i decided to celebrate winter break a little prematurely this year. and how, you may be wondering, did i choose to celebrate?
by reading, of course!
i hadn't read a book for myself in almost four months. my goodreads account was feeling a little neglected, and so i wasted no time in reading something i wouldn't eventually be writing a paper over.
over thanksgiving break, i finished The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci.
i LOVE this book. i read it for the first time way back in junior high school. eighth grade, i think. and i remember finishing it and thinking, "wow. that was epic."
it's a teensy bit less epic now, eight years later. but it's still a wonderful read. this is the kind of book i think often gets looked over by teachers but could really be useful in a classroom. it brings up ideas about bullying, acceptance, gossip--things teenagers are usually pretty apt to converse about.
i just wish i could find it to buy. i checked it out from the library, after nearly dying from complete shock that they had it in the first place. i hadn't seen the book since i was thirteen, even though i often look for it at bookstores. i may have to resort to buying it off amazon.com.
i don't know why, but for the most part, i resist buying books on-line. there's something wonderful about the hunt that's involved in finding a great book, whether i'm searching for it from the get-go, or i stumble upon it in my wanderings. amazon kind of takes that thrill out of it.
this past week, i finally finished The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.
i bought my mom this book last christmas, and had read about three chapters of it before i finally wrapped it up and handed it over and christmas morning. i didn't think about it again after that.
but then, as a very generous end of semester treat, one of my teachers (the one we call Aunt Joan, because she's so incredibly sweet and motherly) gave each of the students in her class a copy of the book. it was a complete surprise, and the only stipulation was that she ask we take the time to read it once every 10 years.
since it's a pretty quick read, i don't think that will be any trouble at all.
this is the book i just finished.
Dear John
by Nicholas Sparks
i'd seen the preview for the film that's coming out in 2010 a couple of times, and since the film looked really appealing, i decided i'd better read the book before i was tempted to see the movie first.
the book is cheesy, but that's to be expected. it is Nicholas Sparks after all. however, all cheesiness aside, it was a pretty good read. i'm even more excited about the film now. the preview only gave me the impression that it was a long-distance love story. but there's a lot more to it than that.
check out the trailer here.
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