About Me

About Me:
First and foremost I am a human, secondly, female. Thirdly, I am a lover: of the arts, of reading, of people, and of life. I am a student; but sadly not for much longer.

After a long debate with my rational self and my passionate self, my passionate self won. I changed my major from civil engineering to english. I have no regrets. I do not look back. I do not care if I do not end up with the same salary as I would have as an engineer. I have one life to live - the purpose is to work to live, not live to work.

I live in Portland, Or. I work at the art museum there - and trust me, it is an amazing museum for how small the city really is. I am surrounded by culture, and fellow bibliophiles. I thrive. This city and I, now we don't necessarily get along... As in, I will someday move from here. It is not really my home - I am here for school, but I have found a good life here, too. I will take it with me wherever I go (the people will be harder to pack in boxes though).

About the Challenge:
There is a book, 1,001 Books to Read Before You Die. Now me being me and loving books the way I do, I said to myself I need to check this out. The resulting list of books is massive, daunting, intimidating, thrilling, and exciting. I cannot wait to check everything off my list. It will force me to see past what I look for in books.

It will force me to open my eyes in new way.

I know this will continue for the rest of my life. Hopefully, I can keep up with the blog simultaneously, as well as other not-so-challenge related books that I have on my personal want to read list.

Give me your book opinions. What shouldn't be on the list - what should. Which books were beyond expectation - which left you feeling defeated.

An update on this challenge: I still am wanting to do the list. But I am no longer making it about finishing the list, and all 1,001 books. This is about my love of books. My want to read them all. I will be reading whatever I want to from now on. This is like life (because books are my life); not about the destination but the journey. The growing, learning, loving, hating, joy, and regret of a life with books.

Because I certainly can't do this alone.