I’m here with another Meet the Blogger! Today I will be doing a Q&A with Michelle, the owner of Michelle likes Things. So here it is!
Introduce Yourself!
M: Hi! My name is Michelle and I’m a 27-year-old ecologist from The Netherlands. Growing up at a boarding school left me with a lot of free time and not many options to fill it. Thankfully books were the best things that could have happened to me, and I couldn’t imagine my life without them.
How did you get into book blogging?
M: I’ve spent a lot of time on Tumblr, which isn’t the same as a blog, but it does overlap a lot. When I started college I slowly got out of there because it was just taking too much time away from my studies. Last December I toyed with the idea of starting an actual book blog because I wanted to do more things in the bookish community. After I joined a Discord server full of book bloggers, I made up my mind and got to work and voila! Michelle Likes Things was born!
What is your favourite thing about your blog?
M: I love that I’m able to do different things, I’m not solely a, but review series and movies as well. It’s a fun way to interact with a lot of different people!
Have you been inspired to blog by another blogger and/or Youtuber?
M: Not yet, maybe I’ll be inspired to do certain blog posts, but we’ll see.
How do you decide what blog posts to do next?
M: I have a few blog ideas that I ‘created’ myself. I put it like that since I don’t know everyone in the community and I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if someone else did the same thing already. But those posts have a standard spot in my schedule, and the rest is filled up with reviews or other ideas I get during the day.
Do you look at other blogs to get inspiration for the content of your blog?
M: Sometimes I find a great tag or meme that I love doing as well, but I don’t look at blogs for the sole reason of finding content.
If you could have given yourself advice to yourself before you started blogging, what would have that advice been?
M: Make sure you have loads of ideas – and maybe take more time to find a theme that’s not too general. I have the Sela theme, which loads of people have and even though I like it, I don’t want to be too similar to other people. So if I had that information, I probably would have done it differently.
If you could meet one author who would it be?
M: I would love to meet Leigh Bardugo. I love her books and I find her outlook on life absolutely amazing.
What are your 3 top genres to read?
M: Sci-fi, Fantasy and Contemporary.
What book are you most excited about reading next?
M: Aurora Rising! I ordered a book subscription box that is including it, and I have an amazing friend in America who is willing to send it to me so I can get my hands on the Illuminae novella (Thank you, Sam!).
What is the most recent favourite book you’ve read?
M: Descendant of the Crane! I came across is because a couple of people in the Discord server were raving about it, and after reading the synopsis I requested an eARC on NetGalley. The first 15% was a bit tough on me, I guess it’s because a lot of foreign words were used and I couldn’t find an explanation for most of them. But I persisted and I absolutely loved it! It’s definitely my favourite book of 2019 and is in my top favourite books of all time as well.
Do you have any hobbies outside of blogging/reading?
M: I do! I’m an ecologist and work with natural law, aside from that I monitor bats, for my job and as a volunteer. Seeing hundreds of bats fly every summer is absolutely amazing. Aside from that I love watching movies and tv shows – I don’t sleep very much and my nightly hours are usually filled with lots and lots of episodes. I also have a bookstagram (michelle_reads) that I love taking pictures for, I like taking pictures in general, also when I’m out enjoying nature, but being able to capture the beauty of books is extra special!
That is the end of my Q&A with Michelle from Michelle likes Things. Thank you to Michelle for participating in this Q&A. It was very fun to do. Also, check out her blog, it looks amazing.
If you are a book blogger that would like to take part in this post. Please email me over on hello@lbninthecorner.co.uk.
Till then readers!
Sam || Fictionally Sam
May 3, 2019 @ 4:34 pm
AHHH MICHELLE! I loved getting to know you more! 10/10 would recommend this gem. Also I knew you monitored bats but it didn’t hit me that your job is literally the coolest until right this moment. A time. <3
Nafisa
May 3, 2019 @ 5:46 pm
Woah!! monitoring bats that so cool and yes having the tons of ideas is literally one of the best advice. Thank you Amy for the interview with Michelle.
Erica Metcalf
May 5, 2019 @ 7:07 pm
Love this!! <3 Now following Michelle on wordpress! 🙂