My name is Shaun Berry Winters. I changed it to this legally in 2025 to align more with who I am as a human being. I am an avid fan of Rainbow Brite and Strawberry Shortcake, so where do you think my middle name came from? Berry, Strawberry, Berry, Strawberry? Seeing the connection? Yes, it fits for me and who I am in this world, which matters more than anything. My first name comes from the fact that I fell into a rabbit hole this last year and fell in love with “The Good Doctor” and the character “Shaun Murphy” because I had been diagnosed as autistic in 2024 and I found it hard to find representation. I fell in love with this show and that character.
I am a licensed clinical social worker and work with people in my day to day life. I listen to other people and their various life happenings. I try to guide them towards having a happier existence on this planet. That is my purpose and my calling. I love others openly and I try to shine light back into their life as best as I can.
If you can’t tell, I love all forms of media. I love books, TV shows, and movies. I even enjoy listening to music. This is why that this blog isn’t going to be a static one thing type of review blog. Yes, I want to review books because NOSTALGIA, but I also want to review TV shows and movies to express my opinion on those things as well. This blog is also about stepping out into the world and exploring elements that I have not before. I am wanting to read more books about being a GREEN WITCH. I want to explore more religious and nature elements. I figure this blog can be a journal of this part of my journey, which includes reviewing and just being open to telling the world what I am doing.
One aspect of course will be reading because I have always had a special place in my heart for reading. I enjoyed book series like “Fear Street”, “Sweet Valley High” and “The Baby-sitters Club”. I stopped reading when life happened for many years and I keep coming back to that old friend when I am able. I keep reminding myself that we are allowed to read whatever we want. Reading is supposed to be for enjoyment. We are allowed to enjoy one genre or one particular style of books. This isn’t wrong and nor is it something to get down on someone else on this planet about, lets build each other up on what we read and build a beautiful community of readers. Let me say it again, we are allowed to love the books we love. We do not have to read everything, we should read what we enjoy and embrace who we are at our cores. If that is a mystery book lover, BE IT. If that is a classic book lover, BE IT. If you want to read everything under the sun, BE IT. Be the reader that you want to be and I am learning to try to embracing that more. You don’t have to read 500 books in a year to be a reader. To be a reader, you simply need to pick up a book and turn the pages as you read what is on the page or listen to it on your headphones or however you absorb the words that some author created.
As mentioned, I love more than just books. I love media in general, so this site will include more than just books. I am more than just media though as well. This site will include include opinions about the world, if I am writing, reviews for movies and television that I am watching, and pretty much anything that I want it to be. The name of the site is BERRY WINTERS after all. So I will try to make sure to use tags and if you like only certain posts, you can filter that way, but the beauty of “ABOUT BERRY” is this site is ABOUT ME. I can post what I feel from day to day. I am learning not to limit myself because someone else in the world wants me to hush my voice because that has been done to me for far too long in this life. I have been told I am this or that for far too long and now I am stepping into my own light. I am stepping into my own truths about me and instead of thinking that other people get to define me, I am defining me.
Some favorite books: The Selection by Kiera Cass, The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin, the “Fear Street” series by R.L. Stine, and so many more.
Some favorite TV shows: The Golden Girls, Girlfriends, Bridgerton, Drop Dead Diva, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The Gilded Age, and many more.
Some favorite movies: The Wizard of Oz, The Children’s Hour, The Hustle, Tyler Perry’s Straw and many more.
