Book Worm Wednesdays

Here's to one of the raddest books written by one of the raddest authors I've ever read.  The Land of Laughs written by Jonathan Carrol.  The book is about a man's obsession with his favorite author, a man that brought the words he wrote to live.  If you know the book, you know that's the exact way to describe it without ruining it.  It also has one of the best endings ever (purely satisfying).  It's one of the most vivid and somewhat haunting books out there.  My best advice is to just go with it! 

Can I have another moment to just say how rad Jonathan Carrol is?  The man can flip your world upside down and make you love every second of it! 

Book Worm Wednesday

I'm sorry for skipping Movie Monday this week but I've been up to my knees in pain, snot, flem, coughs, and the incredible need to sleep and drink something every 20 minutes.  In other words, I've been super sick y'all and I still am, so I will make this quick.

 My recommendation of the week is The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.   It's one of the best books I've ever read.  It's such an intimate book and it doesn't really let you escape.  Once you're in, you're in, whether or not you like the ride.  People, mainly teens, tend to make decisions that aren't always smart; who am I kidding? The choices are more often then not stupid.  The important thing is that we have the ability to make them, that we aren't just watching and letting it all pass us by.  But is it really so bad that we watch?  Charlie, the narrator and wonderful protagonist of the novel must understand this and it is a really addicting journey thanks to the style of the author.  I shall say no more because my words will never do the book justice.

P.S. I shouldn't have to say this unless you've been living in a cave but the movie adaptation will be released this year and it stars Logan Lerman and Emma Watson.  It shall be interesting to see how the book plays out on screen; I'm more than intrigued.

Book Worm Wednesday

Let's talk about books!  I am not a voracious reader, but I do do it.  I have a weird relationship with books.  There will be months where I cannot concentrate and months where I want to do nothing but read.  I am currently in the latter phase and I am trying to squeeze in as many books as possible.

I'll begin with the last book I read, mostly because it isn't a genre I'll write about too often and only because I don't read it too often.  So here it goes:

My Boyfriend Wrote a Book About Me.  Hilary finds her ex-boyfriend's name in the discounted fiction section of Barnes and Noble, only to find out the book is all too reminiscent of her relationship with the author.  Kyle (said ex and author) completely immortalizes his, quote-on-quote, "fat-assed girlfriend."  Hilary recounts her hysterical and sometimes painful past with gay ex-boyfriends, cats, cancer, and broken vajayjays.  The catch?  You can find this book on the nonfiction shelf.  My disclaimer is that you might find yourself saying TMI, but at the end of the day, this is the true story of a woman that didn't know she was trying to find herself.