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Welcome post, Dec. 28 2021

 Welcome to my book blog! 



 Hello Readers! 

    My name is Ashley and I have been an avid reader my entire life. My start of consuming literature came from my mom, who I saw reading all the time when I was growing up. Not long after I learned how to read did it become one of my favorite hobbies. Nowadays, while still in college, I still make time to read my "fun" books outside of my assigned textbooks and my interest in written storytelling has only grown. 

I wanted to share my thoughts on the books I read someway, somehow. I tried making videos on YouTube or BookTube, or maybe TikTok (BookTok) but I was never drawn to those mediums as much as I am to creating a blog about them. I feel that this will be the perfect place for me to put down my opinions and have all my thoughts in one place.

So, the point of this blog is to review the books that I read and recored my reading history for the years to follow.

A little about me, I like to lift during my free time, I love puns and dad jokes, and I hate all podcasts except the Minimalists Podcast. 

Thank you for reading my first installment, I hope you'll stick around so we can get to the books!

I run an Instagram account @booksbyreview

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