32. Illustrated Book Report
- smarti
- Jun 14
- 2 min read
I'm bang in the middle of a challenge to read 100 books this year. It's been relentless as well as fun. I've already hit 50 and that's so exciting! Lately I'm overwhelmed with the desire to capture my book notes in an illustrated form - like a book report. An illustrated book report! Not every book deserves a book report - but I cannot stop thinking about these three books:
Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker
A fascinating read about how to put together a more meaningful event through all the stages of dreaming, creating, hosting and closing. I loved the anecdotes. The takeaways were so helpful. Definitely will help me stay out of the box with my own gatherings.
Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
A significant and influential book from the 60s in New York, by an urbanist well known in city planning circles. This book gets referenced all across the board for important aspects of city planning, complex communities and residential experiences. My illustrated book report is on a specific two-page description of a day in the life of a small business owner (Mr. Jaffe) on a NYC block and all the ways he serves his local community.
History of the World in 6 glasses by Tom Standage
Walking through history one drink at a time - from beer, to wine, spirits, coffee, tea and finally Coca-Cola. I didn't expect to enjoy this one as much as I did. The stories of historical significance were extraordinary. I found myself listening and relistening several times because the details were wonderfully compact and so entertaining. *My illustrated book report is an excerpt about tea which fascinated me.
I love reading widely and randomly. I'm always surprised by what I get to learn. The variety of literature is also helpful for our end of the year book bingo (read more here.)
These book reports have me thinking though - oh, how I wish we could go back to the days of the Book It Pizza Hut program. I would love to wear the pin and get gold stars and have a personal pan pizza all to myself after every 5 books. But for now, I'll settle for drawing illustrated book reports and celebrating my latest reads with you.
Here's to illustrated book reports,
smarti
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