Armchair BEA - Getting to Know You :)

Please tell us a little bit about yourself: Who are you? How long have you been blogging? Why did you get into blogging?

    Welcome to the Brunette Librarian! :) I am thrilled you are here for Armchair BEA - it’s my first year participating. My real name is Rachael and I live in a tiny town in the smack dab middle of Missouri. 

May 2012 - Kansas City Zoo

   I am an actual librarian (yay me!) and actually serve a community of about 45,000 in a neighboring town. I began my life in the library world in circulation checking in and checking out books, changed jobs and went to the Outreach department. Not many libraries have an Outreach department, but my library does. Through the Outreach program, the librarian pulls books for homebound people. It’s a great way to send books to people who normally wouldn’t have a chance to read. You have no idea of the look on people’s face when you bring books to their door. It’s pretty priceless! AND, after Outreach a job came open in our Teen/Adult Services department, I applied and here I am. I am now the Teen & Adult Services Librarian, and I have to say, it may be my favorite job yet.

My Library :)

      I began blogging in October 2011. I’m still a fairly new blogger but love it. While at a Missouri Library Conference so many of the librarians there had a blog and shared their views on books...it seemed fun, so I decided to try. Here I am all these many months later, still blogging and still reading and still having fun.

Tell us some non-book-related things that everyone reading your blog may not know about you.

     Hmmm...I have all sorts of crazy things to share.

• I’m 26 years old.
• I have five piercings all in my ears.
• I have a dachshund named Daisy Jane. She’s 6.
• I live in a town that has less than 300 people.
• I hate chocolate.
• My favorite TV shows are The Office and Bob’s Burgers. Love them!
• I’m a huge genealogy nut - I have my family traced back 8 generations

What is your favorite feature on your blog?

I love “What are you reading? Mondays” The meme is sponsored by by Sheila from "One Person's Journey" I enjoy visiting other blogs and seeing what everyone else is reading. It’s fun to find book ideas, and share your love of favorite books with one another.

Which is your favorite post that you have written that you want everyone to read?

One of my favorite posts that I have posted so far is my spotlight on “Saving CeeCee Honeycutt.” It’s been one of my favorite books of the past few years, but what makes it a favorite is that the author, Beth Hoffman, actually commented on my review! MADE MY YEAR, let me tell you.

Have you read "Saving CeeCee Honeycutt" By: Beth Hoffman ? The book is amazingly sweet, heartfelt, funny, and just endearing. Love, love, love it.

Have your reading tastes changed since you started blogging? How?

I am a hardcore romance fan, I have been for years. I love the romance of it all - the heroes, the heroines, the locales...all of it. However, since starting my new job in Adult Services, I have to coordinate five different book groups. That’s a lot of book group reading, trust me. I personally don’t feel that romances are super condusive for great book group discussion, so I’ve definitely had to broaden my reading selections. 
So, since starting my blog I’ve picked up a ton more young adult novels, mysteries, and just general adult fiction. I’ve even added a few nonfiction titles in there! Definitely broadening out my reading horizons!