Meet Your Bloggers: Mademoiselle M.

Mademoiselle M.

Avid Reader, [insert: Slacker] Blogger

About me:

• I have subscriptions to more magazines than I can possibly read in a month (how stupid right)
• I have more books on my "to-read" shelf on GoodReads than I will probably ever finish, considering the fact that I keep adding like 15 new ones for each one I complete
• Somehow I still believe that I will one day finish reading all of those books
• My dream house will have a library with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves
• Every morning you will catch me reading on the Metro as I make my way downtown to work
• Every evening you will see me reading on the Metro as I finally escape from work and back into my book of the week/month
• I love talking about the books I read!

Which book had the greatest impact on me as a kid?
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman was my favorite childhood book. It was about a young girl with a BIG imagination. One day she decides to try out for the role of Peter Pan in her school play. Despite being told that she could never get the part because she's a black girl, she goes on to get the role and proves that you can do anything you set your mind to. I loooved this book so much back in the day. And, it was a Reading Rainbow book (for those of you who remember those days... man I'm getting old)!

Top 5 books?
I have like 12 all-time favorites (aside from my #1), but I'll go with these five - with the last four in no particular order. Each of these have moved me in ways that no other books were able to do...

1. Black Girl in Paris by Shay Youngblood - read my review here
2. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston
3. Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
4. Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman
5. Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

I love Uptown Literatti because...
I mean, do I really need to answer this for you? Where else can you find such intelligent, beautiful, fabulous, and witty ladies who are so passionate about reading? Pshhhh. Only on UL!