Reading

I am the type of reader that needs to have a book suggested to them before i'll take the time to read it. It's either that or i have to read the last chapter, so i know it will be worth my while. However, i HATE when people ruin surprises, and that is exactly what reading the last chapter of a book does. So i had the urge to read a book and i hadn't gotten any suggestions so i decided just to pick one up, and give it a try. It just so turns out that this book is now my favorite book.

John Greens' "Looking for Alaska" was a book i heard people talk about, but no one had ever told me that I was going to love it, so i didn't give it the time of day. Until it was the only book that i could think to read. From the second i picked it up, i just couldn't bring myself to set it down. It really wasn't story itself that kept me hooked, it was the way he wrote it. I love poetry, and i love poetry like writers (people who write a story not for the story, but for the meaning beneath it all) This is exactly how Green writes, and he could make me cry which isn't that easy. I don't think I've ever cried so much because of a book in my life. (Besides maybe Twilight. :0 What can I say. I'm a sucker for love stories:) )

After reading "Looking for Alaska" i was compelled to read another story, so i picked up "Paper Towns". Unlike "Looking for Alaska" I bought, started, and completed the book in less than 24 hours. There's just something about the way he writes that makes reading irresistible. He is definitely a person that i look up to and admire for his writing talents.