How This Blog Came to Be

Ever since I was little, I have loved to read. Even before I could read, I savored every night when I would bring my pillow out to the couch and my dad would read to me. We used to go to the library almost every week and get stacks of books that reached over my head.

Once I started having to read for school, the novelty wore off a bit. I still enjoyed reading for fun, but as I got older I had less and less time. A few years ago, my love for reading was rekindled when I started working a full-time job and realized I had an hour to myself every day at lunchtime. I asked for a Kindle for Christmas and got to reading.

I've read more than 100 books over the last two years, and I plan on adding another 50 (or more) to that this year. But to challenge myself and spice things up a bit, I decided to set a goal to write a review for every book I read in 2014. I got this idea from my friend Joy, who made this her goal last year.

I thought I might be more motivated to keep this goal if I have a blog dedicated to the project. I also like the idea of having all of my reviews in one place, rather than having them scattered about the Interwebs (on Goodreads). So, I present to you, Pages and Thoughts, where I read pages of books and share with you my thoughts on them.

I'm excited for you all to join me in my book-reading adventures. I've already read several books this year and written reviews for all of them (yeah, I'm doing well on my goal so far!), so I'll be posting those over the next few days.