As the first stop on The Making of Nebraska Brown Blog Tour, I just go to tell you how awesome this book is! I had the opportunity to review it and posted it here, without spoilers, so you can still enjoy it. I will link you to where you can pick up this amazing YA mystery with heart. Louise Caiola really is that great!
Also, you can enter the contest at the end of this post to win some cool stuff!
Today, Louise has come to my blog to tell you a little about growing up to be a bibliophile, being bookish! Take it away Louise!
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Are bibliophiles born or made? I firmly believe we are
sprung from the womb with the literary gene branded somewhere deep inside of
us. This gene became evident to me early on, cutting my bookish teeth on the
likes of Little Women, Johnathan Livingston Seagull and Call of the Wild. In
elementary school I doodled hearts and flowers on my notebook during math class
to pass the time until English Lit. Pretty much the same thing went for my
upper education. Algebra? No, thanks. Poe? Yes, please. While the world around
me continually shifted and changed I began to recognize that the enjoyment of
reading books was warmly consistent. There was something to be said for that.
Growing up as the bookish type wasn’t always easy. Splitting
my allowance between my favorite new record and the next in the Nancy Drew
Mystery Series. I learned early on the importance of a balanced budget. Then
there were the times I missed a perfectly good game of flashlight tag because I
was holed up in my room reading “just one more page.”
Now, by no means was I antisocial. I had many friends. Both
real and fictional. I was quite fond of Scout Finch and Hannah Gruen, even if
they only came to life on those wonderful worn pages. (Nope – no eReaders back
then.) Lots of times the characters in my favorite books were easier to rely
on, to understand and relate to. Growing up bookish sometimes made the real
aches of growing up less achy.
As time passed I noticed that being bookish was the key to a
great escape from the many details that cluttered my life. What better way to
forget my own troubles than spending time with the problems plaguing King’s
crew. (That man knows his way around some deeply disturbed folks!)
To this day I recognize and respect the literary gene within
me. It has provided for me in the best and worst of times. A constant in a
world of change. With a tagline like that – who could want anything more?
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