these lists are in no order and are subject to change
- devourer of books since I taught myself to read at the age of three
- while tastes have changed over the years, mystery has remained my favorite genre since pre-teen days
- joint-owner of a wall of nonfiction shelves, a wall of fiction shelves, and more scattered fiction shelves all over the house
- despite being a voracious reader, tsundoku is a word that might have been coined for me
- have ruined more books in the bath than I should care to admit
- once fell out of a very tall tree while reading
- my husband and I often read in bed while sharing a bowl of popcorn
- lover of nonfiction, especially biography and history
- love paperbacks, hardbacks, ebooks, and audiobooks
- keep my fiction shelves in alphabetical order by author's last name
ten non-bookish facts about me:
- happily married to my best friend
- cat momma
- native of Western North Carolina, living in East Tennessee
- Christian
- cross stitch enthusiast (click here for my Instagram, full of progress photos)
- long-time gamer
- enthusiastic fan of Indian Cinema (click here for my movie review blog)
- holder of a B.A. in History
- passionately interested in World War I, Edwardian England, and England's Regency Period
- supremely uninterested in American history
ten things that make me smile:
- the double u's in the word "vacuum"
- seeing 12:34 on the clock
- mountains in the distance
- pleasing colors
- iced sugar cookies
- snow
- sharpened pencils
- alphabetical order
- notebooks
- polka dots
ten things I dislike:
- being late
- raisins
- wasting food
- losing something
- folded down corners in books
- driving in the rain
- the interstate
- hot weather
- ants
- the sight of blood
ten things I do well:
- make lists
- type
- write essays
- organize things
- read out loud
- connect with children
- time management games
- compose photos
- cross stitch
- keep a journal
ten things I don't do well:
- spell
- cook
- give blood
- remember
- tell time
- math
- parallel park
- spatial awareness
- keep to "regular hours"
- stay coolheaded under pressure
ten authors I love
- Jane Austen
- Terry Pratchett
- C.S. Lewis
- Georgette Heyer
- Agatha Christie
- H. Rider Haggard
- Diana Wynne Jones
- Angela Thirkell
- Wilkie Collins
- John Donne
ten books I regularly revisit
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol
- Jane Austen's novels
- Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- the Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery
- I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
- Agatha Christie's mysteries
- Room with a View by E.M. Forster
- Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
- Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
- Phantastes by George MacDonald
ten movies I've watched again and again
- Disney's Robin Hood
- An Affair to Remember
- White Christmas
- Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
- Bachelor Mother
- The Court Jester
- The Princess Bride
- While You Were Sleeping
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
- Veer Zaara
ten people I wish I could meet
- Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton: British explorer, scholar, soldier, and author (1821-1890)
- James Burke: British science historian (b. 1936)
- George MacDonald: Scottish author and minister (1824-1905)
- C.S. Lewis: British author, Christian apologist, scholar (1898-1963)
- Thérèse of Lisieux: French Catholic Discalced Carmelite nun and saint (1873-1897)
- Hoagy Carmichael: American singer/songwriter (1899-1981)
- Salman Khan: Indian movie star and humanitarian (b. 1965)
- Vincent van Gogh: Dutch painter (1853-1890)
- Teresa of Calcutta: Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, foundress, and saint (1910-1997)
- Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1926-2022)
