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4.32 AVERAGE
4.32 AVERAGE
June 2024: Reread for book club. Just as good or even better than the first time. Some quotes I loved:
“How can I explain to anyone that stories are like air to me, I breathe them in and let them out over and over again.”
“I want to catch words one day. I want to hold them then blow gently, watch them float right out of my hands.”
“I work hard, he says, I treat people like I want to be treated. God sees this, God knows.”
“Even the silence
has a story to tell you.
Just listen. Listen.”
Nov 2022: I waited way too long to read this. What a delightful book.
“How can I explain to anyone that stories are like air to me, I breathe them in and let them out over and over again.”
“I want to catch words one day. I want to hold them then blow gently, watch them float right out of my hands.”
“I work hard, he says, I treat people like I want to be treated. God sees this, God knows.”
“Even the silence
has a story to tell you.
Just listen. Listen.”
Nov 2022: I waited way too long to read this. What a delightful book.
“I believe in one day and someday and this perfect moment called Now.” Jacqueline Woodson
A jewel. Shines from beginning to the end.
A jewel. Shines from beginning to the end.
Woodson se ha vuelto mi poeta favorita para peques y no tan peques. Esta brown girl dreaming comparte escenas de su vida, de su familia, de su ciudad de su país. Un día se despide del padre, un día la peinan a fuerzas, un día siente nostalgia por los amigos que ella y sus hermanos no tienen, un día se pregunta por qué otros con piel de su mismo color marchan, protestan en silencio, se encienden. Un día, una vida un mundo.
Loved hearing this read in Jacqueline Woodson's own voice!
Läs min recension på bloggen: http://www.fiktiviteter.se/2018/09/08/brun-flicka-drommer-av-jacqueline-woodson/
This beautiful novel in verse is about the early life of author Jacqueline Woodson, during a time when her heart is split between the rural South Carolina home of her mother's people and the New York City home where she lives. We watch Jacqueline fall in love with words, with where they can take her and what they can do. We see the Civil Rights movement through her young eyes, we see segregation and backs of busses, we see the lovingly knit Black communities where there is safety among those who look like you. Her prose is absolutely perfect. Stunning. I was blown away by this portrait of a life as it unfolds and flowers. Brown Girl Dreaming breathes life into a time and a place, but most especially, into the beauty that is a girl who finds the strength to love her dreams.
Also, the narration is fantastic.
Also, the narration is fantastic.
Wow
This book is powerful. Poetry that flows, but that you can also easily read. I loved hearing about her experiences and her thoughts.
This book is powerful. Poetry that flows, but that you can also easily read. I loved hearing about her experiences and her thoughts.
Worth the hype.
I’ve read several of Jacqueline Woodson‘s books before. I love her writing style, her lyrical poetry. But it came to this book because I was invited to the 10th anniversary celebration in Harlem. I got to meet Jackie, briefly, and here chapters read by her And several other prominent authors/performers/friends.
I devoured this book on the train ride home and the next day. Doing the one thing Jackie said not to do is read it too fast. I want to reread it, slower, taking in the poetry, taking in the history. I think this is a book. I’ll come back to you again and again.
I’ve read several of Jacqueline Woodson‘s books before. I love her writing style, her lyrical poetry. But it came to this book because I was invited to the 10th anniversary celebration in Harlem. I got to meet Jackie, briefly, and here chapters read by her And several other prominent authors/performers/friends.
I devoured this book on the train ride home and the next day. Doing the one thing Jackie said not to do is read it too fast. I want to reread it, slower, taking in the poetry, taking in the history. I think this is a book. I’ll come back to you again and again.
What a light way to deliver such heavy significance to her life story and history. Great read and intro to poetry!