Joel of Book Reader's Traverse

Here's Joel at rest, contemplating one of his many reads. He is fast at work, reviewing as many of them as he can for Book Reader's Traverse. He started out life as Joel III. Esq., reading cereal box ingredient lists back before that was considered sexy and hip. Constantly surrounded by young, chic grocery baggers, he has an immense ego.

Joel III. Esq. lives in Washington State and makes a living fixing things. He complains that he makes just enough money to afford his chantilly lace beekeeper outfit collection, which he claims he uses to attract other beekeepers. There may be pictures of these on the Net somewhere if what Joel contends is true, but no one has reported actually seeing these outfits besides Joel himself.

Joel reads about anything in print as long as it is in English. No offense to others, he says, he just reports that he does not have enough time to be bilingual. He contends he tried to be a writer, but accidentally ate his own chocolate fingers one day. But he loves to read, and loved to discuss books with the old book club from which Book Reader's Traverse sprang. Unfortunately, because of his participation in this group, he began thinking there were only five people in the world who read anymore; so he says when the group inevitably disbanded, he started into a downward spiral of melancholy, which eventually led to him scratching his rear and mumbling to himself about books while walking the streets. That is why he was delighted to become involved in this great web site for book readers, where he can read and review to his heart's content.