About

The Bluestocking Society
Literary Chronicles and Book Reviews from a Bluestocking

The Bluestocking Society has two purposes, equal in import:

(1) To interact with other book lovers, readers, authors, literati, etc.
(2) To keep a record of the books I read.

About Me

My name is Jessica, and I am a book addict. I read and read and read (as much as my career, family, and church will allow). I am a lawyer by trade but a reader by necessity. I have a B.A. in English Literature and, of course, a J.D. I live in Utah.

I think I was born a voracious reader. As a child, I was happier to receive books than dolls as gifts, and my parents eventually had to inform me that they would no longer be financing my book obsession.

My favorite places include bookstores (particularly musty ones with stacks of used books) and libraries. Powell’s Books and Sam Weller’s are high on my list of the happiest places on earth.

I belong to a face-to-face book club that meets once a month.

I am trying, relatively unsuccessfully, to cure myself of my book-buying habit.

I, obviously, love to read and tend toward literary fiction as my genre of choice. That being said, I’ll read almost anything that sounds good (or has won a prestigious award).

Recommendation System

I rate books based on a five-star scale.

= Genius
= Excellent
= Good
= Mediocre
= Terrible