recreated app-level template folder and created the home.html

lancedamalerio_reading/bookshelf/templates/bookshelf/home.html

+{% extends 'base.html' %}
+{% load static %}
+}
+{% block content %}
+
+<h1>Welcome to Lance's Database of Favorite Books and Authors!</h1>
+
+<p>I enjoy reading books from time to time. I love dystopian, japanese,and 
+    existentialism literature. Some of my favorite authors are Haruki Murakami and George Orwell.
+</p>
+
+<a href='/bookshelf/books/'>Books</a>
+<a href='/bookshelf/authors/'>Authors</a>
+
+{% endblock %}
+