About Me & This Blog

Update: Well, past me would be happy to know that I've continued this for years -- I've just moved to another place. Check out MyBookJoy.com for the current state of things! 😊

Hello there!

The reason that I have created this blog is because I am always trying to remember and record the things that I read. The best parts, the ones that come to mind in certain situations. The clever parts, where I want to quote it, but cannot quite remember it. The terrible parts, where I draw ideas of what not to do and teach as a teacher. 

I want a personal little database that allows me to reflect on what I've read. I want to see trends: in my first year of teaching, did I look into how to help students with disabilities? during the summer, did I read a lot of young adult novels? did I prepare for my trip abroad with travel novels and guides? Reading is always important and key in my life, and now I'm just curious about how exactly it is. 

Finally, I also just love books. I love to read them and to share them and to think about them and to interact with them! If anyone ever reads this besides me, then I want this to be a way for them to think and share and interact with reading as well. (Not to mention interacting with me. :P)

So, that is the basis for this existence. Who knows how long it will last? One or two posts? A few months? A lifetime? It might devolve into a sporadic splurge of things I have read. I hope not.

--Jennifer

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