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| I identify as a slightly toned-down Jess from New Girl (look, even our names rhyme . . . sort of!). |
The year is 2021, and I am now a late-20s paediatric nurse. That means I look after sick kids in the hospital, and no, it never involves kissing boo-boos better. Sometimes I DO get the awesome privilege of applying funky-patterned bandaids where it hurts, though *yay*!
Nursing was never my first option. For a long time I wanted to be a primary school teacher, but I changed my mind last minute. I'd be lying if I said I loved my job all the time. In fact, I probably fantasise about quitting nearly every week! (See: My bedroom floor is one of my favourite hidey-holes between shifts.) The pressures (pleasures?) of a shift worker who literally gets pooped, peed and cried upon for a living, folks.
My mum is also a nurse, and she would tell us all the latest stories from her time at the hospital. (Little did I know that I had been preparing for the bloody hospital life from childhood!) She told me, "Don't be a nurse, do accounting instead." Well, I showed her! In a fit of typical teenage rebellion, guess what I did! I chose to study nursing instead of accounting, and that was that.
If I were to ever step away from nursing I would pursue the book industry... in some form. Whether that is being a professional book reviewer, or an editor, or a publicist, or a writer. One day. Maybe. Who knows, right?
Update: In fact, I actually am, sort of, kind of---! Early days. Still too scary to announce it in my social circles to *hyperventilates* fish around for more jobs. *breathes*
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| Rory Gilmore (Gilmore Girls) |
Well, my relationship with this book blog is kind of like one of those awful, obnoxious off-again, on-again relationships you sometimes see in literature. I won't even try and promise you I'll try better. I've said it many times before.
When I started this book blog, I was a completely different human being to the one who stands sits before you today (or whenever you're reading this). For starters, I was an actual young-adult, whereas now I'm ACTUALLY an adult *screams*.
It has been more than a decade since I graduated high school (when did that happen?!). So, naturally, my taste in books has changed. I still adore YA, and find great value in dipping into the lives and minds of teenagers. Coming of age stories are the book-equivalent of peanut butter, for me. (Such a comfort, soothes my anxiety-ridden soul--nobody DARE guilt me into giving them up!)
When I started this book blog, I was a completely different human being to the one who stands sits before you today (or whenever you're reading this). For starters, I was an actual young-adult, whereas now I'm ACTUALLY an adult *screams*.
It has been more than a decade since I graduated high school (when did that happen?!). So, naturally, my taste in books has changed. I still adore YA, and find great value in dipping into the lives and minds of teenagers. Coming of age stories are the book-equivalent of peanut butter, for me. (Such a comfort, soothes my anxiety-ridden soul--nobody DARE guilt me into giving them up!)
BUT. I also enjoy literary adult fiction, biographies and non-fiction (like self-help and medical/psychology stuff!) . . . ooh, and graphic novels . . .! And cookbooks (generally plant-based & Asian)!
Outside of my work and reading/blogging life...
- I dance on a pole/silks for fun;
- I write random articles for people;
- I arrange, then rearrange things in my house (I had a crazy Konmari phase, which lasted like . . . 3 years? I still follow some of the practises, like folding EVERYTHING);
- I am a mum of two gorgeous but very naughty guinea pigs;
- I volunteer at a local social-enterprise;
- I buy plants and am surprised to wake up and find they are still alive;
- I enjoy hiking and being around nature; etc.
Outside of my work and reading/blogging life...
- I dance on a pole/silks for fun;
- I write random articles for people;
- I arrange, then rearrange things in my house (I had a crazy Konmari phase, which lasted like . . . 3 years? I still follow some of the practises, like folding EVERYTHING);
- I am a mum of two gorgeous but very naughty guinea pigs;
- I volunteer at a local social-enterprise;
- I buy plants and am surprised to wake up and find they are still alive;
- I enjoy hiking and being around nature; etc.
- I sometimes cook good (mostly wholefoods, plant-based) food;
I am an INFP. People sometimes tire me. People sometimes inspire me. I love them. I hate them. I need them. I want them to go away. I feel all the things. I can be a bit forgetful. I love writing and words and expression and sometimes I need to just get it all out and that is why I have this blog in the first place.
Where to find me:
- Twitter: @cc9309
- Goodreads: Cass - Words on Paper
- Instagram: @cassbananana | @_wordsonpaper
Featured on:
Squeaky Books—Guest Post {03/09/10} {link}
see scoot read—Book Blogger Appreciation Week: Meet Cass! {15/09/10} {link}
The Story Siren—Backstage Blogging {09-10/10} {#1} {#2}
Holly Cupala—What YA Bloggers Want: Contemporary Allure {16/10/10} {link}
Page by Page—Guest Answers (2-?) {10-??/10} {link}
Holly Cupala—Author Q&A {01/02/11} {link}
Blurbed:
Holly Schindler, A Blue So Dark
Kate Kaynak, Minder (published in Legacy, the third Ganzfield book)
Let's connect! I'm dying for more human contact.
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