For Every Mood
February 18, 2012
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. There would be love stories when she came into adolescence and when she wanted to feel a closeness to someone she could read a biography. On that day when she first knew she could read, she made a vow to read one book a day as long as she lived.
-Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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My library system online told me they had a copy of A Tree Grows In Brooklyn at my local library, I went today and was most disappointed that they didn’t actually have it. It’s one I’ve wanted to read for a while.
This sounds like the kind of book I would normally read if I weren’t bound by a ‘Classics’ challenge. *Sigh!*
But I will be on the look out for A Tree Grows In Brooklyn and find time to read it anyway!
I don’t know how strict your classics definition is, but this was written in 1940.
Oh I feel so stupid! I must have gotten a little mixed up :/ Either ways, my definition of classics isn’t very strict tho I was actually referring to the books in my 2012 challenge. My bad.
Thanks for using my photo. I appreciate the credit.