I've been on Goodreads since 2010. I'm proud of that. I spend a ton of time reading reviews and searching for my next reads and because of that, this site has become a valuable resource and friend. But I don't have my own presence here, my unique identity.

As a Goodreads Author, I spent years trying to figure out what that looks like. I linked to a blog that I no longer have active, and I dabbled at three word reviews (which I may do again!) What mostly happened though, is that I let my own page go dormant.

Over the last four years, my wife and I had three boys, and even with all the craziness that comes with that, I pushed myself to keep reading and to keep writing. In the back of my journals, I dedicated a page to keep track of the books I had read each year. I continued to publish short fiction and work on three novels. My debut short story collection will arrive in early 2019 from 7.13 Books.

So I've decided what to do. I'm going to double back to those journals and add all the books I've read over the last four years to my Goodreads page. I'll try to do a few reviews as well. Going forward, I will update the books I'm currently reading (I always seem to be about halfway through at least 5 books at any give time) and I will push out links to my published stories that appear online. I want to bring me, Josh Denslow, into the discussion here. Above all, I just want to share my love of reading, and if I'm lucky, find some people on Goodreads who want to read my books as well.

Thank you for this amazing community, and I'll see you out there!