Every morning we wake up, not everyone but I sure do, we scroll thru Facebook and read quick updates about friends and family. Between all the pictures of kids playing and news reports, I saw one of a book cover. My friend was invited to post on Facebook each day for seven days a little bit about a book that inspired her to start reading or has made an impact on her life. I thought this was a wonderful idea and loved that each day you could challenge a friend to join. This may sound like one of those annoying posts that clutter your feed, but to me, it was a peek into my friends’ bookcase and a little note about why that book still sits on the shelve all these years.
I was finally challenged and was already prepared with a book. I was about to post and then realized something- that the more I thought about it, the book I picked was something that was an important book, but it wasn’t the book that inspired me to read.
I sat on my bed, with my phone on my lap and took a little moment to search all my memories of when I had time to sit back and read a good book. I can tell you it’s not many, as a mother of two very active boys, I get to read but not as much as I would really like. Then it hit me, that moment when I laughed, cried and learned all at the same time. The first book that actually made me want to keep exploring the world of paper and typed words.
I’m only on day 4 of this challenge and I have been loving looking back and remembering the wonderful stories that those books have brought to my life. Many that I would love to read again and to bring back that feeling they bring by only looking at the covers.
Here is the post on my Facebook- and I challenge everyone who is inspired to copy and share their love of books with everyone!
Day 1/7 Book Challenge 
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📖 (I was challenged by Lille Marie Arosemena )
For the next week, I will be posting the cover of books that I’ve enjoyed along with a little bit about why I love them so much.
In addition to that, I will be inviting a friend to join the challenge on a daily basis. To those who are up to the challenge, please post the cover from one of your favorite books each day. Whether you wish to include an explanation or not is up to you.
I grew up speaking Spanish. When I was 3 I went to Private school and I was taught English. I read Frog and Toad are friends. It was my first successful read and in English. As I was growing up my parents noticed me confusing words and letter- they chucked it up to the fact that I was mastering two languages. Then my mom saw my preference to use my left hand for playing jacks. I was diagnosed with Dyslexia at a later age and back then assistance wasn’t big in Latin America.
I was never a fan of reading- I was traumatized as I had to read in front of the class and I was made fun of for making mistakes. (That’s my side trauma of why I hated school).
My dad traveled and would buy me books. This is the book that got me into reading- Judy Blume.
I would Read all her books with glee! Then reading became something I loved for myself and not for school.
If it wasn’t for my Dads love of books and his love for me to love reading- I doubt I would still enjoy a good book.
So here is one of my many favorites.
Literary Circles 