First "Blogger of the Month"

Hello everyone! So to end the month of March I have decided to share a fun little thing I want to continue doing from this moment on. I would like to present a new feature that I will be doing every month. 

It basically works the same way as my "Author of the Month", but instead of an author, it's a blogger. This little feature will be called

"Blogger of the Month" 

 and it will consist of a post that includes an interview with the chosen blogger, along with featuring them in my sidebar for that entire month. 

I hope you guys are excited, because I am very excited to be sharing this. I have already done some interviews with some bloggers and it has been a lot of fun getting to see their responses and learning new things about them.

April's Blogger: Nori



About the Blogger

Nori Horvitz is a book blogger over at ReadWriteLove28, beta reader, and aspiring author. She has been blogging since 2015 and is the creater/host of the popular twitter chat #RQWN. She is also the organizer of Bookitcon, a charity book event that took place in 2015. She is currently organizing Bookitcon: Chapter Two which will be taking place on August 7, 2016!

Connect with her through: 

Interview with Nori

Sabrina: **Stands up to shake hands** Greetings Nori! It is a great pleasure to have you as my first blogger of the month.

Nori: Why hello there Sabrina! I’m honored to be here. :)

Sabrina: Why don’t we start off this interview with you telling us a little bit about yourself?--Such as your likes and interests.

Nori: Ack you’re already stumping me! This is always the hardest question for me to answer. Hmmm well as you know, I love dogs, especially my poodle, Ellie Mae. My favorite color is purple. When I’m not reading a book, I’m generally playing with my dog, surfing the internet, or doing miscellaneous blog tasks! 

Sabrina: Since this is an interview focused on your blogging career, how did you decide that you wanted to take up blogging?

Nori: It’s a funny story actually. I had wanted to start blogging a while before I actually started, but it was originally going to be a lifestyle blog, where reviewing books was just one part of the blog. But, when I was hand sketching my ideas, I realized that there was a heavy focus on books throughout the layout, and then I decided...why not just make it a book blog? 

Sabrina: Which five blogs to you actively enjoy visiting and checking up on their posts?

Nori: Oh my gosh you’re only allowing me to pick five blogs? That should be illegal! I might cheat a little bit with this question ;) 

I absolutely ADORE Please Feed the Bookworm, It Starts at Midnight, Reading is my Treasure, Bookish Serendipity, Nose Graze, Paper Fury, Tamaraniac, and Princessica of Books

Sabrina: What is your favourite post to write and share?

Nori: Hmmmm that’s a tough one. I guess I would have to say that I LOVED writing my Basics of Book Blogging feature. It lasted for 15 days and had helpful tips + links to just about everything you need to know about book blogging ;) 

Sabrina: Where did the idea of your twitter chat RQWN come from and how long ago did it start?

Nori: Haha oh RQWN. It originally started one night (I forget exactly when- maybe Spring 2015?) when I was awake around midnight and was bored. I decided to have Twitter entertain me, and so I asked- “Is anyone interested in answering some random questions?” After a couple of minutes, a handful of people said yes, and so I started asking questions. At the end of the night, people were really happy and told me that I should do it again, and so...RQWN was born. :)

Sabrina: How do you come up with all the questions for RQWN?

Nori: This is actually a secret- but I NEVER come up with the questions ahead of time! They are all spur of the moment. :D 

Sabrina: How long have you been blogging and apart of the bookish community?

Nori: I started blogging in July of 2015. I guess I would say that I officially entered the bookish community a couple of months later, when I started interacting with other bloggers on Twitter.

Sabrina: What’s a book that you recently read that you would recommend?

Nori: SO MANY! But, the most recent 5 star read would have to be...THE SERPENT KING BY JEFF ZENTNER! My review will be live on my blog soon!

Sabrina: What books are you eagerly awaiting to release this year?

Nori: SO SO SO SO SO MANY!!! I guess I’ll mention some of the books that don’t have much hype just to keep things interesting. ;) 

Glitter by Aprilynne Pike
Fate of Flames by Sarah Raughley
The Secret of a Heart Note by Stacey Lee
The Amateurs by Sara Shepard
Bound by Blood and Sand by Becky Allen

Sabrina: What is one random thing about yourself that you wish to share? Kind of like a hidden talent.

Nori: I’m actually a speed reader! My most recent claim to fame is that I read A Drop of Night (a 450 page book) in one hour! :)

Sabrina: Thank you so much Nori for being my first blogger of the month. It has been so much fun interviewing you, and thank you for being such a big part of the book blogging community.  I can’t wait for all the future RQWN.

Nori: Thank YOU Sabrina! This was so much fun!

That concludes my first "Blogger of the Month". I must thank Nori again for agreeing to partake and basically be my first Guinea pig. This was so much fun, and I can't wait to interview more bloggers in the future to come.