Day Three, Monday, June 27 & Day Four, Tuesday, June 28:
(All times are Brisbane local time)
This is the Day 3 and Day 4 Challenges post for the June 2016 Trees of Reverie Read-a-thon.
Day 3: Spine poem! This is always my favorite challenge, basically.
She flees Wildwood
Little Red in the City
Half Magic
among The Oathbound
seeking Asylum
A Reckless Beauty
she Sees the Water Rise
The Sparkle in the Grit
The Secret School
Of Two Minds
calls Necessary Fire
against The Witches and wolves
A Monstrous Regiment
their Blood and Chocolate
The Silver Kiss
The “Comforts” of Home
“I Feel This
Truth
by Shackle and Sword
by Lion’s Blood
by That Hideous Strength
I will build Brave
a New World”
Here’s audio of me reading this poem.
Day 4: Quotes
This is possibly my favorite set of lines in Hamilton, sung by Aaron Burr: “I am the one thing in life I can control / I am inimitable / I am an original / I’m not falling behind or running late / I’m not standing still / I am lying in wait!”
I love this, and have considered getting some kind of tattoo related to it. I even made a gif of the lines.
I love Hamilton, but sometimes Burr just gives me all of the feelings.
My To-Be-Read List:
Wintering by Megan Snyder-Camp— FINISHED! 72 pages, 4 stars — Liked it. Still have to read the second book, and then I can start on the review, but that means I probably won’t share much detail here or on Goodreads, until that review is published.- The Gunnywolf by Megan Snyder-Camp
[insert] boy by Danez Smith— FINISHED! 116 pages, 5 Stars- Time on Two Crosses: the Collected Writing of Bayard Rustin by Don Wiese [ed.] (Current page: 27 of 365; change: 8 pages)
- UNeducation, Vol 1: A Residential School Graphic Novel by Jason EagleSpeaker (Current page: 28 of 99)
- Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (Current page: 68 of 391)
- The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
- Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (Current page: 391 of 1225; change: 36 pages)
Spent a lot of Day 3 cleaning and sorting things and getting ready to move out of my apartment, but I took a lunch break to make a yummy smoothie and read the rest of Wintering, which I finished. Then went back to sorting, and put on the Alexander Hamilton audiobook, which I have been listening to while doing work that requires my hands. It’s pretty funny, and I spend a lot of time saying things like “well, of course he did,” and “Alexander, no!” and “seriously?! wow, okay…” (Which is how I read books, so at least I’m consistent.) Read a bit of Time on Two Crosses during my dinner break, and got through the section about the Freedom Rides, thankfully. Day 4 was about running errands, making calls, and providing emotional support, and I didn’t get much time to sit down and read. But I’m about to start The Gunnywolf, and (based on her other book) I’m looking forward to reading it.
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Tessara Dudley, Poet-Publisher-Educator-Activist 
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