Hi! Welcome to RedHeadsBooks! My name is Katie the redhead with the messy bun behind this blog and I’m so happy you’re here! Before we dive into what you can expect from this blog, I’d love to give you some fun facts about me and maybe dive into my reading journey and why I started this blog.
Some fun facts about me:
I am proud Swiftie, like we’re talking I was in the Top 1% of her listeners on Spotify last year kinda Swiftie.
I LOVE the show Supernatural, like I can put on almost any episode and watch like I’ve never seen it before and I even named my furbaby Winchester (I’m a dean girl whose Sam curious).
My favorite genres are mystery/thriller and romance (the spicier the better).
I’m a caffeine addict so if my content seems chaotic it’s probably because I’m over caffeinated.
Now that we’ve gotten those fun facts out of the way, I want to quickly describe why I started this blog and give you some insights into what you can expect from me. Growing up I always loved reading, helps that my mom was a school librarian for most of my childhood so she always encouraged me to read and made it fun. I, of course, fell out of my love of reading in high school when I stopped reading for fun and more to just finish an assignment.
It would surprise you after that to hear that when I went to college I originally set out to be an English major who ultimately wanted to write. But of course having to read so many novels for assignments was fun so after I transferred to a university closer to home I quickly changed my major to a more career minded communications. Don’t worry, I have an English Literature minor because there was no way that I was going to let my English courses go to waste.
Reading became both comforting and tough after my mom died. Going to the library with her was one of my favorite things to do, even as an adult, because I loved watching her walk up and down the aisles just picking books like she just knew she would love it. She would have stacks upon stacks of books next to her bed and there were multiple nights that I would be the one to take her glasses off and turn off her light after she fell asleep reading. So when she died it became tough to find joy in reading, though there were a few times that I would find myself picking up a book and getting lost in the pages feeling her comfort while doing so.
For the next few years I would pick up a book here or there between the rat race of trying to find a job and then once I landed a job I got into audiobooks since I was spending so much time commuting to work that it was perfect to spend my time in the car getting lost in an audiobook and I lucked out with a coworker that was in a book club so we were able to read and discuss the books she was reading together. This is when I found my love of reading again and late last year I got a kindle, which was a game changer for me, especially when I got my Kindle Unlimited subscription. I was devouring books both long and short.
So that’s where this blog comes in. I wanted a place to put down my thoughts on the books I’m reading like it was my own little book club. The plan is to have book reviews, books I’ve got on my TBR list (that grows almost every time I go on TikTok thanks #booktok), and my favorite books I’ve read throughout the years with a few anticipated releases.
I hope you join me on this ride and feel free to drop your book recs in the comments or if you follow on social in the dms because I’m always looking for new books to read.
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