Hey Bookies! Here's Who I Am and Why We're Going to Be Reading Friends

Hey Bookies (pronounced boo-keys, not book-ees)!

Welcome to One of Your Little Reading Friends. I am so glad you are here.

My name is Tasha, and I have been wanting to do this for a long time. A really long time. It hasn't happened until now because I am a professional procrastinator and, if there is a way to put something off, I have perfected it.

But something shifted recently.

Since 2023 I have been through some of the most serious health challenges of my life. Things that I was not sure I would survive. I am thankful every day that I did. But surviving changes how you see time. How you see the things you keep saying you will do later (and believe me, I have a long list of those). How you feel about almost 40 years of putting off the things that matter to you because the moment never felt quite right.

The moment is never going to be perfect. I know that now more than I ever have.

So, the day after my 37th birthday this past March 13th (yes, I'm a Pisces Queen) I told myself I was done waiting. Then my desktop computer died that same morning and I do not have a replacement yet (using my growth mindset language even though I want to cry about it lol). Even though I am my own worst enemy, I still started planning this blog the very next day on a junky old laptop that has absolutely seen better days. And here we are.

I have been a reader my whole life. Reading has always been a comfort for me, something I return to no matter how long life pulls me away from it. That is the thing about books. They wait for you. No matter what you are going through, no matter how long you have been away, a good book will meet you exactly where you are. I needed that comfort more times than I can count over the last couple of years and books showed up every single time.

So it felt right that when I finally stopped procrastinating (for now), it was books I wanted to talk about.

I try to read at least two books a month. Sometimes that happens. Sometimes it does not. I am working on it and I am not going to pretend otherwise. I read sporadically. There is no guaranteed time of day, no dedicated reading hour, no perfectly curated routine. It happens when it happens. On a random Tuesday afternoon, late at night when I should be sleeping, in a burst over a weekend when the right book has me in a chokehold.

As for what I like to read, I love a tragic story. Give me something that emotionally wrecks me. The kind of book that leaves me needing a moment afterward, maybe a little grief, maybe a lot. I love great storytelling above everything else. A book that makes me feel something deeply, that pulls me in and does not let go, that is what I am always chasing. I read widely across fiction including fantasy, thriller, romance, contemporary, and whatever else catches my attention. I have opinions about all of it and I will share them honestly.

This blog is not about telling you what to think. It is about sharing what I think, finding people who want to talk about it, and building a space where every kind of reader feels welcome. Whatever you read, however fast or slow you read it, however many books you finish or do not finish, you belong here.

Books have always been there for me. Now I want to talk about them with people who get it.

Pull up a chair. Get comfortable. The yapping starts now.

I will see you every Saturday.

Tasha