Katelyn- Customer Service Specialist

Team Audio Books Still Count

Heyo! My name is Katelyn, I'm 23, and listening to audiobooks gets me through my 30 minute commute to work. The number of YA and Adult Romance books I’ve read is a mile long, but Jane Austen holds a special place in my heart. My love for reading started when my mom read "The Magic Treehouse" series to my brother and I as children, and now I am slowly making my way through every illustrated cover romance in existence. I have the honor of running the preschool storytime at the Kennewick branch and it has given me the opportunity to fall back in love with children's picture books! You can find me re-watching movies in the movie theater and binge-watching tv shows curled up under a blanket. I like my art neat and my kitchen messy, I'm a big fan of the Godzilla franchise, and thunderstorms remind me of my childhood home in the Midwest. And I love Goodreads almost as much as I love my dog.

Unique Perspectives in Fiction That Changed the Way I Think

8 months ago

It’s easy to read books where the main character looks like you, acts like you, and thinks like you. But, oftentimes, I have found that I gain more from the books with main characters that look, think, and act entirely different than I do. Here is a list of fictional books (and a movie) with diverse and unique perspectives that helped me think outside of myself.

This book contains the perspective of a teenager with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
This book contains the perspective of a teenager who has recently become blind.
This book/play contains the perspective of a Black family struggling to uphold their financial dignity in the 1950s.
This book contains the perspective of a fifth grader with cerebral palsy.