Learning Challenge: Just Read!!!

Watching the parody video of Uptown Funk, Unread Book, made me laugh. Sometimes you just have to pick up a book and read. I loved the effort they put into making the video. They did a great job and certainly made me want to pick up an unread book and read it. I loved all the references to various books within the video. I hope Bruno Mars saw that video, I can only image how he would react seeing it. Bruno Mars is one of my favorite artists. His style of music was excellent for this video. I will be picking up a new book to read! I am feeling "The Hobbit" after hearing the reference to it. I have never read the book, but I love fantasy so I can not wait to read it!
                                                                       
Had to include a picture of the famous, Bruno Mars. Source: Wikipedia

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