Introducing...

Hello! I think it's about time to introduce myself. My name is Niki, and I've been reading since I was 2 years old (writing since I was 3). As a child, books were my passion. Believe it or not, even when we went to Toys 'R' Us, I was more content sitting in the book/coloring book section and reading while my parents walked my little brother around. If there were no books with words, I'd make up my own stories to coloring books. Do I need to explain any further?

In middle and high school I was adept at picking apart linguistics and methods of writing (English is my third language, so that helped), and multiple IB and college honors classes have given me a good insight into dissecting authors' meanings (although I'm not always impressed by that--has anyone read Kiss of the Spider Woman? So boring). I'm jealous of my friends who received English or Journalism degrees because they got to read so so so much and are better writers and analyzers for it, while I've forgotten much of what I used to know and have to rediscover it all at a much slower pace.

Enter law school. I will be starting my third and final year this fall and am currently working a more-than-full-time internship. This means I have had no time to read for pleasure. I'm really glad Mallory invited me to join this because it will force me to read more, as I have been craving and missing for years. I plan to get started ASAP and will let you know when I've finished a book! Until then, I might just review some books I've already read. (If I have time.)

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Niki