Who we are

Hello! We are Cameron and Finney (human and dog, respectively), and we are bringing Finney’s Books to life in east Austin.

I have been an avid reader since childhood. I was the typical kid who fell asleep listening to the Harry Potter books – flipping the tape in my boombox each night to continue to the next part. My dad always tells a story about how when I started studying for my driver’s license at 15, I didn’t know what double yellow lines were because I’d spent my whole childhood with my nose buried in a book in the backseat of the car. I won’t argue with how much I read, but I do take issue with the inference that I was that oblivious at nearly 16 years old. Books and stories have always been important to me and have served as a point of comfort, joy, and connection throughout my life.

In the last couple years, like so many folks around me, I discovered the absolute JOY to be found in romance books. What I once thought of as outdated regressive stories have instead been a place where I’ve found stories that celebrate love and pleasure in all their forms. And as a queer woman, I’ve been delighted with the ever-expanding catalog of queer love stories that celebrate that love is love.

I was so lucky to find an online book club with a small group of women who want to read and talk about these books as much as I do, and truly embody the spirit of “we listen and we don’t judge.” Through them I have expanded my reading to include romance stories from contemporary to fantasy to the most unhinged stories out there and we’ve enjoyed every single one. Well, at least we enjoyed reading them together, even when we didn’t enjoy the book.

**Finney would like me to note that he loves a good audiobook, having been forced to listen to dozens. He loves a good MM romance, sweet little gay boy that he is. ;)