About Me

I am a former book editor turned residential real estate attorney living in the suburbs of Chicago.  Between caring for house and family, a handful of volunteer commitments, and growing my career, my favorite escape is reading.  At the beginning of 2019, I started reviewing books online on Goodreads.  In 2020, I started a Bookstagrammer page, and I launched this blog the following year during Covid lockdown.  As my children have gotten a bit older — I have a teenager now — and my law practice has expanded, I’ve had less time to read for fun (and less time to write reviews), but I have a line of completed books to finish reviewing and post.

​Some of my favorite book genres are literary fiction, historical fiction, chick lit/women’s fiction, thriller/mystery, science fiction/fantasy/dystopian fiction, but I also enjoy reading nonfiction (especially science, history, and memoirs), classics, young adult, and middle grade books. I also read a lot of children’s, middle grade, and young adult books.

​When I’m not reading, helping people buy or sell their homes, or hanging out with my kids, I also have fun quilting, knitting, and cooking.  I’m also an avid supporter of and fundraiser for Emily’s Entourage, a nonprofit dedicated to funding medical research to fast track life-saving medications for cystic fibrosis.