BINGO! I'm probably way too excited about finishing my #BookBingoNW2016 blackout square, but completing this made my OCD side very happy. There are some gorgeously illustrated ones out there, too - I've seen at least one with mini-book covers for each square. #summerreading #summerofbooks
pickI have a reluctant relationship with poetry, unsure how to interpret the lines that end mid-sentence and the sentences that jump across stanzas. However, in order to complete my blackout, I needed a book of poetry. My library offered some familiar names, but I ultimately settled on this collection because Sherman Alexie has never let me down. Poetry continues to mystify, while Alexie does what he does best. #bookbingonw2016
I felt so fortunate & was so moved to hear Congressman John Lewis speak about his March trilogy at Bellevue Library last Friday. He and his co-creator Andrew Aydin are an amazing team with big goals, and their illustrator Nate Powell pulls it all together on every page. It's inspiring to see a change-maker like Rep. Lewis putting so much thought into passing on his legacy and his methods. #weneeddiversebooks #CivilRights #equality #BookBingoNW2016
pick"I don't see that there's much difference between the Fromes up at the farm and the Fromes down in the graveyard; 'crept that down there they're all quiet, and the women have got to hold their tongues." Oh the misery of the frozen souls of New England, never was there a more wretched place full of impoverished folks unable to share a bit of warmth.
Read in a day, filled my 'written 100+ years ago square' #bookbingonw2016
so-soI first read Surfacing in '94 part of a Post-War CanLit class. Trying to fill my 'Reread' square in #bookbingonw2016, I wanted to see if I love old Margaret Atwood as much as I love her current work.
One could say the novel is cryptic, but perhaps it's full of symbols waiting to be decoded. Narrative transitions into a dream world populated by the character's personal mythology. To further complicate things, Atwood eschews conventional grammar.
pickSomehow, I hadn't read this before. Listening to the audiobook narrated by Claire Danes is heart-breaking, stomach-clenching, and completely terrifying, because it's horrifyingly easy to see how what should be laughably far-fetched could become reality. If you haven't read this book yet, please do. It isn't a fun read, but it feels like an absolutely necessary one. #bannedbooks
After struggling w/an early draft of #BookBingoNW2016 for about 10min in June, I decided Post-Its were the way to go, letting me change my mind & plan ahead. 14 down, 6 IDd/started, & a few more to pick. At least 6 overlaps w/my #2016BookRiotReadHarderChallenge list makes me extra happy! (What's that? Working for a #library system has turned my book-nerdishness up to 11 to the nth power, you say? Well, maybe, but it's not like I had far to go.)
Typical: Walk into The Elliott Bay Book Company in search of one book (either Spinster or Bad Feminist - ha, "either"), walk out with four. Actually, this isn't that bad - when I walk into a library looking for one book, I usually walk out with an armful. #bookstacks #indiebookstore #feministlit #poetry #2016ReadHarderChallenge #BookBingoNW2016
pickVery quick, very moving read. I like this format for a memoir-as-history that's accessible to all ages, and it didn't detract at all from the emotional impact. I found myself tearing up several times, and have been thinking about the history of the Civil Rights movement all afternoon. #weneeddiversebooks #Recommendsday #BookBingoNW2016
