MY READER'S BLOCK: Everything I Needed to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book (mini-review)

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Apparently there is someone calling himself "Luigi Calloway" out there who is claiming to be associated with the Mount TBR Reading Challenge. He is contacting authors and telling them if they pay him, then their books will be used for the challenge. It's possible he's also telling people they must pay to participate in any way. Please know that there is absolutely no charge associated in any way with this reading challenge and that this person does NOT represent me or anything associated with my blog. I DO NOT endorse anything that he claims.There will NEVER be a reason for anyone to have to pay for participation in any way for any of my challenges. If only people who exert this much time and effort on scamming people would put it into something worthwhile....like reading their own books! A message to Luigi: Please cease and desist contacting authors (or anyone) in my name or claiming to represent this reading challenge. You absolutely DO NOT.

Friday, June 16, 2023

Everything I Needed to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book (mini-review)

Everything I Needed to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book (2013) by Diane Muldrow

Pretty much giving all the star points for nostalgia. This is a very (actually, TOO) short little book that doesn't really make the most of Golden Books and the knowledge we gleaned from them when we read them. While I can appreciate that Muldrow was attempting to follow the short sentence structure of the Little Golden Books she was using as source material, it would have been much more appealing for the adults (at whom this was aimed) if the book had a bit more substance. More complete examples of the points she was making--more words. Big people can take bigger, more complex sentences (and, of course, so can a number of smaller people). The most enjoyable part of the book was seeing all the images from Little Golden Books that I remember owning and reading (and rereading and rereading) when I was young. ★★★

First line: Is your life starting to feel like a circus?

Last line: As long as you do, your life is bound to be Golden!