Also, she is soooooo wise beyond her years! So mature and thoughtful in her answers here, about what she likes to read and why, about the power of YA to start important discussions, even about her career ambitions and goals. Thanks for sharing, Nicole!
Wow-way impressed with your career ambitions. I'm 23 and in a job I like but I don't know about career.
Great interview! It's inspiring to hear how someone of Nicole's age can deal with such serious illness and come out a strong young woman.
And congrats on being inspired to follow such a practical career path. Hopefully that will make the rest of your life easier!
Love this! And I definitely agree with your book-choosing strategy. I'm usually drawn in by genre->blurb->pretty cover, though I'll pick a book up no matter what the genre if it has a cool cover (and read it if it sounds awesome).
I totally agree that genre, blurb, and cover are all super important. It's interesting to hear from someone who doesn't read blogs, because I've been in a blogger bubble for so long now. Before book blogging was really a "thing" I think I found books a lot more by serendipity, like browsing the library OPAC or looking in store. Now I think blogs and Goodreads are my prime sources.