You may be asking yourself: Why should I care what this yahoo has to say? It’s a valid point. Sometimes I ponder why I listen to my own self. So now I find myself in the unenviable position of hyping me.
I read between 150-200 books per year, and I have strong opinions about each and everyone of them. But, obviously, taste in most things, including reading, is very subjective. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and all that tosh. See fact number 19.
I mainly read fantasy, but I dabble in most genres. Lately I’ve on an all gothic all the time kick. I also enjoy murder mystery, contemporary, literary fiction, classics, nonfiction, manga, and ‘women’s’ fiction.
Now a list of things about me.
1 I love books. (obvi)
2. I love all kinds of music.
3. I have strong opinions on the Oxford Comma.
4. I almost always blast music when I’m writing–I’m listening to The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance rn.
5. I love knitting, but I only knit socks.
6. My mama instilled a love of reading in me from a very early age.
7. Three chickens and a sulcata tortoise live in my backyard.
8. I live in the deep south.
9. Just because one has a southern accent does not mean one is an idiot. Idiocy exists all over the world.
10. Even though I’m fifty, I still call my parents mama and daddy (see points six, eight, and nine.)
11. My all-time favorite band is The Avett Brothers, but my all-time favorite album is Life’s Rich Pageant by REM. I will die on this hill.
12. I was married for twenty years, and we produced five children (all adults now) that I (secular) homeschooled.
13. My favorite book is A Tale of Two Cities by my dude Charles Dickens. I’ve read it at least ten times since high school.
14. I have aphantasia, which basically means I don’t have a mind’s eye.
15. I’m on the autism spectrum.
16. I’ve been dating the most wonderful (also autistic) man since 2017, and we got married this past September.
17. I am a recovering Southern Baptist.
18. I have a chronic pain condition called Trigeminal Neuralgia. It is also delightfully known as “the suicide disease” because the pain is horrific and unending.
19. I’ve read The Wheel of Time three times. Keep that in mind if you disagree with any of my reviews.
20. My favorite books I read in 2021 were A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, and Sonju by Wondra Chang.
I’ll stop at twenty facts. If you’ve made this far then congratulations are in order. I will generally post three reviews a week, plus some bonus posts about movies, tv, and my (not so) endlessly fascinating life.
Happy reading, y’all,
Wendy
Wendy is Reading 