"Books became her friends..."

Whew, I finished Catching Fire in such a hurry you would have thought I was caught on fire.  Now I am on the darn waiting list and I might just hop over to my local bookstore and buy the third and final book of the series.  Mockingjay will hold all the answers to my questions, and hopefully more!

Some fun and exciting things are happening in my book world.  I have had a lot more people asking me about the store, for book recommendations, and I even had the opportunity to read through a story that someone is trying to get published!  I should have started this adventure years ago!

While I am waiting for my copy of Mockingjay I have been reading...a grown-up book! (Shocking, I know.)  My grown-up book tastes tend to steer toward magical realism (think Gabriel Garcia Marquez) and the classics.  I am currently reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith.  Love, love, love this book and not so surprising why.  It is told from the perspective of a young girl growing up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.  Of course the first grown-up book I read in months is about kids!  As I was reading the other night I read the chapter when Francie, the main character learns how to read.  Of course.  Lots of love for books and little kids these days!


"Oh, the magic hour when a child first knows it can read printed words!...She read a few pages rapidly and almost became ill with excitement.  She wanted to shout it out.  She could read! She could read!...From that time on, the world was hers for the reading.  She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of intimate friends.  Books became her friends and there was one for every mood.  There was poetry for quiet companionship.  There was adventure when she tired of quiet hours." ~ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith