so. me.

Book Nerd (bo͝ok nûrd): A person with inordinate emotional involvement in the books they read. May suffer from crushes on fictional characters, feeling empty after finishing books, and severe bouts of rage and joy over fictional events. Often spends too much time talking about books with people who don't care as much as they do.

So Long, See You Tomorrow

I had to read this depressing little novella for English this summer... it's only 134 pages, which in itself I think is pretty lame. It's basically an old man constantly droning about how horrible his childhood was. Really, it should be called "Why My Life Sucks" or "The Events Leading Up To My Suicide"...much better titles. 

This has left me craving a good book... so I'm off to my bookshelf of unread books to pluck one out and enjoy.

World Without End

 

I finally finished it! Studying being my number one priority, the last 300 pages or so took about 4 weeks to get through, instead of the expected few days. Throughout the book I couldn’t help but to compare it to Pillars… constantly cogitating which one would turn out to be my favorite. After 1,014 pages of debate, I have made my decision.

Pillars wins.

There isn’t a word to describe my love for that book, and well, there is for WWE… love. Just love… not, well, speechless, just want to hold the book and smell it, love. I know…I’m a little strange. I did love it, but not without a few complaints...

 A little letter to the author regarding my debate:

Dear Ken Follet,

If you hadn’t used the specific phrase “cramp his style” to describe a 14^th century man’s opinion on his mother moving in with him, and had perhaps used a more period-appropriate phrase… my debate as to which was my favorite would have gone on much longer.

Your fan,

Lo

Not Entirely Book Related...

...But a little book related.

We recently got four little baby chicks... and here's the book-related part... We've named them after my top four favorite books! ;)

I would like you to meet:  Amparo, Katniss, Bella and Aliena (pronounced Allie-enna, not Elain-a --I recently learned).

For those of you who don't know those characters...
Amparo = The Religion
Katniss = Hunger Games/Catching Fire --She'll be the only red chicken (the others will be "buff" or blond) which is quite fitting for "the girl on fire" if I do say so myself hehe.
And last but certainly not least...
Aliena = Pillars of the Earth

Bella and Aliena are quite the little snugglers, Amparo has her moments and Katniss is just plain fiesty. It's pretty entertaining :)