New year, new books, new venture

Well, hello there.

It's 2018 and I am starting a blog. This feels sort of like the internet version of the Society for Creative Anachronism, but that's okay.

You see, I really like books. Like, a lot. A whole fucking lot. And I like talking about books and thinking about books and getting other people to talk and think about books. I thought for a long time about starting a Booktube channel, but I am just a little bit (meaning: very) uncomfortable about being on camera, plus I could not for the life of me figure out how to use iMovie even after watching like 10 tutorial videos.

So a blog it is!

A little about me:

I LIKE BOOKS AND READING.

Okay, you probably picked up on that already. So in addition:

I'm 37 and I live in the northern SF Bay Area with this adorable little baby whose name is Zoe:

I work from home as an editor and writer for a political news media organization, which is so much fun these days ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha no it's not.

I am hella gay and hella progressive and hella feminist. (I'm from Northern CA, so you'll have to deal with the hellas.)

I'm a vegetarian. I'm Jewish. I'm in recovery from anorexia. I like soccer. I curse a lot. I love birds. I'm really short.

I also live for music — unless I'm reading (or watching the news for work, God help me), I have music playing. Long-time and current faves include Depeche Mode, Tegan & Sara, FKA Twigs, Underworld, Marshmello, Armin van Buuren, Bjork, Ben Harper, Goldfrapp, Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation, Dua Lipa, Robyn, CHVRCHES, Santigold, Valerie June, Scissor Sisters, The Cure, Tori Amos, and a whole lot more.

And did I mention I like to read?

I read a wide variety — non-fiction, young adult fiction, and adult fiction (a term I dislike because it sounds like you mean porn, which I definitely do not, but oh well); and within fiction I read fantasy and contemporary, historical fiction, literary fiction, literary mysteries/thrillers. I don't read romances or westerns or genre mysteries, and am not a fan of sci-fi in general.

I'll probably do other posts in the near future about my all-time favorite books and other various favorite lists, because if I start listing those now, this intro post will be a novella all its own.

If anyone sees this post (which ... they probably won't), comment below and say hi and tell me one of your all-time favorite books.

Welcome to the blog, biblios!