Closing January Library Visit

Man, oh man how I love the library.  Isn’t the library great?  I couldn’t imagine a world without libraries, and am always stunned when one is close to shutting down.  It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me when they do.  Well, I guess bureaucratic mess is mostly to blame.  Anyway, I’m getting off track.  The point is that Thursday I moseyed on down to the library to look for something to read–even though I have 1,001 unread books on my shelves.  And because I stay in there and scanning shelf after shelf for new discoveries, here’s what I found… 

Long Distance Love by Marita Golden

"A woman flees the South of the 1920's to join the Black migration Northward, marries a black rationalist and has a daughter, who returns to the South to fight for civil rights and find her own identity"

Flight of the Blackbird by Faye McDonald Smith

"Members of the Black professional elite in Atlanta, Mel and Builder Burke work hard and enjoy the benefits of private school for their daughter and two vacations a year, but their dream begins to fade when Mel loses her job and Builder's business crumbles."

Happy Tuesday to the Underdogs, Eh?

Easily our anthem for 2020.  So come on Alicia Keys with the new music!  And it's right on time for many of us, right?  

You know, matters are already hard enough as we all try to create opportunities in our lives.  We have our good days.  We have our bad days.  We have days of clarity.  Then we have days of confusion.  We have days we are productive.  And days where we can barely get out of our heads to move.  Then there are days where we don't think we'll make it at all.  Followed by days where the silver lining is too sharp to ignore.

CHOP IT UP: Scene of the Climb by Kate Dyer-Seeley

CHOP IT UP: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

#FridayReads ~ 1/24/2020

Some Happy Tuesday Reader's Motivation

You know, sometimes I wonder what it’s like to be a part of the “in” crowd. To be all sweet and likable and relatable. Smart and intellectual. To read what’s new and noteworthy, or seasoned and classic. To be able to analyze a piece of literature down to its core, and articulate my findings breathlessly. To be the one viewers go for information and understanding of broad concepts. And to read what’s in-demand to further my studies. To read all the profound and meaningful literary pieces to grasp an understanding of the human condition. To be a bubbly darling, while staying in sequence with all entails being a darling (one being a specific look that I don‘t match). To read the books that are “right” and “necessary” before storming forth with a cause and call to action. To read with purpose–as oppose to just wanting some author to tell me a good freakin’ story first.
Ahhhh, I wonder what that’s like…

Then after a while I get bored at the thought and go read and do whatever it is I want to do. Because I honestly just don't feel like doing all that, and would much rather just get things off my chest as they come. I’ve never been a very good team player anyway.

Besides, my credit score won’t be affected either way.

HAPPY TUESDAY, READERS OUT THERE. REMEMBER TO DO YOU AND READ ALL THE BOOKS YOU WANT TO READ! :P

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