The Book Enthusiast was the brain child of Debra Presley. November 2017 marks its 5 year anniversary.

Debra Presley is a USA Today Bestselling author and native New Yorker who made her escape to the suburbs. She often returns to her hometown to visit her favorite deli for a bagel with butter, because there’s no better bagel than a New York bagel. When not in search of bagels, Debra spends her time running Book Enthusiast Promotions, an online promotions company that helps indie authors spread the word about their books. She’s also the owner of The Book Enthusiast blog.

She started writing lyrics in her wall-to-wall NKOTB bedroom at the tender age of thirteen while dreaming of the day she’d become Mrs. Jordan Knight. That dream never came to fruition, but she has continued to write.

She discovered Fifty Shades of Grey and her reading habit was ignited again, after a hiatus that lasted several years while she was in college. FSOG was the first book she bought as an ebook. The ease of an ebook was really appealing and she went looking for more and that’s when she found the indie world. The first indie authors she stumbled upon were R.L. Mathewson and S.C. Stephens.

Soon after she found a couple of blogs and started following them and their recommendations. One day she decided to take the plunge into blogging and loved it! Since then she’s discovered many new authors and has had a hand in showcasing many authors through her blog tour company – Book Enthusiast Promotions (BEP).

In April 2017, Debra merged BEP with DRC Promotions to open a full service PR company called Buoni Amici Press LLC. Since then the company has taken off and has kept her busy. However, in the fall of 2017 Debra relaunched The Book Enthusiast to mark its 5 year anniversary in November.

She’d love to hear from you so please leave a comment below or feel free to look around and share your thoughts on the books she and her fellow book nerd friends have read.

Hello I’m Erin. I, like a lot of women, began my book obsession with 50 Shades of Grey. My great friend and secretary at work told me I needed to read it multiple times and after much fight I finally gave in. That was the beginning of the end—I was hooked. The obsession started.

This blog was the first to feed my obsession and hasn’t stopped. There are only a few books I have read that I haven’t liked. My husband just finally realized that I was reading more then just Nicholas Sparks type books, and still he can’t wrap his mind around what these books are about.

When I am not reading you will find me at work or at the gym. Yes, I have tried to read at the gym and just about fell off the treadmill. My choice read is a book that can keep my attention. I am also big into audiobooks, they are heaven sent and make yard work and house work so much more bearable. I do have a few favorite authors and narrators, if you ask I will tell you all about them. I love being about to “pimp” out authors of all sorts. I am excited to be here and to add my two cents to some fantastic books.

Hi Guys

My name is Doris and with the help of Debra Presley and The Book Enthusiast I have found my way around the internet, books, and reviewing. I love it but not so sure if my family actually does because I HAVE to read any free time I have now which is hard to find since I babysit my two little grandbabies with one more on the way. Plus I think they get embarrassed when they see some of the book covers that will show up on my Kindle…it probably is a good thing then that they don’t look inside the covers! I started out with reading crime/thrillers and then gravitated toward YA/Dystopian about the time of Twilight and The Hunger Games. Now you will find rock romance books and anything with bikers on my Kindle. It’s a great escape from life in small town Wisconsin. The only thing I won’t read are books involving firemen since my son is a fireman/paramedic…it just seems wrong. lol

I have learned how important it is to write reviews for books that I read which is something that I had never really thought of in the beginning. It’s the least I can do for people who dedicate their time to readers like me who wait on pins and needles for that “next” book to come out. I envy their talent especially since I have such a hard time writing reviews sometimes. Debra and The Book Enthusiast always keep me in touch with the new book world that I have discovered.