Wish My Grandma Ashley Could See This

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Amazing Poetry Books for People Who Say They Don't Like Poetry

Amazing Poetry Collections 

for People Who Say They Don't Like Poetry

Start with these early-on and 

we won't have any sad, poetry-less souls in the world.

Aimed at teens. Good for anybody.

Favorite poems.

Good poems.

 

Great poets read their own poems in their own voices.

Quirky short poems.

Short enough to appear on subways and buses.

You know what they say...

"A poem a day keeps the doctor away."

It's not just the best.

It's the best of the best.

Not only beautiful words,

but beautiful words written in beautiful traditional forms.

Book titles arranged to make poetry.

The book that first sold me on poetry.

What did I forget? 

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

Each week we will post a new Top Ten list that one of our bloggers here at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.

It's Monday! (But It's a Holiday Monday!)

                 

What I Reviewed Last Week Eleanor & Park  by Rainbow Rowell It’s been a long time since I first fell in love. This book brought it all back...more Flambards by K. M. Peyton Horse fever? Downton Abbey fan? Yes...more The World is a Carpet: Four Seasons in an Afghan Village by Anna Badkhen Yes, sometimes the world is a carpet, but mostly it’s not.  This book is about a world that’s not...more       Give and Take  by Adam Grant    There are givers. There are takers.  Who wins? Who loses?...more        A Curious Man: The Strange & Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley by Neal Thompson You may have suspected that Robert Ripley was an odd fellow. If so, you were right...more Y by Marjorie Celona There are times that I think it might be a good idea to have warning labels on teen books...more Marbles, Mania, Depression, Michelanglo, & Me: A Graphic Memoir  by Ellen Forney Read this extended title. It is a perfect description of this little book.  And that's all you really need to know about it. The House at the End of Hope Street by Menna Van Praag Alba Ashby, after suffering a humiliating defeat,  arrives unexpectedly at the house at the end of Hope Street  and finds a way to heal...more

What Came in the Mail Last Week Martin & Mahalia:  His Words, Her Song by Andrea Davis Pinkney & Brian Pinkney The Soul of All Living Creatures: What Animals Can Teach Us About Being Human by Vint Virga

What I'm Reading Now The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine by Alina Bronsky

My book club chose a mystery-of-your-choice for June.
Any suggestions?


What did you finish last week? 

What do you hope to read this week?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week…. and anything in between!  This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from!

I love being a part of this and I hope you do too! As part of this weekly meme Book Journey loves to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. Book Journey offers a weekly contest for those who visit 10 or more of the Monday Meme participants and leave a comment telling BJ how many you visited.

Judge-a-Book-by-Its-Cover Covers

Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover.
Here are some I love.

The no-title cover...

And the just-a-title cover...

 

Is it the Very Cool Cover or the Very Cool Title?

The wonderful integration of cover art with title...

Life (and, thus, good stories) are always about walking precariously, I think...

You somehow know this book is going to be very, very helpful...

The wacky Murakami covers can't help but intrigue...

I wanted all three flavors.

Perfect.

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

Each week we will post a new Top Ten list that one of our bloggers here at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.

Time for It's Monday!

It's Monday and it's time once again to share what we read and acquired and are reading.

What I Read Last Week Whew. Sometimes I wonder if authors realize that their target audiences could be suffering from depression that is exacerbated by their novels. Should these books have warning labels for the emotionally susceptible? If so, then slap some warning labels on these two books.

What I'm Reading Now In an attempt to counteract the effects of reading two Dark & Painful books in a row.

How about you? What are you reading today? 

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week…. and anything in between!  This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from! I love being a part of this and I hope you do too! As part of this weekly meme Book Journey loves to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. Book Journey offers a weekly contest for those who visit 10 or more of the Monday Meme participants and leave a comment telling BJ how many you visited.