With visual media taking the spotlight, are words becoming an antiquated form of expression?
If this is an online journal for me to keep track of things that I want to remember, then I’d better write those things down! I was reading through some of my older blog posts a while ago. Wow, I loved blogging back in the day and sharing things I was making or places we were visiting as a family. I really did enjoy that. Sure, I can write things down in my journal, but the reality is that I can type faster than I can write! All this to say… hello, Blogland!
So, a quick recap since my last quick recap. I’m still making stuff and enjoying every moment creating things with my hands. I will share details of the projects I’ve been working on and those that I’ve finished. But today is all about words. Reading is by far my most beloved hobby and my favourite way to relax. Give me a good book and cozy corner any day.
I love that Goodreads offers an annual reading challenge and I’ve done this successfully for a few years. For 2019, I challenged myself to read 52 books and so far I’ve finished 40. Yup, certified bookworm and proud of it!! Some books have been astounding and some have been doozies.
A few of my favourites reads so far this year have been:
“Sometimes she heard night-sounds she didn’t know or jumped from lightning too close, but whenever she stumbled, it was the land who caught her. Until at last, at some unclaimed moment, the heart-pain seeped away like water into sand. Still there, but deep. Kya laid her hand upon the breathing, wet earth, and the marsh became her mother.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
A Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine selection from September 2018 and a Goodreads 2018 Choice Awards Nominee. This story stayed with me long after I finished reading the last paragraph.
“My life was narrated for me by others. Their voices were forceful, emphatic, absolute. It had never occurred to me that my voice might be as strong as theirs.”
― Tara Westover, Educated
Named one of the Best Books of 2018 by the NY Times, this memoir by author, Tara Westover is a must read.
“I know it’s a strange thing for me to say, but you will honor them by staying alive, surviving this place and telling the world what happened here.”
― Heather Morris, The Tattooist of Auschwitz
I’m sure all book lovers have come across The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris. I couldn’t put this one down. Lale and Gita, your story lives on.
** Any fellow book lovers out there? Do you have any book recommendations? **
Jocelyn
Guilty as charged!
I have not posted on my blogs in a long time. Instagram is easier and didn’t they say a picture paints a thousand words? In that case, I have written millions! 🙂
This lifestyle is bad. I cannot remember how I used to juggle blogging, crafting, working full time and Photoshopping on the side. If I tried that today, I’d be burned out by mid-week!
I have also not read a single book in a long time although I have a library full of books to which I keep adding which earns me serious side eye from my husband.
I hope you and the family are well.
Tien
It’s so good to see you in this space again! My blogging has been sporadic as well the last couple of years but I do miss it and the connections that have been made through the years. Thank you for these book recommendations (always on the lookout for great books). I am currently enjoying The Night Circus. I had picked it up a few years ago but never started it. So glad to have made the time for it now. The story is so magical & romantic.