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I was always an avid reader as a child, and have remained so on and off in my adult life, with wanes in my reading activity whenever I've taken on more work or academic hours. Currently, my pleasure reading has been scarce, as I hold a full-time position in a public library, attend graduate school full-time in pursuit of a Master's degree, and function as a single parent to a three-year-old. This means my reading pursuits of late center mainly around bedtime stories and early learning activities for my son. However, my job does require a monthly book review on the library's blog, so I strive to at least read enough to meet that requirement.

I generally prefer reading literature, fantasy, and nonfiction. I'm a sucker for a well-crafted sentence - anything that you have to take a deep breath after reading, and then read again to fully process or take in. I have enjoyed reading books from other genres, of course, but when I'm looking for something in a hurry, those are my go-to's. I also thoroughly enjoy short story collections, because I find it fun to see the progression and have the connection between the works slowly revealed over the course of the collection.

Some of my all-time favorite works, for adult audiences, are:

  • Anything by Khaled Hosseini
  • Difficult Women by Roxanne Gay
  • In the Cafe of Lost Youth by Patrick Modiano
  • Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
  • A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

Comments

  1. Erin CataldiJanuary 20, 2018 at 8:35 AM

    Great profile! I too loved A Visit From the Goon Squad but I've never attempted Les Mis!

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  2. UnknownJanuary 21, 2018 at 3:06 PM

    Hi! I, too, was an avid reader as a child and as an adult- until I worked full-time, went back to school for a Master's, and had two children! I think you and I are somewhat in the same boat! I definitely do not have as much time to read as I used to, and I miss it. I do enjoying reading to my children, though. Writing a book review for a blog sounds like fun! "Difficult Women" is on my list of books to read- I am looking forward to that.

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  3. UnknownJanuary 26, 2018 at 1:09 PM

    Les Miserables makes me so happy. It was the first book that really made me THINK, with all the random Mrs A_________ and all that. It was so confusing in high school!

    I want to start and/or be on a book blog team, but it never seems to work out. Ugh!

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