With the completion of my Master’s Program just weeks away, I have become increasingly anxious to get back into the hobbies and routines the choleric side of me held hostage for the past year due to the demands of juggling an accelerated graduate program, teaching, and tutoring part-time! One of such routines was bi-monthly trips to my local library which was a tradition I initiated 2 New Years Resolution’s ago and absolutely loved! Nearly every two weeks I would check out books, videos, magazines, music, and attend seminars which have truly added to my personal repertoire of baking, cooking, gardening, health and beauty care know-how! Compliments of my library card, I had total access to tangible resources I used to accomplish a lot of my personal and professional goals-and it was all free!
And so, after completing a few morning errands, I went to the library were moments later that familiar feeling anticipation returned (its kind of akin to the feeling you have as a kid Christmas morning when you don’t know what’s wrapped in some of the boxes but gauging from the décor/size/shape of the packaging you know its going to be good!) As I walked up tiled steps of the library to the second floor, I became emboldened that I didn’t have to refer to card catalog in search of a specific find, but could enjoy the process of roaming in a Book-Lover’s paradise! After spending the last year engrossed in academic reading, it was refreshing to once again experience the library as a creative visit as opposed to a scholastic endeavor! I love the journey of strolling through the isles ticking the spines of well-worn books with teasing titles vying for a place in my Barnes and Noble tote bag. Or, the crackling sound of glossy laminated book jackets after I’ve opened the pages and, twenty minutes later find myself perched against a case of shelving well into the second chapter of a book.
It’s an eclectic mix, but the titles I finally settled on are as follows:
1. Pro Makeup: Salon Secrets of the Professionals by Kit Spencer
2. Write Better Essays in Just 20 minutes a Day published by Learning Express
3. The Questions Christians Hope No One Will Ask by Mark Mittelberg
4. Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
5. The Search of our Roots- How 19 Extraordinary African Americans reclaimed their past) by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
6. Football for Dummies by Howie Long
I can’t wait to read each of my new books! As is typical of my ADD reading habits, I’m already in between three books! I’ll be back with a personal review and rating of each book, so stay tuned!
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