Blind Faith

I’ve been inspired by Anna to do a series of “book reviews” here in my blog. In quotes because they probably won’t be a really helpful book review. I’m not sure how it will be. But anyways, I just wanted to keep tab of the books I’ve read. I actually have an account in Shelfari but haven’t updated that in a while. I might add a Shelfari widget here in my blog some time soon. I love reading. When I was younger, as a student I really love reading my text books hehehe. I didn’t have money then to buy pocketbooks then so I usually borrow from classmates or from friends like Karen. I remember borrowing Sweet Valley High from them hehe.

Now, I still don’t buy a lot of books. I’m much of a cheapskate to buy them at their regular prices. So I still borrow from friends, especially the more popular ones like Harry Potter books and Dan Brown’s books. I usually buy from book sales because for less than P200 I can buy books in hardbound hehe and I usually go for autobiographies or biographies. I’m a true blue chismosa haha!

So without further ado, my latest read is Blind Faith: The Miraculous Journey of Lula Hardaway, Stevie Wonder’s mother. The first half was about Lula Hardaway but most part of the book is really about the music history of Stevie Wonder. Stevland Judkins, his real name, is the third son of Lula but her second child with Stevie's father. She was forced by Stevie's father to be a pro, although she only gives blow jobs and never had sex with her "clients", to pay for their food. I didn’t know he was already a big star at age 12, even before he hit puberty. And the word Motown actually stands for Motor town and the Motown record company. And that Motown's big boss, Berry Gordy, gave him the monicker Little Stevie Wonder. He was only 10 or 11 when they signed him under their label. I didn’t know much about Stevie Wonder so this was an interesting read for me.

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