The who, what and why
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Who: Me. Jen. Ioana is my real name, but I’ve been ‘Jen’ online for years, and ‘Ioana’ is too difficult to pronounce for English-speakers. I’m from Bucharest, Romania. Small country somewhere in Eastern Europe; it’s not just about Dracula and street children, you know?
I worked for a while in a publishing house as a copy-editor and I loved it to bits. I quit for various reasons and in the long run it seems that leaving was a good idea, but I still hope that one day I’ll be more involved in the book world.
My favorite writer is Roger Zelazny. Other favorites include Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, Robert Holdstock, Jeff VanderMeer, Neil Gaiman… The list changes frequently, but these are the writers that have been on it for a while now. Recent favorites: Scott Lynch, Karen Traviss, Charles de Lint.
What: I was going to call it a review blog, but it’s not going to be that. My reviewing skills are not that good, and I’m not really keen on becoming a professional reviewer, so it’s going to be an opinions blog. My drugs of choice are fantasy novels, with some SF and horror mixed in, plus the occasional mainstream book thrown in for good measure.
Why: Because I love talking about the books I read. Because I can reach many more conversation partners in English. Because maybe I’ll get free books (why not admit it?)
May 12th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Hi Jen,
I hope you’ll get as many free books as you like :).
I know I’m addicted to them, with half of my personal library unread. Fortunately the both sides, read and unread, seem to grow.
May 12th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Truth is… I have a big pile of unread books too. And another mental list of books I want to borrow for friends. So maybe lots of free books is not such a good idea, since I actually have to work every day…