BW52: 2020 Year End Wrap UP

 

The year is almost over and our cups may be running low, but they aren't empty yet.  Now's the time to brew another pot of words to fill them up again. So gather all the ingredients you need to make a whole new batch.  Fill your carafe with a mix of history, science fiction, math, romance, essays, mysteries, art, and folklore. Spice it up with a little bit of myth, accompanied by a splash of adventure.  And while you wait for your books to brew, let's take a moment to reflect. 

Tell us about your reading year? What were your goals this year? Did you have a plan, and/or follow rabbit trails or just wing it?

• How many books did you read?  
• Which were your favorite stories and which ones had the biggest impact on you.   
• Which one made you giggle, weep, dance, or sing?   
• Made you want to dive in and live in their world? 
• Which book would you like to revisit? 
• One book you thought you would love, but didn't? 
• Which book would you recommend everyone read?
• Did you discover any new to authors or genres?
• Share your thoughts, opinions,  reading stats, favorite characters, covers or quotes.

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Maureen Doallas: “Reading Goodnight Moon”

Do you remember reading it?

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Reading Goodnight Moon

is not like stopping

at McDonald’s

for your favorite double-shot latte.

You don’t drive through.

You take each word

in a languishing slide off the tongue,

naming what is named

that you never saw before.

Looking, finding, pointing delighted

in the room the moon the light

the red balloon that lifts

Darkness even as sleep

falls fast

and clock’s hands change

What you see changing

before a child’s eyes.

If you slow long enough

to take in what your child sees

with eyes that

Refuse to be moved

to a new page before

the first page is exhausted.

The last page you turn

holds the dream

you thought would never last:

A snuggling close closer still

beneath moon’s shadows.

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As Stephen King says "Books are a uniquely portable magic," and I hope your reads inspired and enlightened, transformed and transported you, and filled your life with knowledge, imagination, and pleasure. Thank you for joining me in another reading adventure and I'm looking forward to more bookish adventures.   Cheers to a happy reading new year!

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