I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

BATB score: 6/10 🕊

the first book to a seven-volume series autobiography of Maya Angelou - it's just very long and detailed

Best to: written back in 1969 - definitely a classic; must have been a required read in literature class back in high school

Best for: long-form autobiography bookworms - life goes on, and on, and on, and on, and on

Best as: maybe just read chapters 11 and 12 which were critical to who Maya Angelou is, then you will understand how she writes so well and why she won so many awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2011 awarded by Barack Obama; actually let's just watch her interviews on YouTube instead

Best quote: “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”

“Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.”