Sunday, March 22, 2020

Bookshelf Inspecting

I, like many of you all, have decided to take advantage of this quarantining time by reading as much as possible. Since I have nothing to do all day, you would think that I'd be able to do all my school work, read lots of books, and still have time left over to walk aimlessly around my house and watch TV. But since my days have no structure whatsoever, I have found that I can't do any of these things without getting distracted by another one of these things. In my house, each of my family members keeps their books in different places. I found a few books on everyone's bookshelf that I am going to try to read and have moved them to my book stash. The book I've been reading most is my mom's, The Water Dancer which is by Ta-Nahisi Coates who also wrote Between the World and Me which I read earlier in the semester. This book is so good. I highly recommend it to everyone. It's well written, relevant, and just a really interesting story.
My little brother is reading Their Eyes Were Watching God in his American English class. I also read that book junior year and reread parts of it last summer so I'm going to try to read along with him and maybe be able to help him in his distance learning.
My dad's bookshelf is one of the most disappointing sights I've seen since being home on quarantine. He has a lot of books about business with titles like "The EQ Difference". Basically just a bunch of business buzz words strung together. Also the covers of these books are all white with no pictures and normally have red or blue font in all caps - overall unappealing. I did, however, find an old copy of the Giver which I haven't read since 8th grade. No time like the quarantine to read a dystopian novel I guess.
I'll keep you all updated after I raid my older brother's bookshelf, which I have the highest expectations for. I hope everyone is handling this quarantine to the best of their abilities and is reading (or trying to read)!

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