Saturday, May 29, 2021

Saturday Morning at the Library

When I was 5 years old, I was forced to take dancing lessons while the Brother was forced to take accordion lessons. I hated dancing class. The Knights of Columbus Hall where the classes were given had no heat or it wasn't turned on. I hated wearing the pink beginner tights. I liked clacking around in the tap shoes, but Ma wouldn't let me practice inside the house on the wood floors. I spent most of my time in class being miserable and crying. Eventually, I was taken out of class.

While the Brother still had to endure accordion lessons, Dad took me to the library. He would leave me upstairs in the children's library where I could look at the books and choose to take some books home with my own library card. As I got older, I would go downstairs to the adult library and wander among the stacks enjoying the scent of the books before going to find Dad in the reference area consulting the law books and catching up on his work.

So for the next several weeks, a list of my favorite books, some I have read as a child, others as an adult and some  I have read more than once.


Kingdome of Summer
Gillian Bradshaw



This is book 2 of the Down the Long Wind trilogy

If you haven't read this book, you can find it at your public library or your favorite bookstore.

14 comments:

  1. I haven't read this one but it sounds good. Have a nice weekend! Valerie

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    1. I hope the weather has cleared for walks along the Rhine

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  2. I don't know this book either. Thanks for mentioning it. Stay dry.

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  3. I'm unfamiliar with this trilogy. I had pretty much quit reading fantasy by the time this one came out. I should look into these.

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    1. If you like King Arthur stories, you'll like this series.

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  4. I never know what to say when it's a book/movie I don't really care for..... lol. :-/ (So, I'm going to go play with Godzilla!)

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  5. I've never heard of this, but it sounds good. I got a bit cold while reading the first few lines, though. The sun is shining here and yet, I'm freezing in my office.

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    1. Temps plummeted from the 90s on Thurs. to 45 oF. It's windy and rainy. I'm freezing and my hands are so cold I'm wearing Polaretec fingerless gloves!

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  6. Not a book I know ...

    All the best Jan

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