pintrest,
International Food: Does Gummy Bears count?
Favorite Book (overall): Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
Favorite Book Recent Release: Going Under by S. Walden
Author: Sarah Dessen
Social Media: Twitter
International Food: Gelato, next to it is pizza
Nuzaifa-
Favorite Book (overall): Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma
Favorite Book Recent Release: I’m a HUGE fan of dystopians so I’m really looking forward to Erin Bowman’s Taken.
Author: John Green, Sarah Dessen, Katie McGarry, Colleen Hoover, Kristin Cashore
Social Media: Twitter,Goodreads,Pintrest,
International Food: Does Gummy Bears count?
Emily: Nuzaifa and Rachel Thanks so much for stopping by it was great learning about Sri Lanka and the Phillines!
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Wow! It's so cool that two different bloggers from different countries co-run a blog:)
ReplyDeleteI can imagine it's difficult for bloggers in different countries to get ARCs because of the postage cost. But it's awesome how they do it anyway.
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