Hi! My name is Sara and I am thrilled that you discovered my blog, seferlover. Sefer, in Hebrew, means book. Growing up as an only child, books were my constant companions. I loved strolling through the bookstore with my mom, who supported my voracious reading habits. Libraries became portals that provided escapes from everyday life. Through literature, I became empowered.

This blog is an eclectic mix of personal reflection, analysis, book reviews, and pop culture commentary. When I am not busy reading or writing, you can find me working at a really cool university in North Carolina. My simple pleasures include:

• Meditation & yoga for that #mindful life.  It’s really cool science!
• Snuggles with my black bean toy poodle, Bobbi.
• Taking care of my newest feline companion, Fern.
• Being a thorn in the side of fascist sympathizers.
• Studying to become a counselor.
• Dreaming about moving to Portland.
• Cultivating my TBR list, buying books, finding books, and reading books.

If you are a fellow bookworm or just want to say “hey”, feel free to drop me a line at sara@seferlover.com.

“When you’re sad and lonely where you are, it only makes sense that you’d do whatever you could to get someplace else.  That was what books were for – my lifeline, my oxygen when I was underwater, my escape.  They gave me other worlds that I could inhabit, characters into whose skin I could slip.  In book-world, I wasn’t chunky or clumsy, the girl whose overlarge vocabulary was the equivalent of a ‘kick me’ sign taped to my back, the girl with the ugly face, the weird clothes, the complete lack of friends…Books were a series of magic carpets, each one with the power to deliver me to another, better place.“

-Jennifer Weiner, Hungry Heart