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A Pep Talk from Kurt Vonnegut

November 7, 2018January 20, 2019 ~ Swapna ~ 2 Comments

For this week’s creative pep talk, I’m going to let the master of creative pep talks take over:

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Book 3 for #gratefulforbooks2019 : Jane Eyre 📚 📚 I fell in LOVE with Jane Eyre when I read it in high school. An angsty protagonist, her brooding lover, gothic mood, the overbearing morality of society, the freedom of independent thought, AND a crazy lady in the attic?! I mean, what’s a teen not to love? 📚 📚 What I love most about Jane is how she’s been weaved into my friendships. This was one of my first experiences with reading a book for fun, talking to a friend about it, and having actual conversations about books. It continues to be a conversation piece for new friendships. The conversation usually goes like this: “MAN, I loooooved Jane Eyre as a kid!” “Me too!” “But, you know, reading it now... maybe she shouldn’t have gone back to Rochester...” “Definitely not.” “But... swoon.” “Yeah...” 📚 📚 This month, I’m sharing the books I’m thankful for! You’re welcome to join me — comment with your favorite titles, or post your bookstack. Tag me or #gratefulforbooks2019 so I can see it!

Now that I've sort of figured out how to take pictures of glossy skulls... swipe to see what new seasonal glossy things I'll have to learn to letter and photograph! 💀🖤😁

Book 2 of #gratefulforbooks2019 : The Hunger Games. 🏹 🏹 Say what you will about YA fiction and The Hunger Games, but this series is what made me love reading as an adult. I became an English major because I loved reading and writing. I was thrilled to pursue advanced studies in literature. But it made reading feel like a task. 🏹 🏹 After an honors thesis that I wasn’t too passionate about, and having to read 2-3 books every week for grad school, I was worn out. Every time I picked up a book, I felt the pressure to pick it apart, analyze it, and write a paper on it. After I graduated, I didn’t read for myself for two years. Then my friend suggested Hunger Games. She said she hadn’t read a page-turner like it since Harry Potter. That was enough for me. I got sucked into Panem and Katniss’s story. And I rediscovered the joy of reading. 🏹 🏹 Lesson learned: YA can be a gateway drug to reading, and because of that, it is worth it. 🏹 🏹 Swipe for the process video and all my dumb ideas before I got to this one. 🤣

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