Q - What is your name and how old are you?
A - My name is Debra and I am 31 years old.
Q - Where were you born?
A - I was born and raised in Suffolk, England, and love it here so much I never want to leave......
Q - First 'real' book I remember reading.
A
- The first real book I remember reading, from start to finish I think
was Freaky Friday by Mary Rogers and that was back in Middle School
(aged around 10).
Q - Have you always loved books?
A
- For as long as I can remember, yes. I have a really crap memory but
can remember as far back as to when I was old enough to be let out on my
own to wander around the village I used to live in. Every Saturday, my
mum used to go over to my grandmothers to help with housekeeping etc
and I used to wander down to the local library and spend hours choosing
books that I would read that week and then return the following
Saturday... I was very much a shy person when I was growing up and
although I did have friends that I hung around with, I did also enjoy
spending hours on end by myself reading, writing and watching movies.
Q - Have you ever taken part in any reading competitions?
A
- About the same time as I was going to the local library every
Saturday when I was about 10 or 11, they had annual competitions where
you had to read a certain amount of books and then you get a certificate
at the end. I did that a few year running until I was too old for the
competition. I loved it!
Q - What made you start reading?
A
- To be honest with you, I am not sure. I guess I have always been
very bookish, even from a very early age. I love stationery, paper,
pens and what I love more is words whether it is written on the page
already or to be written.
Q - Who are your favourite authors?
A
- Nicholas Sparks, Jodi Picoult, Cathy Glass, Kate Morton and Cecelia
Ahern. I have only limited myself to five authors but I am adding to
this all the time!
Q - What are your top five favourite books of all time?
A
- Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks, The Wedding by Nicholas
Sparks, Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult, The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
and If you could see me now by Cecelia Ahern.
Q - Who are your top five male celebrity crushes?
A
- George Clooney, Matthew Perry, Kevin Costner, Nick Carter from the
Backstreet Boys and AJ McLean from the Backstreet Boys (I am a HUGE
Backstreet Boys fan!)
Q - Who are your top five favourite bands/singers?
A - Backstreet Boys, Richard Marx, Michael Buble, Take That and Frank Sinatra.
Q - What are your five favourite movies of all time?
A - Message in a Bottle, The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, Anchorman and The 40 Year old Virgin.
Q - What are your five favourite TV shows of all time?
A - Friends, Frasier, Will and Grace, Roseanne and Lost.
Q - What are your hobbies, not including reading?
A - I love watching movies and TV shows, going shopping, long distance walking, hanging out with friends and listening to music.
Q - Who are your favourite male and female characters in the books you have read so far?
A
- I would have to say for the male character I would choose Landon
Carter from A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks. I loved the way the
character went through such a dramatic change of personality and
attitude towards live that I really admired in a character. For a
female character, I would have to say Jamie Sullivan also from A Walk to
Remember because of all the strength she had and such believe in
herself and others that it makes me want to be a better person than I
already am.
Q - How long do you give a book to know whether you like it or not?
A
- I usually like to give each book a fighting chance. I try to read
about 50 pages in but if I am really not feeling the story I will put it
to one side and try again later.
Q - Do you crack the spine?
A
- Yes. I know it makes it all 'liney' when I have finished reading it
and it goes back on my bookshelf but I just can't help myself!
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