Hello!
I’m Mary, a 25 year old book enthusiast and PhD student in Literary History at Ohio University. I recently earned my Master of Letters in Book History at the University of St Andrews in Scotland; before that I graduated from undergrad in 2023 from Middlebury College in Vermont.
I started this blog at age 11 searching for an outlet to share my excitement about the books I was reading beyond the dinner table with my family. Through much of middle and high school this blog focused primarily on YA (young adult) and MG (middle grade) fiction. As I headed off on my gap semester and have since started college Books In Her Head has expanded as my reading tastes have, and now includes a mix of book reviews/lists as well as lifestyle posts, which explore topics like fashion, beauty, photography, travel, and academics.
Outside of stuffing my nose in a book, updating this blog, or struggling back to my car with a pile of books from the library/my local indie, I consider myself a bit of a hobby aficionado. My other interests include sexual/domestic violence advocacy, Taylor Swift, journaling, writing, typography, perfume samples, feeling grass on bare feet, stationary, mood boards, collecting vintage Nancy Drew books, loose leaf tea, mediation, decaf Pumpkin Spice Lattes, hiking, Grey’s Anatomy, indie bookstores, urban legends, playing the piano, eyeshadow, running, talking on the phone, The Vampire Diaries, Halloween, decorating and writing snail mail, handcrafts (embroidery/knitting/sewing), the color yellow, sustainable fashion, plants, Scooby Doo, yoga, vintage/thrifted clothes, traveling, making risotto, campfires, history, stickers, politics, maximalism, Black Lives Matter, educational reform, medieval literature, Criminal Minds, Super 8, feeling cozy, Swedish coffee shops, thunderstorms, chunky sweaters, Bones, being an intersectional feminist, and the perfect pair of jeans.
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