Emily Ables, an 18-year-old from Columbus, Ohio, is just like any other high school girl, except she also runs an Instagram account for book lovers with over 40,000 followers.
Ables posts beautiful photos of the book covers and passages that she's #CurrentlyReading alongside short reviews and commentary on her BlueEyedBiblio account.
"I had been trying to run a book blog for maybe 5 months before I made my Instagram. My blog was called BlueEyedBibliophile and didn't have many followers, so I thought creating an Instagram would help attract more attention," Ables told BuzzFeed.
The 18-year-old said that she started her book-themed Instagram account in September 2013 and it took her about a year and a half to gain nearly 7,000 followers.
"I love to smell the pages of books," she explained. "I love touching the pages and flipping through them, I love seeing how much more I have to read and how much I've already experienced."
The high schooler said she's learned a lot from managing her BlueEyedBiblio account. Notably, "how to think outside of the box while working within a square."
"While posting pictures of books every day with the same format and way of editing, I've had to get creative with how I compose my photos," Ables told BuzzFeed.
"I also learned that there are so many people in the world that love books like I do and it's been fun and rewarding to make connections with so many of them."
