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Celebrate Book Lovers’ Day and Bibliophiles Everywhere with My R*A*P - Really-Awful Poem to Bookishness

8/4/2019

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To celebrate International Book Lover's Day on 9 August, my writerly pals and I are having fun by sharing all the ways we adore reading with our #BookLuvHop.  Please enjoy my first (and likely last!) R*A*P, Really Awful Poem, an Ode to Books.  Apologies to Gertude Stein, the Bard, Dr. Seuss and true poets everywhere.  
 
Also, be sure to visit my #Gr8Blog pals/bibliophiles linked at the end of this post to find more ways to share your bookish passions. And hey.... if you blog, add a note and share your family-friendly post link about book love in the comment section, and we'll spread blog love your way.

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btw....Today's post is an updated R*A*P from the original penned in 2016.  My poetry hasn't  improved [wink].


​Ode to Books


a R*A*P, Really-Awful Poem
by Cat Michaels
BOOKS!
How do I love thee?  
Let me count the ways.
Hmmm: Cat least thrice:
A book, is a book, is a book.  

Alas, I could not read them on a boat
....I get sea sick.  

Nor on a goat
....I am a city girl.  I only do goat cheese.

But I read books
​... here and there.

Celebrate Book Lovers’ Day and Bibliophiles Everywhere with My R*A*P, Really Awful Poem ~ catmichaelswriter.com
Photo by Raj Eiamworakul on Unsplash

Celebrate Book Lovers’ Day and Bibliophiles Everywhere with My R*A*P, Really Awful Poem ~ catmichaelswriter.com
Cat's TBR stash
Actually, I
​love reading almost everywhere


Using all kinds
of clever devices


Which take away my breath
and suffices 

as my brain's
​creative spices.​ 


Books in print are longtime pals 
Ever since elementary school locales.

Dick and Jane started it all.
Then on to Dr. Seusss and Nancy Drew
as I grew tall.

via GIPHY

Today, it's  ....

​Fantasy

&
 

Mystery

​&


Historical Fiction  

​


​
​But ... 

JK's

HP

 is

forever

my

addiction!
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Cat at Platform 9 3/4

Celebrate Book Lovers’ Day and Bibliophiles Everywhere with My R*A*P, Really Awful Poem ~ catmichaelswriter.com
Audio-budded walking Cat
I love books most when they talk to me.  

​In fact ...
they even 
walk 
with me! 

Earbuds,
sweat,
and all.


​Tablet reading!
​

You turn me on 
when I plug you in.

Your font and light controls
are awesome.

You

make

my

book world
​
​spin.


Celebrate Book Lovers’ Day and Bibliophiles Everywhere with My R*A*P, Really Awful Poem ~ catmichaelswriter.com
Excerpt: Sweet T and the Turtle Team e-book, by Cat Michaels

And what an over-the-moon

delight

to share prose 

With that special little one who knows
​
A great kidlit story
makes life
way more
​ hunky-dory.
Celebrate Book Lovers’ Day and Bibliophiles Everywhere with My R*A*P, Really Awful Poem to Bookishness ~ catmichaelswriter.come
Cat's young reader friends

​And my deepest readerly secret?  

I

am

a


 librocubicularist!

No way I can rhyme it, 
so I'll just say instead...

I love to read in bed!!!

Tis quite peculiar-ist -:D
​
librocubicularist photo by Non Vang on Unsplash
Photo by Nong Vang on Unsplash


​the end


Your Turn 
Thanks for stopping by.  What do you love about reading? What's your fave genre? How might you celebrate International's Book Lovers' Day? Please share in the comment section,
​
And before you go.....
 

Click on the links below to visit my #Gr8Blogs pals for tons more bibliophile fun.


​Rosie Russell

​Rebecca Lindsay

Sandra Bennett

​Auden Johnson

James Milson
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23 Comments
Jessica Adams link
8/5/2019 03:16:19 pm

Lol, very funny Cat! I'm having a free ebook download day on Book Lovers Day. All my books, and my teen daughter's book, will be free on August 9th.

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Cat Michaels link
8/5/2019 08:47:34 pm

Thanks for R*A*Pping with me, Jessica! First, it is beyond cool that your teen daughter has written a book AND it's going free on 9 Aug to celebrate International Book Lovers' Day -:D

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Jessica Adams link
8/7/2019 11:19:38 am

Thanks! We are pretty excited for Book Lovers Day! My younger daughter has been writing her own books as well, and she is becoming quite the illustrator! I knew if I gave my girls a chance within my books to illustrate, that they'd really take off, and I was right. She's not so great with the writing and grammar though, so her book will probably take me much longer to edit. In any case, it's a start!

Loren link
8/5/2019 04:31:03 pm

I didn't know there was a book lovers day, that's so cool. Well congrats to all of us book lovers. Very nice, sweet post.

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Cat Michaels link
8/5/2019 08:51:53 pm

Yes, indeedy, Loren! Tis Book Lovers' Day on 9 August
for all us needy
to express our love of book
on all corners and every nook -:D


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James Milson link
8/5/2019 05:56:35 pm

A tip of the poets cap,
for your wonderful bookish rap,
Reading so many great books,
But never on boats or goats,
Preferring private and special hidden nooks.

Nicely done, Cat! And I had no idea that I was a "librocubicularist". Something else for the resume, indeed. 🤠 🐻 ❤️

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Cat Michaels link
8/5/2019 08:56:56 pm

You have me cracking up here, James! Thanks a ton for your lovely rhyme and for R*A*Pping with me.

btw...always delightful meeting a fellow librocubicularist -:D

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Sandra Bennett link
8/5/2019 10:14:55 pm

Hi Cat,
Your new and improved rap is great,
perhaps poetry is now your fate.
Living in the country I will read near a goat,
but as it's winter I need a warm coat.
I like to read historical fiction,
although middle grade can be quite an addiction.
Thanks for the challenge, this has been fun,
I'll say goodbye now, that's it, I'm done.

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Cat link
8/6/2019 08:30:29 am

Tee Hee. Giggling here, Sandra! Appreciate you stopping by and R*A*Pping with me. Stay cozy warm and enjoy your historical fiction and MG tales -D!

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Rosie Russell link
8/6/2019 10:27:49 am

Cat, your R*A*P post for Book Lovers' Day brought me big smiles and laughs! How fun!!

Love our friend Cat,
who likes to rap.
She knows her books,
and can get you hooked. :)

Thanks for the fun Cat!
Rosie

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Cat Michaels link
8/6/2019 07:33:30 pm

Thank YOU for the smiles and for R*A*P-ing with me, Rosie. What a sweet poem. Keeping it close to my heart -:D

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Julie Gorges link
8/6/2019 10:38:20 am

Keep on rapping, Cat! Love your poem - and the message.

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Cat Michaels link
8/6/2019 07:36:07 pm

Julie, thanks a ton for your kind words on my one and only attempt at poetry. All for book lovin'!

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Auden Johnson link
8/6/2019 10:32:40 pm

Hello fellow Potterhead! I loved this. That line about goat cheese almost killed me. Still laughing over the Spider-Man photo. This is awesome.

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Cat Michaels link
8/6/2019 11:00:27 pm

Glad my R*A*P brought a smile, Auden. Always delightful connecting with a fellow Potterhead (Gryffindor here :-D). We must celebrate with wands, sorting hats and virtual goat cheese soon!

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Barbara Chapman link
8/7/2019 04:14:16 pm

Hello Cat,
If my mother were still alive and my kids were still small (or there were great-grands living yet), I am sure my mother would be happy to send over several of your books! :) Having just unpacked the last few moving boxes of books into our big bookcases, I sat and read (from 1:00am - 2:00am) a few favorite stories my kids loved to have read to them... Those dog stories are still some of my favorites.

Like your R*A*P! Oh, the Places You Will Go when reading books... I still love Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series all these years later, but my favorites these days are historical fiction, biographies, and mysteries.


Happy reading and writing to you,
Barb :)

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Cat Michaels link
8/8/2019 12:32:43 pm

Barbara, hat’s off to you for being a true bibliophile. Cannot imagine all those boxes of books to unpack, but what fun opening them and discovering old friends from back when your kids were little. Loved little House books growing up, and the TV series about Laura. Thanks for celebrating book love with me -:D

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Carol Baldwin
8/7/2019 04:53:27 pm

I thought your poem (and accompanying photos) were TOPS! Too tired at the moment to think of an appropriate rhyme--but kudos to you!

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Cat Michaels link
8/8/2019 12:37:11 pm

Fun celebrating bookishness with another book nerd, Carol. Thanks a ton for R*A*P-i ng with me-:D

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Carmela Dutra
8/8/2019 01:09:11 am

Haha 😆 I still love your RAP! I will say you have encouraged me to want to give audio books a try. I have never done so but there have been some that I’ve read I can imagine would be epic to hear. I think I will be giving that a go this year as I will have my arms twice as full soon.

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Cat Michaels link
8/8/2019 12:42:15 pm

You should def try audio, Carmela, with or without earbuds, depending on little ones’ nap schedules. My friends do Audible, and I use the OverDrive app to connect with my local library to check out MP3 audiobooks for free. Thanks for R*A*P-ing with me‼️

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Rebecca Lyndsey
8/8/2019 02:09:40 pm

Love meeting fellow book addicts. Lol I adore my Kindle but I haven't been able to get into audio books. I always want to go back and read my favorite parts and I can't in that. Hahaha If I had a long commute, I would probably be broke.

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Cat Michaels link
8/8/2019 04:13:35 pm

Thanks for visiting, Rebecca -:D. I use my tablet mostly when I cannot get an audiobook. And it is harder to find a favorite passage on audio unless you quickly add a bookmark to the spot. btw...I download my audiobooks for free from my library, or else I’d be broke listening to books, too!

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