Even though I do not have a lot of time on my hands, I still find ways to make my life more busy than needed to be. Despite the fact that I have school, dance, blogs, and extracurricular activities to worry about, I find ways to make my time feel even more crammed. However, I am not complaining because I am not wasting my time, since I do enjoy and do not regret what I have done. Let me tell you. If you were in my mind, either you are an overachiever and think my life is easy (it probably is), you think my life is overwhelming (which I doubt), or you think my life is not busy at all, and that it is only jumbled. Yes, jumbled. I live a pretty good life I would say. Not better than most, but not at all near the worst.
I have been reading a lot of literature lately. Most of which are both contemporary and classical. Even though I have read many books in my day, I find that my book taste has been refined over the years, which is good since I think reading bad books is over for me for now. This year has to be one of my more successful years of reading books, since all of the books I have read at the beginning of last summer until now have not been terrible, other than Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Right now, I am working on The Count of Monte Christo, The Fault in Our Stars, and some of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz’s works. Right now, I love them.
Some of my favorite books I have read has to be either Perks of Being a Wallflower, which I read between the years of eighth grade and freshman year and will read again in my senior year in order to see if I still agree with it, or The Catcher in the Rye. The latter is more extreme than the first, but overall, great books nonetheless.
In all honesty, most books and movies that are criticized and create controversy and bring the best debates tend to be the better ones, so do not fear them. Instead, read them. However, do not watch any movie or any book that you think is inappropriate. With that being said, people who have read Perks of Being a Wallflower and do not understand it, do not read The Catcher in the Rye because you will not understand it either. Start out small then go big.
I think during the summer, where I have loads of free time, I think that I will start to read more books. Maybe read The Great Gatsby, my mother’s ultimate favorite, or start a book club with The Catcher in the Rye, since I do have enough books in order to do so.
By the way, I got a 98 on my persuasive essay for English, which we were suppose to write about if power corrupts at all, which I said yes, because of the evidence of World War II, Lord of the Flies, and Julius Caesar.
As much as I love reading, I dislike many books, namely Jane Eyre and Bless Me, Ultima. I know that many people love them, but out of the two, Jane Eyre was the worse one. I do not know what was that threw me off because a lot of people enjoy reading the book. Sorry, I think that if I read it later in life, it will be better. Bless Me, Ultima was too magical for me. I am not into the magic stuff unless you are speaking of weird happenings in ancient times.
Anyway, I apologize for the long post, and I totally do not mean to do that to you, but I felt it was totally needed (just kidding). Hopefully, you enjoyed this post, and in the comments, list some books that you enjoyed or hated. I will be replying to those comments. Thank you, and have a nice day.
Ok, enough with being boring J
, I decided to give you a video. Yes, another one to watch, but this video is very calming, and the song is written by the same guy I showed you the other day, Troye Sivan. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_apoiiL8rxY
With love,
Violet Sar Bleu
P.S. Please watch the video, the song is becoming one of my favorites J
. It describes the book so well, and it makes me happy when I hear it, and I want you to be happy too. <3
P.S.S. Read the book also. One of my favorites also.
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