My name is Megan Shaffer and I created this site to connect my love of literature to the world beyond the books that I read.

In addition to writing reviews, I try to pair fiction with travel or places I’ve been to highlight settings and give true reference to the works I read. I focus on independent booksellers and keep pace with literary trends. You’ll find linkable images in the Gallery for a closer look at these features.

For me, books are essential. They stretch my understanding of the world and of those who live very different lives from my own. I cheer the authors who write them, and those who make literature available to us in all of its beauty and form. I’m an avid supporter of independent booksellers and our incredible public library system.

This is a site designed for pure pleasure. I’m not selling anything and there’s no motive other than to enjoy the art of the written word.

Quite simply, this is My Living Fiction.