the answers to your book questions.

--what are some good reads? well. let me tell you this, i read a lot. & i have never read a book i don't like. it sounds cliche but i mean it. i have read great books & i have read good books. but i have never read a book i hated. but some good reads i have recently indulged in & would recommend are as follows:
* white oleander - janet finch.
* the secret life of bees - sue monk kidd.
* the art of racing the rain - garth stein.
* every day- david levithan.
* why we broke up - daniel handler.
* the dovekeepers - alice hoffman.
* tuesdays with morrie - mitch albom.
* the fault in our stars - john green.
* eat, pray, love - elizabeth gilbert.
* the history of love - nicole krauss.
* extremely loud and incredibly close - jonathan safran foer.
* the great gatsby - f. scot fitzgerald.
* anna karenina - leo tolstoy
to name a few. all are good, great books. i am currently reading prozac nation by elizabeth wurtzel which i am also in love with. i have yet to finish it but i think i have already fallen for the story. i could go on & on about great, good books but i will let it be.

--favorite feel good/empowerment books. (similar to jane eyre.) jane eyre is my hero. i mean it. but. i recently finished stephanie nielson's, heaven is here. oh. my. this book was so fantastic. i would certainly throw it towards the top of the list of favorites. probably. i bawled one second, cried the next, & felt sincere anger when things just didn't work out according to plan. so yes, read this book. now. another, p.s. i love you by cecilia ahern. this book is cheesy, very cheesy. but i read it during a very vulnerable time & i would read it again & again. (probably have.) tina fey's bossypants. its a laugh-out-loud-til-my-stomach-cramps kind of book. one that just makes you feel good. its kind of a funny story by ned vizzini & of course harper lee's to kill a mockingbird.

--favorite, favorite book of all time. to ask me my favorite book is to ask how many stars number the sky. but when asked this question to kill a mockingbird or wuthering heights always come to mind. i have never been so in love with a fictional character as i am with heathcliff or atticus finch.

--how do you feel about reading books twice? do it. i read tom sawyer every summer, wuthering heights every christmas vacation, jane eyre whenever life is rough, & to kill a mockingbird at least twice a year. every time i read a book i highlight as a read. & every time i read i see what jumped out to me the time before & i remember what i was going through. it is like a journal written in someone else's words. i read the same pages, the same passages, but never the same book twice. so read & re-read books. its fine. you should. in fact. . . please do.

--> i love books. i love being asked about books. i am afraid reading will one day go out of style. pray with me that it doesn't. thanks for asking me about my passion. 

bibliophilia.

(n.) the love of books.

i love immersing myself in a novel.
letting myself drown between the pages
& buoy between the words.

i have a passionate love affair with books. the way words flow hold a beauty that can compare with almost nothing. almost nothing at all.

when people say they don't read, i think they're lying. i really do.
or when they say, "i don't like reading. . ." i assume we'll never be friends.
because, like, how could you not read?
its delicious.

my days look a lot like this.

 homegirl ^ has suddenly become a cuddler.
maybe its cause i'm cuter & she's older.
but she loves me now.
we spend a lot of time together - you know - playing catch - riding in the car in search of a 32 oz. - sleeping - watching BBC & wes anderson films - doing homework. it is real fun. there's a reason her name means black power. she really does make more accepting of others.
haa.

also. i am reading some real neat - o novels right about now.
reading john green's the fault in our stars. & it is so adorable i just want to die.
you. should. read. it.
i mean really. you should. it is just about my fave. (well - to be blunt - i have never read a book i don't like. but its whatever. still fantastic.)

& then when i read i do so with my pants undone. even in a public place. don't judge. if you can't take em off - undo them - no harm there. if you're ashamed of your panties - bring a jacket (doubles as a cover up.)
been looking online for jobs - know what i wish? that i was older cause at 21 you can donate your eggs & make bank. i mean what the hell - i could spare a few eggs, give someone the gift & happiness of life - & still come out on top with enough money to pay for the rest of my college education.
huzzah to always being too young for something.
also. i'm stuck in the broken, unsure of how to move forward, i'm still awkward as hell, stage. so - i listen to david bowie's heroes on repeat & pretend ziggy is my bff. 'tis chill.

i just spend my time reading.

cause what else is spring break for?

jonathan safran foer.

he makes you feel alive.

tryi him out sometime.

he'll make you laugh.
also.

i bought a watch.

wondering what time it is?

call me up.

i can tell you.