"The thing is, beauty comes in unbeautiful ways here."
"Beauty stops traffic. I know."
Bill Hayes - Insomniac City
We all have two minutes to read for pleasure for the aim of this class is to give birth to readers. Readers are people who actively engage in the radical act of empathy that is reading. Empathy makes the world a better place (and if you haven't noticed, the world needs some help). So, read tonight. And if you find yourself a moment away from slumber and you haven't read for pleasure...see my floating face asking you WHY NOT?
Thanks for reading, annotating and charting today. Tomorrow is SAS Round #2 so be ready. I'll have blue sheets for you and I look forward to learning from you.
Here's to the beauty of random moments in the staff parking lot. Ms. Graham rocks.
xoxo
Giving birth to readers :)!
ReplyDeleteBill Hayes's Instagram profile picture is epic
ReplyDeleteTwo minutes or 5 minutes or an hour! It will be worth it!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for SAS
ReplyDeleteBetter start hitting the good ole book.
ReplyDeleteNo don't hurt them
DeleteI can never read for just two minutes though. I always seem to keep on going.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I learned annotating the MLK document:
ReplyDeleteThere's no reason to my rhyme. There's alliteration.
Did you read??
ReplyDeleteJeté over the pink pancake bear.
ReplyDelete"Nobody knows why you go to a picnic to be uncomfortable when it is so easy and pleasant to eat at home."
ReplyDeleteEven Steinbeck understands my absence today. Missed you <3
Bill Hayes has an incredible perspective...
ReplyDeleteTold myself I would read for 5 mins...looked up to see an hour had passed by:)
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ReplyDeleteI'm about to finish Opposite of Loneliness!
ReplyDeleteBooks deserve to be loved shimmeringly
ReplyDeleteIts funny how i have so many books yet i havent read like 90 percent of them
ReplyDeleteThen READ it only takes 2 minutes josh lol
DeleteNo doubt I'm getting "Insomniac City" this weekend!
ReplyDeletePancakes coming out strong tomorrow
ReplyDeleteI really can't wait til I am able to get Insomniac City!
ReplyDeleteso many quotable quotes from this book!
ReplyDeleteOne chapter turned into two and then three...
ReplyDeleteThe dude can write no doubt
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad I've been getting into reading lately
ReplyDeleteI always miss good days )':
ReplyDeleteI read tonight
ReplyDelete"Without each other there ain't nothing people can do" ...
ReplyDeletei asked my mom for Insomniac City for my birthday, so here's to hoping that i'll get it!
ReplyDeleteChem-Is-Try!
ReplyDelete2 minutes turns into an hour easily when trying to procrastinate for other classes
ReplyDelete"Ma Shoe upside your head!" - Yolanda Beltran for president 2020
ReplyDeleteI think Bill Hayes might be my new coffee date, sorry Niall ):
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure reading always starts with the intentions of reading a chapter or two. You get way farther when you enjoy the book.
ReplyDeleteBill Hayes took a portrait of a bearded man with a globular mass of hair inside a large colored hat.
ReplyDeleteMe.
About to sleep, and I haven't read. But thanks to the power of persuasion, I kinda have to now...
ReplyDeletestarted reading insomniac city tonight with just a 2-3 minute read! excited for what is to come.
ReplyDeleteNight time reading is the best time to read... Or in the morning... Or in the afternoon...
ReplyDeleteI was just about to fall asleep when I remembered I haven't read yet. Luckily East of Eden was right next to my bed
ReplyDeleteHere's to part of today's lesson, "The Gospel of Wealth: Book Buying Edition"
ReplyDeleteRepetition. It's important. Repetition.
ReplyDeleteRandom moments are the most memorable
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