Books, Books, Books!



Reading has always been a source of comfort and escape for me

Framed photo of a stack of random books with the quote 'There is no such thing as too many books'
One of my favorite things to do is read.

I have been an avid reader since childhood. It all started when my dad and I would read the Sunday comics together. Short, colorful stories captured my imagination. From there, I became a voracious reader. It was routine that I would walk home from the local library with a stack of books that I would consume within a week's time. As a student, I would always have a book with me to read when I finished my classwork. While in high school, there were summers where I would read over 100 books! Now as an adult, I have an annual goal of reading 35 books, which I feel is a modest and achieveable goal. In 2020, after the world shut down, I modified my goal of 35 books to 50, and ended up reading 69 books! In 2021, between returning to teaching in-person and welcoming my second child into the world, I kept my goal at 35 books and ended up reading 38. Between being a wife, mother, friend, volunteer, teacher, and student, I feel like 35 is something very doable.

What I love most about books is that I have the opportunity to learn something new, or escape into another world.. I usually read historical works, both fiction and non-fiction. Because of this love of history and reading, working on two degrees in history felt like pleasure more often than work. Over the past few years, I have expanded my reading to include more non-history subjects. My coworkers and fellow-book nerds have introduced me to romance novels, and with the pandemic I found these to be the perfect escape.



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