Okay, we know there is an elephant in the room right now with all of us. But we are not gonna talk about it ok? Let’s ignore it, pretend it's not there and hope it’ll go away. But also since we spent thousands of moolah to be where we are and be filled with words, let’s stay out of its way and not be trampled by it. Let’s do our part of ignoring it well with style. And indoors. So I need your help here, hold me close. Hold me really really close.
— A Book,2020
That’s quite a captivating introduction eh? Now I am not a book anymore, I’m me, Gulla.
Trust me, writing this blog post is the last thing I should be doing right now. I have a tonne of work to do and if my manager is reading this, I LOVE MY JOB. I LOVE MY TEAM. But then, I am watching all these people (WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE) doing all these great things from home and I never thought I could catch a FOMO even when all I am asked to do is stay put, like omg. And then I’ve been telling myself these following things,
- Uff all these people posting cool cooking vids, bringing the vine back n all are crazy
- I barely have time to wake up and then stay up. Ain’t nobody got time for greatness.
- Damn, everybody is using their time so well, I am too late. Why you gotta be late always, idiot. I am an idiot.
…well, I could go on and you get the gist.
So here I am, out here, today, rallying on behalf of all the other folks like me who are late in the game and still figuring out when is the right time to change from our pjs into well, fresh(er) laundry, and still try to make something out of this unexpected time we got right??? I just want you all to know that we are not too late. We got time. And we can still pick up a hobby, text that dude we made eye contact near Walgreens back(DONT), buy a cactus, you know..whatever!!
I won’t be telling you what you can do with your time, BUT if you are a bookworm like me and are looking for book suggestions, read further!! Yea, that's what i'm going to do. Read books and make folks read them too. Gulla’s book club, how does that sound? Should I file for a patent? Too soon?
This week’s book suggestion issssssss *DRUMROLLL*
‘THE HATE YOU GIVE’ by Angie Thomas.
This book is super special to me coz I watched the movie first and I was crying on the plane all the way from Madison to Seattle while the lady next to me was looking at me trying to tell me that it’s gonna be alright but she knew it was going to make her seem as crazy as I was coz it was a movie. You feel me? yea it was intense. So obviously I had to order the book online and then read it and cry more for real. Now I cannot tell you why I cried without ranting on and on about the book but I can promise you, it is beautifully written and for sure helps us realize what we have and what we have been given.. and maybe also what we don’t have and hence have to fight harder?!
Also, I like you if you like the books I like *wink* Cherry on top like no other!
If you aren’t a huge book person but still continued reading, you are in luck coz Imma pronounce the movie adaptation of this book is very very very good !!!!! So you can watch that too!!!!
I usually don’t ask for feedback or expect anything back from my posts but if you did read this book earlier or read the book now, HMU !! Lmk what you think :)
Happy reading y’all.
Imma go work >.<
