For the first 23 years of my life, 'reader' was one of my defining character traits and everyone knew it. But in 2013 when I started my first business, I had a [terrible] idea to stop reading fiction. I thought that if I wanted to be successful, I couldn't spend all my time reading books that wouldn't move me forward. I started only reading personal growth/business books and though I've read so many great books that have helped me grow, I missed fiction with a passion. In October 2022 I decided to start reading fiction again and curling up with a book in my favorite blanket on a fall day felt like coming home. And yes, I devoured that Emily Henry book in 36 hours and my husband was just a little concerned, LOL! 

As I fell back in love with reading again, I was finding myself annoyed that I had to keep coming back to my real world responsibilities instead of getting lost in a book. (I know I'm not the only person who feels that way!) I decided that I needed a weekend away to fill my cup with reading and reached out to some friends to pitch my idea. I immediately got so many responses of YES! But I also got responses of people who weren't able to come and were mad; they wanted me to tell them when I was going to do another one. At that moment a thought occurred to me... if my friends and I are all craving this type of respite then there must be so many others who feel the same way! And with that, book·cation was born!