Alexis W.

What I do when I’m not at the library: Read, obviously. Cook, eat what I cook, eat what other people cook by exploring new restaurants, travel, knit, hike.

If I wrote an autobiography, its title would be: I Must Have One of Those Faces: Getting Asked for Directions in Places I’ve Never Been To

The last thing I read: The Witch Elm by Tana French

Top Five Favorite Books:

• A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
• The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
• Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
• A Brief History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
• Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede

Favorite genres and subgenres:

• Literary Fiction: Magical Realism, Modern Classics, Apocalyptic, Women Authors
• Historical Fiction: Biographical, Family, Women Authors
• Romance: Historical, Regency
• History: Social, Adventure, Women, British, American, Latin American, Food and Agriculture, Narrative Non-Fiction
• Science Writing: Narrative Non-fiction, Natural History, Anthropology
• True Crime: Historical, Narrative Non-fiction