My name is Michelle (or Elle), I’m 36, I grew up in California, I live in Connecticut. If you’ve been following me for a very long time, you may be wondering who the hell Libro Vermo is, but you might remember me as Bookish Bean.
I love reading (my favorites are speculative fiction, horror, and anything very strange) and I love writing about what I read. I tend to keep my reviews pretty casual, but I’ve been told I don’t know how to write anything shorter than a book, so they’re usually on the longish side.
In 2012, I contacted one of my favorite authors about purchasing a couple of his books. He asked if I wouldn’t mind reviewing them, but I told him I already reviewed one of his books on Amazon and everyone rated it as “unhelpful” so I didn’t think I was very good at it. He said they were assholes and I shouldn’t worry about what other people think of my reviews because good or bad, they are never unhelpful.
He made me feel a lot more confident about writing reviews, so I started this blog in January of 2013 as a place to keep and share them. I kept the blog until 2015 and then off and on over the years. Now, as of December 2023, I’m back as Libro Vermo.
As Bookish Bean, I wrote spoiler-heavy reviews. As Libro Vermo, I’m no longer into the spoiler scene. So I decided to make a lot of my old reviews private. Other than that, I’m still the same me. I still order pineapple on my pizza, I spend my free time reading or playing video games, I love to dance around my house like a maniac, and I love Oxford commas.
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