Just started reading The May Queen Murders by Sarah Jude. It seemed like an appropriate book to start the month off with.
And I love this poem about May:
May Day
by Sara Teasdale (1844-1933)
A delicate fabric of bird song
Floats in the air,
The smell of wet wild earth
Is everywhere.
Red small leaves of the maple
Are clenched like a hand,
Like girls at their first communion
The pear trees stand.
Oh I must pass nothing by
Without loving it much,
The raindrop try with my lips,
The grass with my touch.
For how can I be sure
I shall see again
The world on the first of May
Shining after the rain?
Then there's this painting by John Collier titled "Queen Guinevere's Maying" which also seemed particularly appropriate:
As for my reading in May? I'm hoping to get two more classics finished this month, along with another nonfiction book. Here's what I just checked out of the library:
Twelve Years a Slave
The Suite Spot
Razorblade Tears
The Slow March of Light
Tunnel 29
Pride, Prejudice and Peril
Fallen Creed
Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye
A Double Life
A quick bookish apology to all those bloggers with Disqus who have commented on my blog recently (like Anne and Mia and Deb, etc.); the reason I haven't commented back is because Disqus no longer allows guests to comment on its platform like it once did, and I really don't want to have to create yet another account with yet another password and sign into yet another thing in order to comment back; and I don't like that Disqus makes you do that. But I still visit your blogs and read your posts! I just didn't want you to think I'm ignoring you, because I'm not.
One last thought for this first day of May:
And May the Force be with you...
Happy May Day!
On the new comment box below: You don't have to comment as Anonymous if you don't want to, even though that's the first option that comes up. There is a small down arrow next to Anonymous when you go to comment that if you click on will bring down other options, like comment with a Google account, or use your name and a URL. I know it's obnoxious, and I'm sorry. I don't like that that's the new thing now either.