Thursday, January 30, 2025

Hibiscus

It's only a flowering plant

Yet it's the most beautiful flower 

To some it's too simple

To some it's too much 

But to me its calm 

Calm like the ocean waves 

Beautiful as them as well


Friday, January 24, 2025

Book Clubs

Book clubs are a great way to meet new people and to talk about books. I was actually a part of a book club in high school. This club was set up by the librarian; however, she gave us the choice to choose whichever book we wanted and let us guide the conversations. This experience was great because I got to make a lot of new friends that I found something in common with, which was reading. This book club also let me critically think and really take in the book because I knew that I would have to discuss it. In the book club I was also able to meet the author of one of the books. This was awesome because I got to meet the person behind the story that I read which made the story feel more real.

This book club made me love reading even more and motivated me to find what types of books I truly enjoyed. I think the year that I was in the book club is when I read the most books in that period of time. It's a great club that allows you to learn, grow, and make new friends. I recommend that everyone joins a book club at least once in their lifetime. 

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