I Read Like the Ink From the Book is Oxygen, and I'm Gasping For Breath

      I do not know where the quote in my title came from, I just grabbed it and hung on.
When you read tons of material, and take notes, sometimes it becomes hard to remember where you found the words. So I give credit to whomever thought, and wrote the words in my title, and I thank them, for saying what I feel every day.
     Now that September has slipped away from me, without my sharing my book list, I will put September reads in October. I think we are only a few days into this October, but I have been known to be way off before!!
     I continue to read massive quantities of books, but the ones in September were fair. At this time in my life, I want over the top, take me to my knees, wonderful and these were so-so.. I certainly had a couple of very good and different reads, but to have four that I would caution people to read. Makes me sad. I still offer them up to any takers, because maybe you will find the jewels in one, that I did not see.
My September Book List, this 2013;
1. Maya's Notebook: A Novel by Isabel Allende.  This book started strong, and then I lost the characters charm. They became annoying, and I did not care what happened, but I stayed with it. Sigh...
Here are some of my highlighted lines, "Since we're going to suffer, lets clench our teeth," she said. Pain like that, pain of the soul, does not go away with remedies, therapy, or vacations; you simply endure it deep down, fully. ( I think I could have said that!) Another one, Both, destiny and genes, determine what we are, and cannot be changed;if the combination is virulent, we're fucked, but if not, we can exercise a certain amount of control over our own. ( I love long run on sentences!, and the word virulent!)
Of course there is more, but not loving this one so much.
2. Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir by Linda Ronstadt; Horrible, I may never listen to her music again! I wanted juicy details, nothing, she gave up nothing! This one is not worth the time to download it.
3. Sister Mother Husband Dog by Delia Ephron; Anything by an Ephron sister, Iam reading. It was delicious. You be the judge! Denial was a talent she greatly admired. She could have been gentile, except, of course, she wasn't.( wonderful line of words)" Hazelnuts are what's wrong with Europe."( this just made me smile. All siblings have different parents. We were all born at different times in our parents marriage. (such truth in those words) The illness of alcoholism, sadly breeds a staggering self-absorption!( another truth) My sisters death brought death into the light of day, and at this age death feels like a car length behind( I love the Ephron women) A must read for women.
I also read Remembering Smell by Bonnie Blodgett, fascinating book, loved it.There are too many highlights, and I have forgot to number this book, I think its four!! and I do not feel like fixing it!! I will just write one,(maybe two) There is no word in any language specifically meant to describe the smell of an old sock!!( genius!) Especially in the spring, when the water of the lake is "suspended in sunlight, sharp as the breath of an animal." ( Beautiful)
5. ( my fatigue is waning!) Last on my list, was Being a Rockefeller, Becoming Myself by Eileen Rockefeller. It was history, and family and magnificent. Loved it. Again too many highlights to post, but...
Sometimes I find awareness in a single flower petal. If I stop to savor the spoon of its creamy flesh, the whole day blossoms, just like a peony. ( Yes, that is grand writing)
Rafts are good metaphors for life. The more buoyant the material, the easier it is to stay afloat. I learned that buoyancy has as much to do with attitude as equipment ( Lord, that is a fact!) ( and I am no Rockefeller!)
Long before I learned how to read words, I read emotions in my mother!!( wow!)
    Now you have a clue, about some of my September reading. I always like to end my blog month, letting you know whats out there in the world to read, and hoping that you will share with me, your finds along the way.
   Reading is so important, try it. Yes, I know there is dinner to make, and laundry to fold, you have to carve out some time to read. Its a balm, or a burden?? Your choice. Enjoy the journey.