"Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody."
this week: The Perks of Being A Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
in a nutshell: Charlie starts and completes his freshman year of high school
extended summary: Charlie documents his freshman year of high school in the form of letters to his 'friend' (we never find out who). He deals with making friends after the suicide of his only friend, and then the typical problems that high schoolers deal with. There are, well, I guess, mature topics covered in the book as well, sex, drugs, and abuse. It's well done however, so don't let that prevent you from reading the book.
the book and i: I was really bored last Monday since I had five gazillion frees the next day (okay like 4) and was going to do all my homework the next day. I didn't want to go to the library but I wanted to read something so I was like "Oh, I'll see if I can find this book because everyone cries about how good it is so maybe I should read it." So I got it and I read it and didn't stop because let's face it, it's a really really good book. And now I want to see the movie and it's just perfect and yeah.
the perks of reading the book:
this week: The Perks of Being A Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
in a nutshell: Charlie starts and completes his freshman year of high school
extended summary: Charlie documents his freshman year of high school in the form of letters to his 'friend' (we never find out who). He deals with making friends after the suicide of his only friend, and then the typical problems that high schoolers deal with. There are, well, I guess, mature topics covered in the book as well, sex, drugs, and abuse. It's well done however, so don't let that prevent you from reading the book.
the book and i: I was really bored last Monday since I had five gazillion frees the next day (okay like 4) and was going to do all my homework the next day. I didn't want to go to the library but I wanted to read something so I was like "Oh, I'll see if I can find this book because everyone cries about how good it is so maybe I should read it." So I got it and I read it and didn't stop because let's face it, it's a really really good book. And now I want to see the movie and it's just perfect and yeah.
the perks of reading the book:
- you have an excuse for going to go see the movie
- you laugh
- you cry
- you want to read it again
- Charlie is super cute
- You don't realize what you're reading until like 17 pages later when Charlie figures stuff out
- Patrick is just about the best character ever (except for near the end but we'll ignore that) and you'll want a Patrick in your life. And a Sam. And a Charlie. And just about everyone except Mary Elizabeth and Bob.
"So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be."
-em xx
