Hi! I’m the middle sister.

I’ve always been a big reader. Growing up, our mom couldn’t take me to the library enough to satisfy all the books I wanted to read. Luckily she was also a middle school teacher with a large collection of books. She introduced me to some of my favorites like The Giver, The Westing Game, and The Girl Who Owned a City. In fact, I loved reading so much that instead of being grounded I would get my beloved books taken away.

Playing outside to me meant reading a book outside... or looking for an entrance to Narnia. I used to dress up Mallory and drag her along with “supplies” for our adventure (I’m a planner!) until we ran into giant spiders in the woods and I decided climbing into closets and wardrobes was a better option.

I like to think my interests are more varied now as an adult - I enjoy cooking, travel, yoga, walking my dogs - but my first love is always books. Being around books relaxes me, being around other readers makes me happy.

I strongly prefer physical books. I love the feel, the smell, turning the pages, using bookmarks, and treating them like the friends they are. I’ve had a Kindle for years now but mostly use it for travel and only recently discovered a love of audiobooks. I prefer romance or fantasy for audiobooks as it’s fun to hear the back and forth dialogue and the action scenes in fantasy books.

Fantasy is probably my favorite genre but I also love sci-fi, mysteries, thrillers, romance, historical fiction, literary fiction, and biographies/autobiographies.