1. Where were you born and where do you
call home?
Hello! Thank you so much for having me
on your gorgeous blog today! I was born in Essex and I still live in Essex and
although I have a nice little house with a gorgeous bedroom and have grown up,
been to school and worked in Essex – I've never really held Essex in that
special place in my heart where you would usually hold somewhere you call home.
Truthfully, I love being away from home and going on holiday and I think for
me, home is wherever I'm happy – whether that be at my boyfriends house or in
another country entirely!
2. How long have you been blogging and
why did you start doing it?
I started blogging in March (ish) 2013
and I started because I stumbled, entirely by accident, across another book
blog when I was Googling reviews for a certain book. I didn't even know book
blogging was a thing so I was completely captivated by this blog I'd just
found. I had a look around it and realised that this is something I would love
to do – and probably be quite good at, given how much I read. I was also in a
really bad place at that time in my life. I'd just quit my college course and
my volunteer placement because my anxiety was getting so bad I couldn't hack it
and I felt quite hopeless. But then I got in touch with the owner of said blog
and she helped me set up my own and now I'm here! Blogging has saved me in more
ways than one and I will be forever thankful to that blogger and all the other
bloggers I met in the months following the creation of Jenny in Neverland for
their support.
Insanity (Mad in Wonderland)
4. What did you think about the cover?
I adored the cover! In fact, I used
this book in my 2015 Reading Challenge and one of the categories was 'A Book
Based Entirely On It's Cover' and this is the book I read for this exact
category! I read another bloggers review of the book and although I liked what
I heard, it was the cover that sold me. Some say it's quite cartoony – and it is
– but i love it. It's a YA novel so I think everything about the cover fits
perfectly.
5. If you could ask the Author 3
questions what would they be?
1) What do you think about the original
Alice in Wonderland? (This book was his own weird and wacky take on the
original story)
2) How much research went into writing
this book?
3) If you were a character in
Wonderland, which one would you be?
6. What is you most favorite character
and why?
In that particular book or in any book
I've ever read? In Insanity, my favourite character was called Pillar the
Killer and he was the 'real-life' version of the Catapillar from Alice in
Wonderland – and he was a psychopath. He was so funny and so endering and his
scenes were my absolute favourite! My favourite character EVER – oh god, Max
from The Book Thief.
7. What genre is your favorite and why?
I honestly cannot pick a particular
genre that I read most and would consider my favourite. Ever since I started
reading, I would read anything. Nothing ever stood out and made me want to read
only that particular thing. I do read a bit of everything but genres I really
enjoy reading are Crime, Mystery/Thriller, YA and Chick-Lit/Fiction.
8. If you were shipwrecked on a desert
island what 3 books would you want with you?
Now why would you shipwreck me Simona?
Why? Erm... I would take The Book Thief because it's my all-time favourite book
and I think it'd make me feel better. Other than that... A guide on how to get
off a deserted island? ;) What a typical answer! Maybe The Lord of the Rings?
That's really long and I've never read it so it'd kill some time I guess.
9. Is there an author that you would
really like to meet?
John Green. I've read all of his books
and consider 2 of them my favourites ever; Paper Towns and Looking for Alaska.
I also love his YouTube videos and think he seems like such a nice bloke as
well as being extremely clever and wise.I think he'd be one of these people
that although you admire them greatly, you're totally relaxed around them and
look at them as a friend because of how he is and how he writes.
10. Do you prefer ebooks, paperbacks or
hardcover?
Ooh Paperbacks! Although eBooks are so
convenient and usually, miles cheaper to buy, paperbacks will always be better
won't they? I love a gorgeous hardback copy too but those are pretty heavy to
carry around and take up lots of room on your shelf so I don't have many but I
do love the ones I do have.
11. Where do you prefer to buy your
books?
Amazon and I usually buy them used as
well. Amazon are so reliable and I like buying used books because 1) They're
much cheaper and 2) I like getting them knowing someone – or many people – have
read and enjoyed it before me. Sometimes the pages are a bit worn, or the cover
is a little bent or there's scraps of paper inside that people have used as
bookmarks but I love it all because it shows the book has been used and loved
before.
12. Have you ever read a book more than
once?
God yes! All my favourite books have
been read more than once. The book I've read the most times is The Perks of
Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. It's one of my favourites and it's such
a beautiful book and I adore Charlie. I also love the film adaptation. I've
read The Book Theif, Paper Towns, Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars
all twice too!
13. What book are you currently
reading? (March 2015)
I'm currently reading The Dead Wife's
Handbook by Hannah Beckerman because I was stuck for what to read next and
loads of my Twitter friends recommended this and now I see why!
14. What book are you about to start
reading?
I have absolutely no idea what I'm
going to read next! I never do! I always wait until I need to start a new book
and see what I'm in the mood for. I have my eye on a few which I might pick up
but again, I won't know until I get there.
15. Have you read a book that you would
like to rewrite the ending of?
I actually can't think of any off the
top of my head that I've had that thought with.
16. Do you have a favorite book cover?
Chose up to 3 if you like.
I haven't read the book yet, I have it
on my shelf ready and waiting but I adore the cover of Deep Blue Sea by Tasmina
Perry. It's gorgeous and so summery. I love the pastel colours and if I could,
I would use that cover as a photo on my bedroom wall.
17. If you could plan the perfect
holiday, what would it be?
Oh this is too hard! Far too hard! I
love going on holiday – UK weekend breaks, country holidays, beach holidays,
skiing holidays, visiting friends holidays – so my idea of a perfect holiday
would be a very weird concoction between all of those. My ideal holiday would
be the opportunity to travel and do a variety of different things in different
places.
18. How often do you blog?
I have no schedule and no amount of
posts I aim to post in a week. I used to have a very strict schedule and post 3
times a week on certain days but that didn't work for me so now I just post if
and when I want. It's usually 1 or 2 – sometimes 3 – times a week. I actually
recently wrote a blog post on this, which you can find here; https://jennyinneverland.wordpress.com/2015/03/05/blog-scheduling-yay-or-nay/
If you're interested!
19. What’s your favorite color?
Pink! Baby pink :)
20. What are 5 items you never leave
home without?
My phone (I am ATTACHED to it), my
bachs rescue remedy mouth spray which helps with anxiety, a bottle of water,
usually a snack like a banana and my house keyes.
21.Favorite book character crush.
Yes you can pick 2 :)
Max from The Book Thief! It's not even
a crush – it's a full-on love affair at this point. I absolutely adore him, I
did from the second I read about him in the book. Also, I completely fancy Ben
Schnetzer who plays him in the film. I even got a reply on Tumblr from him when
I told him how much I enjoyed his new film, Pride! Safe to say, I almost
hyperventillated!
22. Sleep in or get up early?
Depends! I love a lay in and I'm very
good at lay ins haha. I love my sleep but on certain days I love getting up
early and getting stuff done. When I'm away or on holiday I tend to get up
quite early.
23. Summer or winter?
Neither! I don't do well with extreme
heat but the extreme cold can get boring after a while. I love Spring – it's
such a beautiful month when the weather is nice enough to spend more time
outside and the flowers have finally started to come out. Everything looks so
pretty and with it comes a whole season of opportunities and hope.
Ugh, neither! I hate wine! I'm not a
drinker and the only things I can stomach are drinks that are fruity – like
cocktails – which don't actually taste like alcohol!
25. Coffee or tea?
Tea all the way!
26. Where can we find you?
My facebook page:
http://facebook.com/jennyinneverland
My Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/20009410-jenny-at-jennyinneverland
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