Armchair BEA - Monday

Who are you, and how do you Armchair?

My name is Mickey. I am a newbie book blogger! I'm also a girlfriend, a sister, a daughter, a pet-mother, a semi-stepmother, a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, a full-time employee, and an addict of sweets and books. Since I'm so new at this book blogging thing, I had no idea what BEA even was until a couple weeks ago. That didn't leave much time to take off work and go. Plus, I had to make a visit to the ER last Saturday only to find out that I need surgery, and it's happening this Friday. So all that pretty much put the kibosh on attending this year's BEA. I am most definitely going to try to get to one of these expos, because it sounds like it's book heaven and very exciting! Perhaps next year. I am definitely looking forward to Armchair BEA though! I will try to do as much as I can this time around.

I am participating in Armchair BEA from Surprise, Arizona. It's sunny, hot, and dry here! But that doesn't mean we don't enjoy books in these parts. In fact, we're very big on libraries out here, so we must have readers! I have two different library cards that allow usage at a combined 35 library branches and digital libraries. Some famous authors live here in the valley too! Anyway, back to Armchair BEA - I'm hoping for a lot of things I guess: more followers, more cool blogs to follow, new friendships, and new books to add to my constantly-growing TBR list!! I plan to post every day on whatever topic I can, plus my usual daily features. I'm late on this, like I said, so I didn't get to sign up for all the different posts each day, but I'll do something else to make it work. Hope you all enjoy my blog and Armchair BEA!

About the blog:

This is my blog, first and foremost. I put up reviews and daily features that I find interesting. I'm always asking for feedback, though. I'll post anything that my followers wish to read as well. I just enjoy blogging! I had no idea either. I started this blog last month with the intention of doing something different for each week day. It's already evolved as I've found more memes to post, different daily features that work and don't work, etc etc. I honestly don't stick with a particular genre. I love just about everything. Reading is fun for me, and I like to try out new things. I enjoy YA, paranormal romance, urban fantasy, general fiction, crime/mystery/thriller, self-help, bio/memoirs, etc. I like everything just about. Although I'm seeing this Steampunk thing and not sure what it is. I've been meaning to Google it, but if anyone wants to explain that would be great :o)

Anyway, you can find out more about me on my About Me page. All sorts of likes and dislikes are up there. You can also check out my Schedule page to see which daily features I am currently posting on a regular basis. If you have any memes you host or post or other suggestions, I would love to hear them! I do keep track of all the books I've read this year (I just hit 100), so you can check that out as well. I post on Goodreads, Twitter, and Facebook. I'm on Networked Blogs and Book Blogs as well. I'm friendly, so come find me and we can chat!