Hi, I’m Dani.
I adore reading and reviewing books.
I grew up with a flashlight under my pillow so I could sneakily read past bedtime (let’s be honest though, I wasn’t being sneaky at all. My parents knew the whole time). Years later, I now have a e-reader and I still read past my bedtime (I just don’t need that heavy flashlight anymore).
I’ve been devouring books for as long as I can remember. It started with a Goosebumps book back in my elementary school classroom library. A year later, Harry Potter was released and I’ve been hooked on reading ever since.
I love the feeling of getting lost inside a good book. From Fantasy to Sci-Fi to Horror, I’ll read anything that I can fall headlong into.
That said, I also consider myself to be a pretty average reader. Some months I can devour 8+ books. Sometimes I have several-month-long reading slumps. Sometimes I’m only in the mood for romance or fantasy and sometimes I can’t get enough of horror .
Basically what I’m trying to say is that books have been a huge presence in my life for over 35 years. I wanted a place to share my love of reading with other readers and thus this site was created!
Bits and Bobs
I read primarily on Kindle but I love collecting physical copies of my favorite reads.
I love supporting my local library and try to get most of my books from places like Libby. My hold list is forever-long!
I frequently fall prey to pretty or intriguing covers (this doesn’t always work out in my favor).
My favorite series is The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (and, of course, the Extended Edition movies).
Some of my other favorite books included Contact by Carl Sagan, The Eight by Katherine Neville, Bunny by Mona Awad and Fairy Tale by Stephen King. (See the whole list here).
More recent favorite reads include The Other Valley by Alexander Scott Howard, Heather by Caitlin Mullen, and Voyagers by Meg Charlton.
I’ll read anything by Emily St. John Mandel, Andy Weir, Naomi Novik, Chuck Wendig, Mona Award and Katherine Arden.
I love a good pandemic/dystopian novel or anything with a fun or intriguing magic system. Or anything involving space/astronauts/first contact.
I’m very introverted. :)