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| Please note that I do not endorse the use of books as chairs or footrests. Unless they're math books. |
Novels. Poetry. Drama. Characters. Literary themes. The life and adventures of being an avid reader. These are the types of things this blog discusses.
Background
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As a library shelver,
I was allowed to spend hours
touching hundreds and hundreds of books.
And they PAID me to do it!
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I live in my suburban Wisconsin hometown. I was home-schooled, attended a community college for two years and then a state university for two more
years, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Literature with a minor in
History.
Professionally
I have been a library shelver, data entry/technical writer, receptionist, and content marketer. My current job title is "Web Content Specialist"...it sounds fancier than it is, but hey, I get to play around with words for a living!
In my leisure hours I enjoy visiting
libraries, bookstores, and museums, heckling television, perusing antique malls,
and walking or going on nature hikes. I also like cooking, embroidery and
quilting, and kayaking. My personal goal isn’t all that unique: I hope to
publish some of the novels I’ve written over the years.
Beliefs
As a Christian, I believe
the Bible is a true revelation of who God is and how Jesus paid for all the
sins of the world by dying on a cross and resurrecting three days later. I
attempt to base all of my other convictions on this foundation, both personal and
political.
While perhaps irrelevant to
much of this blog, I do sometimes discuss racism, sexism, and other serious
issues. My personal experience in this area is limited to what a woman of
European descent can understand or empathize.
Blog Goals
Above all, my blog is centered on the
belief that reading
should be fun.
Nowadays many people are trained to analyze literature until the
pleasure’s been strained out with a sieve, either in school or college or simply
slogging through dense literature without adequate preparation. This is an
unjust stereotype of books; not only is there serious, thematically-deep
literature out there -- which worth the slogging -- there are plenty of
light, fun, adventurous books that pique the imagination.
Ralph
Waldo Emerson said, “In reading there is a sort of half-and-half
mixture. The book must be good, but the reader must also be
active.” I am attempting to discipline myself into thinking critically
about what I read. While I try to learn from the books I read and put the
principles they teach into practice, this doesn’t mean I can’t have a little
fun questioning, critiquing, or even parodying certain stories or characters.
I hope you’ll see the huge variety of literature that’s available
out there, and learn to love reading as I do.
