It’s October, the month when in New York City we lose 77 minutes of daylight (yes, I’m counting) and the days and nights get so much colder. In other words, it’s time to get spooked and shiver!
Reading Reflections
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It’s saddening yet so beautiful how, for just a moment, she was able to let her inner child explore such a delicacy.
With my three beautiful children—my curious and joyful three-year-old twins and my imaginative and thoughtful seven-year-old—reading is more than just a bedtime routine. It’s a magical time where our imaginations take flight and where I connect deeply with each of them.
After discovering different types of literature I became more drawn to poetry, and that’s when I developed my passion for music. With artists/poets like Tupac and Jill Scott as some of my influences, I began to write poems and recite them, and shortly after started formulating them into songs.
Literature has shaped my life playing a major role in influencing the thoughts, feelings, and perspectives I have of the world through the lens of the author. Throughout my life, books offered a sense of escapism, wisdom, power, and intellect.
“Hills Like White Elephants” hits close to home as being a mother and a woman in a world full of men whose belief is that woman are beneath them.
All the Bright Places tells the story of two young high school teenagers, Finch and Violet, who are both struggling and suffering from mental health issues from their past traumatic family situation.
As we read The Diary Of a Young Girl we realize the strength of spirit that human beings are capable of developing, even in the darkest and most desolate moments of our lives.
I want to go to the park with a blanket, a picnic, and a book.
I used to be the kind of person that watched movies over books and spoilt endings before beginning anything. However, reading taught me patience, urging me to savor each and every word before flipping to a new page.
It’s amazing how storytelling and poetry can touch my feelings and change my perspective on how I look at things. It’s like looking through other points of view into different cultures, eras, and even mental states.
Finding that out left middle school me in shock and as typical as the mind of a middle schooler was, the first thought in my head was that I was adopted.
