The Secret Life of MEEEEE

i've been debating a while whether i should write this or not...but since i have nothing really particularly interesting to add more to my blog this week i figure why the heck not...my not so much a secret, secret hobby is reading...and i mean i read a lot...and i read like a demon...in reality i want to say i spend all my money on ultra girly things like makeup shoes and handbags, but i actually blow more money at the local bookstore and or online bookstore than i do at any fashion place of shopping...how nerdy of me?!

gucci joy hobo in platinum i'm using today (isn't she cute?!?!?)

VS.

third book i'm reading this week and second to review (third chapter and it's okay...nothing great to write home to mom about yet)

FIGHT!

i wasn't ALWAYS this way i'll mind you, i majored in psychology and women's studies in college, always hated my english classes, majoring in english/literature didn't even cross my mind at this point, and then decided to go into fashion/apparel 2 years after graduation and got my certification at FIT to become a product development manager...only to discover that in reality, fashion probably isn't my passion...READING is (i probably should've picked up on the cue that i started reading the harry potter series during FINALS week and finished the three books that were out at the time within that time frame as well lol) ...i have to admit to myself though i never really envisioned a book worm to be ultra stylish... it's like an oxymoron! but here i am...girl into fashion that LOVES TO READ!

one day at work a few years ago i discovered a HUGE pile of books in the stairwell when i was taking out my rubbish bin! it was like WOAH discovering gold! anyways...i find out later that a literary agent shares the same floor as us so i introduced myself and told her if she ever needed me to review anything for her, i'd be more than happy to! and from then on, i've had a great reader reviewer relationship with my awesome agent friend betty anne...i love her! i love what she does! and above all i love getting books for freeeee! by reviewing books i've managed to save myself quite the pretty penny...i'll read anything from how to guides, fiction, non fiction, childrens stories, ANYTHING...but my guilty pleasure is reading romance, the more paranormal/fantastical the better...there is something about a happy ending that ALWAYS gets me...sometimes the hot sex scenes do it for me...but in reality its the fiction that draws me in... it's my escape from reality whenever i crack open a book...it's my happy place and it can be done anywhere, not to mention makes my commute a lot easier (brooklyn to midtown is sometimes brutal on the subway), it also helps that i feel special sometimes when i get to read something that hasn't been mass released yet AND the fact that my review counts towards something, i feel like i'm helping humanity get rid of crappy literature!

so there you have it, fashion girl by day (textile sourcing specialist) and nerd extroadinaire (book reviewer) by night! how many of you out there lead a double life? >:)