Friday, November 24, 2023

reading quotes

 “Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you never know where you’ll get an idea from.” ~ Malcolm X


"Reading is essential to those who seek to rise above the ordinary." ~Jim Rohn


"If a book is well-written, I always find it too short." ~Jane Austen


"...it is impossible to read too much..."~letter from Virginia Woolf to John Lehman, 1931


"A dirty book is rarely dusty."~author unknown







Thursday, November 23, 2023

Fala Português!

 "Samba do Soho" by Antonio Carlos Jobim serenades the soul in the original Portuguese. The English version sounds glacial and uninspired. 

Enjoy this wonder!!




My literary debut

 My literary debut, The Canary Journal: a novel, was published in January 2022 on Amazon. It is available in 3 formats: hardcover, softcover, and Kindle. 




link to my Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/Canary-Journal-novel-Karah-Khalia/dp/B09PYZL8D4


link to my Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22205956.Karah_Khalia



Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Book recommendation for lovers of graphic memoirs!!!

(borrowed from the public library)

I wish Aline Kominsky-Crumb had been prolific!!! Hopefully, Robert Crumb will publish another memoir about their marriage. I'd read and buy it. From her interviews, she had insecurities about her gifts. In the technical sense, she was not brilliant at drawing yet her narrative holds my attention. Plus, I can see that she was a stylish, sexual woman from her drawings. Ms. Aline passed away on Tuesday, November 29, 2022. Blessed journey, Ms.Aline!!!

These last two books reside in my home library:




Monday, November 20, 2023

Belated thanks to Governor Gavin Newsom

 I am grateful to California lawmakers for AB 1078. 

May this law remain in effect PERMANENTLY. 

California is a freedom-to-read state. YESSSSSS!!!!





Here's the press release from Sacramento detailing the law: https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/09/25/california-bans-book-bans-and-textbook-censorship-in-schools/#:~:text=WHAT%20YOU%20NEED%20TO%20KNOW,in%20the%20state's%2010%2C000%2B%20schools.