Always be a first rate version of yourself...: Mythology

What's Going On Here?

There are SO MANY wonderful book review blogs out there and I can't compete with them, that is for sure. So this is not a book review blog. This is just a way for me to organize what I have read so that I can be better at matching the right book to the right person. The blog title comes from the brilliant mind of the most talented woman who ever lived, Ms. Judy Garland. The full quote is, "Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else." That is what I hope to do here and in ever aspect of my life.

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Saturday, May 19, 2018

A movie!

Children of Blood and Bone took me a wee bit to get into, but man, man, man, once I did, it just pulled me in and kept me! Tomi Adeyemi can be found on podcasts here and here and a bunch of other places! This is the first in the Legacy of Orïsha trilogy. And that is GREAT! But I just wish that they were all out now! It is also going to be made into a movie!

Saturday, June 24, 2017

Surprised

Siren Sisters took me a while because I had to read it. It isn't available on audio. I just don't know. It was good. I guess throughout it though, I kept wondering why it was chosen to be considered for the Newbery book group. I just kept thinking it would get to that point where I would say, "Oh! I see!" But it just never did, for me. Don't get me wrong- I can totally see why this would be a well liked book! I just didn't get that "Oh! I see!" "Yes, this could be a Newbery!" feel.

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Cupid, Draw Back Your Bow...

Sam Cooke. What a singer. And Cupid: a tale of love and desire was a great, great book. Julius Lester is a masterful storyteller. The audio book is wonderful, narrated by Stephen McKinley Henderson. It tells the story of Cupid and Psyche and does it with humor and care. What a wonderful, wonderful book!