Discussion-Section 3

Alright everyone this is our final discussion for I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. What did you think? Please share your reviews and analysis as comments on this post.

I will add more analysis in a comment but I wanted to mention some of the references made by Maya in this last section of the novel. I think they are not only important to set the time frame but also very interesting to look into. I did some research into songs and a book that was mentioned in this story. By listening to and reading about these things, I can better imagine the atmosphere Maya lived in. She mentioned two songs: Tomorrow night by Lonnie Johnson  and When The Swallows Come Back to Capistrano by Bobby Day. These songs don't belong to the genre of music most people listen to these days, but I encourage you all to listen to them and try to envision what Maya felt in hearing these songs.

I also encourage you to read this article about The Well of Loneliness. This way you can see a little more where Maya gained her information. Books for her were always a well of knowledge and she trusted their contents. I think it is important to understand the references she makes so that we may better understand her.

On another note, we will not be starting another novel until the new year. This will give us all some time to spend with family over the holidays. I will announce our next novel in mid-January. Over the holidays I will be reading The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and a novel called Shade. If you are looking for reading suggestions, you should choose a novel from my Already Read page.

Thank you all for reading and I wish you all a merry Christmas!

Sincerely,
Elysia

Discussion-Section 1

So how did everyone enjoy the first fifteen chapters of I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings? This first section brings up many issues that will need to be discussed and I look forward to reading your perspectives on this section. Please comment on this post to participate.

Also, I encouraged you all to share songs, videos, pictures, anything you personally related to any section of a novel we read. I want to start this going by sharing a picture that I coincidentally came across a couple of weeks ago on PostSecret.

With that, I will start the first discussion with a comment on this post. 

Sincerely,

Elysia

Novel Announcement

As our reading of Of Mice and Men draws to its close, it is time to announce the next novel we are going to read! The discussion for part two is still open in the previous post if you would like to add to it and I will be posting the third discussion tomorrow. As for our next novel, luckily, it came in from the library in time, so the last book that we will read this year will be....

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou.

When we have completed our final discussion for Of Mice and Men, I will post the reading schedule for our new novel! I am planning on having the first section of Caged Bird be due on Sunday. I know this seems very soon but we all have a weekend and some to read the first section. I don't know what versions of this novel people have so if you could please comment on this post and let me know how yours is divided into parts. Mine is divided into about 36 chapters, I believe. If yours follows this same format please let me know as this will make it a lot easier for everyone to follow along! Happy reading!

Sincerely,
Elysia