Happy Halloween! I think it’s about time Read and Wright had it’s own corner of the Internet, right? I can’t take all the credit. I have an incredible support system around me and one of my friends set this up for my yesterday. I can’t appreciate it enough, honestly. I am not exactly technologically savvy and can barely keep my acting website up to date. This space is going to be dedicated to full, in depth reviews of books as well as discussions surrounding what I’m reading.
I think books can take us on a journey. I wrote this a while ago, when I wanted to have a blog about the books I’m reading. I figured I’d share it ago, but it was written way back in April:
When I was in third grade, the first Harry Potter movie came out that November. It was a Wednesday and parent/teacher conference day. My mom picked up my brother and I early, packed us a lunch, and took us to see the first 11am showing of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. My older brother Max had read the book; I had not. I knew Max really loved the book but I don’t remember if I knew anything about the world I was about to get a peek into. Needless to say, I was absolutely hooked. That night, I asked Max if I could borrow his copy of the first book. I snuggled into my bed and at 8 years old, fell in love for the first time. My mom came in to tuck. me in and I launched into all the differences between the book and movie. “Mommy, the book! It’s so much better!” I was already a purist.
This is the earliest memory I have of falling in love with a real book. I have favorite children’s books that I remember reading with my parents before bed, but Harry Potter really was the first BOOK I read and really fell in love with myself. It inspired me to find more and more like it.
I’ve always described myself as an introvert living an extroverts life. I have to spend most of my time with other people and I LOVE people. I love observing people and I always have fun when I do go out. But I 100% NEED time to recharge. I had a really busy couple of months recently. I woke up one morning and was so excited to get to the subway (lol what) because I knew I was going to be able to just sit by myself and read my book. At that point, I was rereading All American Girl by Meg Cabot. A seemingly silly YA teen girl book, but man was it entertaining and pulled me in. It made my remember why I loved it at 12 or 13 when I first read it.
I think I read because it’s how I learn. I learn from people best but I don’t always like sitting down and having difficult conversations. I learn a lot from characters and I tend to retain information better. Like right now, I’m sitting in a cafe (Starbucks, you caught me) listening to Lady Gaga sing A Wonderful World while it rains outside. Like, how lucky am I? And I’ll probably start drumming up the beginning of a novel while I write this post. Will I finish it? Who even knows. I don’t even think this post is related anymore.
Cheers, folks.
So, here we are. It’s October (Happy Halloween!) and I finally have a space all my own that’s real. I’m so excited and can’t wait to go through my 2018 books and write up REAl reviews of what I’ve read and hold discussions. How cool is social media for that reason?
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