Welcome!
I am so excited to kick off this blog. I have been diligently working on this website for weeks and am so excited to begin sharing it with the world. My love for reading is somewhat fresh, and it has been so much fun to get back into the swing of reading for fun.
The name of this blog: Book and Worm is a play on the term “bookworm”. You’ll learn a lot about books, through reviews and author spotlights, but you’ll also learn about me and other “worms!” Books would be nothing if there weren’t people to read them, so we should focus in on that too! There are so many people who love reading for fun, and who are engaging with social media. Booktok, Booktube, Bookstagram is popping off in the social media space right now, and bookworms are taking over the internet! I definitely want to focus in on these people and show them the love they deserve.
As someone who has been deep in academia for the majority of my life, as an AP student in high school and honors student in college, there is so much required reading that I have to do that I didn’t think there was any way I would ever be able to enjoy reading for fun again until I graduated, but this is not the case! I know that is the shared opinion by so many people in the world, but I want to change that relationship and help introduce reading for fun again to those who feel the desire to do so but don’t know how.
If you already love reading, however, don’t fret! There is a lot of content I plan on pushing out that will be relevant and fun to read for you. I intend to help people get into reading wherever they are in their journey! If you already love reading, but are interested in book clubs, or rare covers, or how to implement reading with your social media, you have come to the right place! There will be all of this and more throughout blog posts on my website.
And so that you can get to know me, my name is Graysen, and I am a senior in college in my last semester at Belmont University! I am about to enter the corporate world come January, and I am excited and nervous to see how that affects my reading. I am an avid reader, and I love aesthetics, so if you do too, let’s be friends!
I have a shelter puppy who I am obsessed with and a boyfriend of 3 years who hears all about my books and the characters that I love and hate the most. Sorry Harry! I also love to play pickleball, bake, hang out with my friends, and explore the city that I live in: Nashville!
Overall, I am so excited to kick off this website and make so many friends in the reading community. Please please please fill out the email form so that you can get updates on my progress with this website, and feel free to contact me with any suggestions or feedback that you may have! I welcome it with open arms.