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Five Bookish Quotes & Five Fall TBR

Gandalf and Frodo with All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us quote

 Since I missed last week's Top Ten Tuesday, I'm doing a combo edition today. Five bookish quotes for this week's prompt and five books I'm looking forward to reading this fall from last week's.

Five Favorite Bookish Quotes

1. "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." -Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R. R. Tolkien

This has been one of my favorite quotes for a long, long time, but fortunately or unfortunately, it's especially poignant in these pandemically and politically tumultuous times.

2. "Some worlds are built on a fault line of pain, held up by nightmares. Don't lament when those worlds fall. Rage that they were built doomed in the first place." -Hoa, The Stone Sky, by N.K. Jemisin

So true of our world. We shouldn't lament what is falling. We should be thinking about building anew.

3. “This is the trouble with history. You can't see what's not there. You can look at an empty space and see that something's missing, but there's no way to know what it was.”-Narrator, The Power by Naomi Alderman

This was a creepy but important book that reminded me so clearly that how the world is isn't how it has to be. 

4. "We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim." -Nobel Acceptance Speech, 1986, Elie Wiesel

He would know.

5. "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" -The Summer Day, by Mary Oliver

I've gotten really into Mary Oliver's poetry these last few years. She is so real and in the moment. Both a balm and a call to action. 

Five Books on My Fall TBR

  1. The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson--already started. so far, it's good fun!
  2. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman-somebody gave me a copy of this, and I enjoyed Britt-Marie Was Here (after the first part), so we'll see
  3. Ariel Samson: Freelance Rabbi by MaNishtana--not sure if I can get my hands on a copy, but I really want to read this!
  4. Through It All by Christine Farris King--I want to learn more about the King family. This book is by MLK Jr's older sister. I didn't know that his mother was also assassinated. Did you?
  5. Windborn by Mary Fan--I love everything she writes!

Comments

Judy Krueger said…
So many authors I admire in your quotes! That book by MLK's sister looks awesome.
Lydia said…
Christine Farris King's book sounds like it will be excellent. Did you ever read Coretta Scott King's memoir?

My <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/”>post</a>.
Lydia, I haven't read Coretta Scott King's memoir, but I would definitely be interested in that one as well!
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"

An excellent question to ask ourselves each and every morning.

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