Books

I have started reading. Books. This is like the biggest change I have made in my life since I moved out of my fathers house. I was never a big reader. Although, I have many great childhood memories of books that I had read and truly loved. I think it all went downhill when I was in high school. I was forced to read…and then write about what I had read…and read books that I was not too interested in. So I guess that’s when it became a drag. Also, textbooks. Now that is basically torture. From the time school ended till about a month ago, I shunned books. I was in love with my ipod and had a subscription to New York Magazine that I hardly read, except for the Approval Matrix. I went through a three year period of buying DVDs and trying to become a movie connoisseur- which has not turned out that well (but I’m still trying). I now own about 30 DVDs that I will most likely never watch again….oh well. Getting back to the book topic- My father gave me a copy of Marley and Me at a time when life was pretty shitty. He said “you’ll love it! It’s so funny. You’ll laugh…” I started reading the book in December and finally finished it I think in May. It was a cute book, I admit. But it was no page turner. I needed a good page turner to kick start my reading career. So I bought the book Eat Pray Love (I was told young ladies like myself enjoyed it). I loved it. It wasn’t really a page turner, but it was super inspiring. I think it took me about three weeks to finish it. The next book I bought I was actually embarrassed to read in public- The Da Vinci Code. I was embarrassed because everyone on earth has already read this book- except me. But I finished that bad boy in two weeks! I felt so accomplished. I didn’t love the book, but I liked it, and it was definitely a page turner. The next book I read was a book I had started but never finished- The Celestine Prophecy. I wanted to finish reading it, so I could put it behind me. I restarted it. And…ugh..it was bad. And it was a New York Times best seller. It was bad, but I just finished it today. A total of 11 days. I did read it a bit quick…just to get it over with. Did I mention how much I love browsing book stores? I always have loved strolling through the local Barnes and Noble. Even when I didn’t read. I would usually end up buying some sort of self help book, never really fully reading it, just flipping through it, reading the parts that interested me. I bought The Rules too…yeah…that’s an interesting book. I basically have a mini self help library in my apartment. But now, NOW, I will have real books! I’m so excited! I already like looking at my book shelf and seeing all the (well the 4) books I have read. It feels like I am exposed to a new type of food. Like if I had never tried seafood or Indian. So many books! So many I am excited to read. And my shpeal is now done. I’m of to read my new book Netherland ☺