They usually have an entire page for the "About Me," but I didn't feel we needed that here. My name is Syd Scott, I am from rural northwest Ohio and am an English major. I don't know if it is my friend group or my overall awkwardness or my poor social skills that don't really enable me to connect with people the way that I so desperately want to. But for whatever reason I have a really hard time forming meaningful relationships of any kind with people. I've always been more on the loner side, I say that with no bitter undertones or resentment, I am just content being by myself. It was in my many times of solitude that I found my love for books all those years ago. I didn't fully embrace myself for who I was until after high school and the pressure of conformity lifted off my shoulders. I spent years repressing my inner nerd and deeply regret all the books I could have read and all the loves I could have loved sooner, had I not been so worried about fitting in and instead chose to do what I wanted, which would be reading. Now, however, I am done with that and am embracing my inner nerd and fangirling unapologetically. It is my hope that with this blog I will be able to connect with people in ways that I can't now. No one wants to talk about books with me, and I sincerely hope to make some friends and meaningful relationships with my fellow book-lovers, we are scarce and few but we are here, I hope to meet you. Please don't be afraid to reach out! -S