Day Three

And Day Three of the journal a day... thing! For the record, these are written on a daily basis; Getting them posted from my ipad mini is another beast entirely.

1. A song that reminds you of one/both of your parents
An excellent question!

Dad: "Space Oddity(Ground Control to Major Tom)-David Bowie
My dad's name is Tom, and he's a pilot so it mostly works, the vibe is right, all of that.

Mom: "Stand"-Donnie McClurkin
Mom used to play this song over and over and over when I was little. Knowing what I know now, I can see that it gave her strength when she really needed it.

2. A book you love
....Shit.
It's so hard to pick one. Then again, it says "a book you love" and not "the book you love the most", so that helps.

"People of the Book" by Geraldine Brooks is one of the first ones to spring to mind. It follows the story of a Jewish haggadah, the text used for Passover Seder. Haggadahs are usually very simple books. This one, the Sarajevo Haggadah, is an elaborate masterpiece.

Our main character is Hanna, a book conservator hired to restore the haggadah and trace it's origins. With each stain and sample she finds in the book, we're given a story from it's past, moving backward through time until we're finally given the story of it's creation. As we do, we're given a glimpse of the Jewish oppression that we don't hear about; the microagressions, the inquisitions and progroms.

The interesting thing about "People of the Book" is that I had no trouble putting it down for weeks or months at a time. Which isn't to say it wasn't interesting; it was extremely so, but lacked anything that made it a page-turner. It was an excellent read when I didn't want to feel rushed or pressured. Actually, it was my laundromat book for most of the reading, something I could put down when the dryer was finished with no real remorse.

It is a book I'd highly recommend, and I do still have it(if anyone wanted to borrow it).