Hi friends!
Welcome to my blog! Feel free to grab a cup of tea (or whatever your hot beverage of choice this is), make yourself comfortable, and take a few moments to look around my little corner of the Internet.
Currently, I only have a bunch of introductory posts, but this place is a home for all my thoughts about reading, wandering, writing, and othering (otherwise known as the serendipitous section that contains my thoughts that don't pertain to my three main sections). It also serves as an extension of my @the_booktourist Instagram account.
Why did I start this blog?
Well, because of my bookstagram account. So to understand why I started this blog, you first have to understand why I started my bookstagram account on IG. I started my bookstagram account about a year ago because I was moving to Colorado. And I was scared. I had no idea what lay at the end of that cross-country trip with my dog, clothes, and books stuffed into my little Prius. I'd never even been to CO and the only person I knew in CO was the boy that I followed out there (that's a story for another time). Friendship and books have always coexisted for me. In fact, I met one of my best friends at a Sarah J. Maas book signing event. So logically, I thought why not create a portable online community for myself of people who also love books. That way I'll always have a community of book lovers with me even when I'm doing scary things like moving halfway across the country.
Turns out the scariest thing I'd ever had to do in my life wasn't all that scary.
It's about nine months later and I think I've adjusted to Colorado quite nicely. And my bookstagram account has grown into an account that accurately reflects my passions: reading and writing (and soon to be wandering - I think I'm going to start sprinkling some travel posts into my content). And the people I've interacted with on bookstagram are absolutely LOVELY! They've continued to inspire me to create MORE! So here I am starting this blog. I've always wanted to do a blog, but I've never really had enough guts to commit to one until now. The bookstagram community has made me BRAVE!
Not going to lie, I'm still super nervous to start this blogging adventure because I'm afraid no one will really care to join me. BUT I'm pushing myself out of my comfort zone and hoping you'll take a look around and come back from time to time.
What can you expect?
A bunch of my thoughts on reading, writing and wandering. I can't promise my posts will be free of grammatical errors (I'm saving my editing brain for my WIP) or that I'll always have time to post as much as I want to, but I do promise to give you open and honest content about my three favorite topics.
Thanks for stopping by my blog! Hope to see you around here sometime soon!
Taylor
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