Found a poem!

Love it, love it, love it!! :)

nobody but you
by Charles Bukowski

nobody can save you but
yourself.
you will be put again and again
into nearly impossible
situations.
they will attempt again and again
through subterfuge, guise and
force
to make you submit, quit and/or die quietly
inside.

nobody can save you but
yourself
and it will be easy enough to fail
so very easily
but don't, don't, don't.
just watch them.
listen to them.
do you want to be like that?
a faceless, mindless, heartless
being?
do you want to experience
death before death?

nobody can save you but
yourself
and you're worth saving.
it's a war not easily won
but if anything is worth winning then
this is it.

think about it.
think about saving your self.
your spiritual self.
your gut self.
your singing magical self and
your beautiful self.
save it.
don't join the dead-in-spirit.

maintain your self
with humor and grace
and finally
if necessary
wager your life as you struggle,
damn the odds, damn
the price.

only you can save your
self.

do it! do it!

then you'll know exactly what
I am talking about.

For my Papa

Dear Papa,

I found a book that I think you would have really enjoyed. I remember how much you loved Wile E. Coyote from the Loony Tunes cartoons. We used to watch them together when I was little and you and Grammie would babysit me.

I found The ACME Catalog! It shows, in full color with lots of fun descriptions, many of the purchases that Wile E. Coyote made in the cartoons! It was so much fun. My favorite was the bat costume. Do you remember that episode?

I wish that you were still alive so that I could have shared it with you. I think you would have laughed quite a bit. But, I am glad that I was able to enjoy it and think fondly of you. I miss you very much.

Wherever you might be, if you have access to books (and I hope you do), please see if you can find it. Read it and think of your favorite granddaughter.

Love always,
Dawn

books i've read february 2010

2.2.10

• Death by Bikini by Linda Gerber (YA)

2.3.10

• Polo and Lily by Regis Faller (PB)
• Polo and the Magic Flute by Regis Faller (PB)
• Fifty Shoes That Changed the World by Design Museum (A-NF)
• A Shadow Falls by Nick Brandt (A-NF)
• Cat's Eye Corner by Terry Griggs (Y)

2.4.10

• Fifty Dresses That Changed the World by Design Museum (A-NF)

2.5.10

• Pride by Rachel Vincent (A)

2.6.10

• Snake and Lizard by Joy Cowley & Gavin Bishop (Y)
• Orange by Benjamin (GN)
• Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: The Devoted Friend and the Rose and the Nightingale by Oscar Wilde & P. Craig Russell (GN)
• American Virgin: Wet by Steven T. Seagle, Becky Cloonan, & Jim Rugg (GN)
• American Virgin: Going Down by Steven T. Seagle, Becky Cloonan, & Ryan Kelly (GN)
• American Virgin: Head by Steven T. Seagle, Becky Cloonan, & Jim Rugg (GN)

2.8.10

• Death by Latte by Linda Gerber (YA)
• American Virgin: Around the World by Steven T. Seagle, Becky Cloonan, Ryan Kelly, & Jim Rugg (GN)

2.9.10

• Bear-ology: Fascinating Bear Facts, Tales & Trivia by Sylvia Dolson (A-NF)

2.10.10

• Tempted by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast (YA)

2.11.10

• The Legend of Ninja Cowboy Bear by David Bruins & Hilary Leung (PB)
• Panda & Polar Bear by Matthew J. Baek (PB)
• The Marvelous Misadventures of...Fun-Boy by Ralph Cosentino (PB)
• Buddha #2: The Four Encounters by Osamu Tezuka (GN)
• Today I Will: A Year of Quotes, Notes, and Promises to Myself by Eileen Spinelli & Jerry Spinelli (YA-NF)

2.12.10

• Gone Is Gone or the Story of a Man Who Wanted to Do Housework by Wanda Gag (Y)
• The Festival of Bones / El Festival de las Calaveras by Luis San Vincente (PB)
• Love Is a Special Way of Feeling by Joan Walsh Anglund (PB)
• Hawk, I'm Your Brother by Byrd Baylor & Peter Parnall (PB)
• Extra! Extra! Fairy-Tale News from Hidden Forest by Alma Flor Ada & Leslie Tryon (PB)
• Rabbit Goes to Kansas by Deborah L. Duvall & Murv Jacob (PB)
• Rabbit and the Fingerbone Necklace by Deborah L. Duvall & Murv Jacob (PB)

2.13.10

• Famous Last Words: Fond Farewells, Deathbed Diatribes, and Exclamations Upon Expiration edited by Ray Robinson (A-NF)
• The Silver Door by Terry Griggs (Y)
  

2.14.10

• The Wild Things by Dave Eggers (A)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney (Y)

2.15.10

• Buddha #3: Devadatta by Osamu Tezuka (GN)

2.16.10

• The Weiser Field Guide to Ghosts: Apparitions, Spirits, Spectral Lights, and Other Hauntings of History and Legend by Raymond Buckland (A-NF)

2.17.10

• School of Fear by Ditty Daneshvari (Y)
• Walter: The Story of a Rat by Barbara Wersba & Donna Diamond (Y)

2.18.10

• Buddha #4: The Forest of Uruvela by Osamu Tezuka (GN)

2.19.10

• Buddha #5: Deer Park by Osamu Tezuka (GN)

2.20.10

• Unshapely Things by Mark Del Franco (A)
• The Vampire Hunter's Handbook: A Field Guide to the Paranormal by Erin Slonaker (YA-NF)
• The Witch's Handbook: A Field Guide to Magic by Rachel Dickinson (YA-NF)

2.21.10

• Buddha #6: Ananda by Osamu Tezuka (GN)
• Keeping It Real by Justina Robson (A)

2.23.10

• Wink: The Ninja Who Wanted to Be Noticed by J.C. Phillips (PB)
• The Library Dragon by Carmen Agra Deedy & Michael P. White (PB)
• The Oxford Project by Peter Feldstein & Stephen G. Bloom (A-NF)
• Rosario + Vampire #9 by Akihisa Ikeda (M)

2.25.10

• Buddha #7: Prince Ajatasattu by Osamu Tezuka (GN)
• Sticks and Stones by Beth Goobie (YA)
• Fatal Charm by Linda Joy Singleton (YA)

2.28.10

• Sucks to Be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (Maybe) by Kimberly Pauley (YA)

02.10 total: 53

6 young adult fiction; 13 picture books; 7 adult non fiction; 7 youth fiction; 4 adult fiction; 12 graphic novels; 3 young adult non fiction; 1 manga