Dear Compulsive Reader, Herein Lies Your Salvation

Hello, my name is Casey and I am a compulsive reader. Since I can remember, I have had a "to-read" list that is entirely unmanageable. I add books to it far faster than I can cross them off, and the fact that most of the books I'm interested in are at least 400 pages in length does nothing to help my situation. If you're a compulsive reader too, you're in the right place. If you aren't sure whether you're a compulsive reader or not, perhaps I can be of some assistance.

Do you . . .

1. Have an astronomically long "to-read" list?
2. Practically get the chills when walking into a library or bookstore?
3. Spend more time on Amazon, Goodreads, or similar websites searching for new books than you do checking your email/Facebook page/Twitter profile etc.?
4. Have a Kindle?
5. Desperately desire a Kindle?
6. Assign daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly reading goals?
7. Habitually leave the library with an uncomfortably large stack of books that you know you won't get to anyway? (They seduced you, didn't they? Sneaky little bastards.)
8. Get strange looks from people who don't understand your frenzied curiosity?
9. Give strange looks to people who don't understand your frenzied curiosity?

10. Countdown on your calendar to the dates when the books you've been waiting for are coming out?

If you answered yes to five or more of these questions, I am simultaneously grieved and pleased to inform you that, yes, you are indeed a compulsive reader. This site is for you.

I read an awful lot, yet I don't think it's enough. There are bookworms, and then there are bookworms on steroids. In this blog, I hope to introduce people to a wide variety of books, on a wide variety of topics. I think the reason I enjoy reading so much is that I enjoy learning so much, and reading is self-education.

Since I am partial to certain subjects and find others repulsive, I cannot promise to be of much assistance when it comes to math, science, or technology and their decidedly bland offspring. But if you are drawn to things that are off the beaten path—more artistic, more eclectic, more eccentric—then, please, do stick around.