5 Books That Say “Me” #BookBloggerAppreciationWeek

Today’s task for Book Blogger Appreciation Week is to introduce ourselves through five books. Here’s “Me” :

1. The book that proved to me that African-American history is American history and that my history schooling needed a lot of updating — so it’s a good thing I have my book club: The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

2. I still want to grow up to be Jo March: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

photo of Joy Weese Moll with The Little Women book

Joy reading my mother’s copy of Little Women

3. A title that inspired British Isles Friday: My Love Affair with England by Susan Allen Toth

4. A title that inspired Readers’ Workouts: Play as if Your Life Depends on it by Frank Forencich

5. And, finally, the book that is structuring my current project to be more compassionate with Compassionate Sundays: Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life by Karen Armstrong

What do you think? Do those titles capture “me” ? What titles would you choose to introduce yourself?

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5 Books That Say “Me” #BookBloggerAppreciationWeek — 13 Comments

Tea Time with Marce on February 15, 2016 at 6:15 pm said:

12 Steps to a Compassionate Life sounds interesting, I wonder if it would be a good training tool for Managers.

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Tayé Foster Bradshaw on February 15, 2016 at 6:44 pm said:

Joy!

These are lovely titles.

Definitely a hard task so here are mine

1. Island Beneath The Sea by Isabel Allende because it speaks to my Caribbean heritage.
2. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith because it was my coming-of-age story when I read it 40 years ago.
3. The Wake of the Wind by J.California Cooper because African history is definitely American History and it is the only book that I thought was so good that I literally stopped in the middle of reading it to post on my blog about it.
4. daughter by ashe bandele because she writes so beautifully and I’ve captured one line that is painted on my chairs, a call to remember, “I shall become a collector of me and put meat on my soul.”
5. Sarah’s Psalm by Florence Ladd because it speaks to me as a Jones Generation fledgling writer. She wrote this book well into her 40s, it was a first novel, and she is still writing as an octogenarian. Also because the story was set during my young adulthood, I connected with the wanderlust, the imagination of dreaming, and the want of finding self in the midst of responsibilities.

I reviewed all but daughter and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn on my book blog.

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Beth F on February 15, 2016 at 7:04 pm said:

Nice list. And love the photo

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Andi on February 15, 2016 at 9:43 pm said:

You always pick such wonderful, unique books, Joy. Great post!

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Jenny @ Reading the End on February 15, 2016 at 9:52 pm said:

I don’t think it’s ever too late to grow up to be Jo March! 🙂

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maphead on February 15, 2016 at 9:52 pm said:

Lovely list! Lovely picture as well!
Sadly, I did get around to reading Warm of Other Suns until just last summer- but I loved it!

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emma on February 15, 2016 at 11:18 pm said:

neat presentation! My 5 titles are: http://wordsandpeace.com/2016/02/15/bbaw-2016-day-1/

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Kay on February 16, 2016 at 8:32 am said:

I love that picture of you reading your mother’s Little Women! Very sweet. Little Women – such a great book. Did all of us want to be Jo?

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Laurie C on February 16, 2016 at 3:01 pm said:

Beautiful picture! Very nice composition! I still need to read The Warmth of Other Suns. I think your list also shows off your organizational talents as well as highlighting your varied interests!

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Shelley on February 17, 2016 at 12:01 pm said:

Glad to see The Warmth of Other Suns on your list. I loved it! African American history is one of my favorites. I have a copy of Little Women that belonged to my Great-Grandmother. Sadly, it’s only half of the story!

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Jeanne on February 18, 2016 at 12:08 pm said:

I’m pretty sure each of us wanted to be Jo. But you said it!

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Sheila Book Journey on February 19, 2016 at 2:43 pm said:

Great picture and great post. I love that you are reading your moms copy!

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bonniejacobs on April 26, 2018 at 2:36 am said:

I think we all want to grow up to be Jo March. I, however, was chosen to be Marmee in the 2-hour “Little Women” play when I was in the sixth grade. I still remember the girls who played the parts of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. Our teacher said she picked me, a tall girl, because I was “stately.” We practiced all school year for two performances at the end of the year, one for the school and one for the parents and others. We made the newspaper in our period costumes.

Shortly after I started blogging in 2007, I joined my first book challenge. It was called the “Something About Me” challenge, and we were to come up with five books that said “something about me.” Then each of us would pick five books from the lists of other participants to read. Here’s my list of five books:
http://bonniesbooks.blogspot.com/2007/04/something-about-me-challenge.html

And here’s the blog dedicated to that reading challenge:
http://somethingaboutmechallenge.blogspot.com

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