I haven’t done much reading this month simply because I’ve been using most of my free time to create quality blog posts, reinvent the blog, vlog my trip to Charleston, and continue editing my poetry book. It’s a lot! Not including work and time spent with friends and family.
Therefore, the book post for this month is going to look a lot like February’s.
I’ve been reading one of these books on and off again for the past week or so. And the other, I’ve picked up a few times on and off throughout the last six months. I like to read it in excerpts.
So, these aren’t books that I’m necessarily lost in. However, I think they’re pretty informative and inspirational and I thought I’d share them with you!
Title: To Shake the Sleeping Self
Author: Jedidiah Jenkins
This book is about the Jedidiah Jenkins’ journey from Oregon to Patagonia. He cycled over 1,000 miles across the United States. Jenkins received much fame on Instagram and other social media platforms as he embarked on this journey. The memoir describes his encounters with people he met along the way, and more importantly his struggle to find himself.
Topics in the book include sexual identity, conservative vs liberal thinking, what it means to be an adult, questions on travel, etc.
I received this book on Christmas from a friend and I’ve just now started reading it, little by little. I’m not very far along and I can foresee this lasting into the next couple of months, however, it seems pretty interesting thus far. A lot of the topics are very modern and reflect that of the topics we often discuss today.
Title: Night
Author: Elie Wiesel
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I have no idea how long I’ve known about Elie Wiesel or this autobiography. I’ve read a number of excerpts from this book (out of order) and I keep coming back. It’s moving. It’s haunting. It’s not something I’m able to take in one big dose.
Night recounts the events Wiesel witnesses as a young man during the holocaust. It talks about the Jewish concentration camps, and the loss and horrors that happened there.
I’m not going to go into a lot of detail about this one, but it’s definitely a MUST READ from me. A lot of us read The Diary of Anne Frank in school. Wiesel’s work is similar.
I wish I was reading more in order to offer multiple reading suggestions. It’s been so busy trying to tackle all of these things at once!
Anyway, thank you for reading, if you like this, check out the rest of my What I’m Reading This Month series. A slow list of interesting and entertaining books is growing there. And feel free to subscribe if you want to see more!