Welcome to my blog. I’m glad you’ve stopped by. 
There are a lot of book blogs around, and I’m happy that you’re taking the time to find out what this blog is about. Books are my passion, and I spend a lot of time volunteering for a service that makes print books accessible for people with reading disabilities like blindness and dyslexia. I put this blog together to share news and reviews of the books I’m reading and working on while volunteering.
The only thing better than reading a good book is meeting other people who like to read, so I hope you’ll comment on what you read here and share your thoughts about the books you like. This journal isn’t worth much without feedback from you.
My name is Monica, and I live near Atlanta, Georgia. I’m a mom, freelance writer, and marketing director for my dad’s road service company. I am blind and have been since birth. I use a scanner and speech software to turn print books into audiobooks. Through a project called Bookshare, scanned books can be submitted anddistributed to people who are blind or have dyslexia so they can read books with Braille or with speech like I do. TheAmerican government passed a law allowing us to do this legally so that when one person scans a book, other people with disabilities can benefit. So when I’m talking about reading a book, you’ll know that I’ve either scanned it myself, or I got it from Bookshare after another volunteer did the work of scanning. Either way, I have a little gadget called a Book Port that I clip onto my jeans, just like an old-style Walkman. It plays my books for me while I do the dishes, ride my exercise bike, or sit on my porch swing. Because Bookshare provides textbooks as well as fiction, I can even follow along with my daughter and help her with her homework. In terms of technology, there has never been such a wonderful time to be alive, and it’s only getting better.
