About A.D. Elliott – Take the Back Roads

A person wearing a dark suit and sunglasses sits casually on a bright pink chair, blowing a large pink bubblegum bubble against a white brick wall, creating a playful and confident portrait.

About A.D. Elliott – Take the Back Roads

I’m A.D. Elliott, a lifelong reader who believes books are both companions and teachers.

Rite of Fancy is my space for exploring the stories that have shaped my thinking and traveled with me across seasons of life — from enduring classics to unexpected discoveries that linger long after the final page. Here, I read not as an academic, but as a traveler — curious, reflective, and unafraid to follow a thought down its winding path.

Over time, this project has become more than a reading log. It is an ongoing record of growth — a chronicle of how literature refines, challenges, unsettles, and steadies us.

Every book leaves a mark. I like to trace where it lands.