the perks of reading

This weekend i read The Perks of Being a Wallflower, which inspired this blog.

Which i randomly picked up off of LK's bookshelf, and wasn't able to put down after. Apparently everyone read this book in high school except Lauren Pappas. But i read it now and am glad i did for many reasons, one of which is that it finally got me to put down the Game of Thrones series, which was sucking my life away. Those are the types of books that distract you from the real world, which you need sometimes. But Wallflower was more like the kind of book you read as you're living, and it gives you a different view about it. Like when Popou asked me to help him fix his VCR again today, and it's been getting to the point where i hate doing that, but then i thought, "well he's not always going to be around to ask me to do it, and then i'll miss it." and then i laughed at the situation, and realized i completely forgot to do it until a minute ago when he came in and was like, "so about that vcr..."   

Anyway it also made me feel nostalgic, which you need every once in a while. Which is why i got this other book by John Greene (apparently i'm only reading autographed copies these days):

Who also writes young adult books that are all pretty much the same story line with some different parts. But good reads none the less. I think John Greene lives a little too much in his high school days, though, because that's all he seems to right about. I think that's silly, because you can write in the same style, but not about high school. That's why every few books i change up my reading styles. Everything in moderation, like this lady told me a couple years ago when she was buying a ton of healthy food and then i wrang up a candy bar and she was like, "Well we all need a little sweet, or what's the point? Everything in moderation kiddo..." Which made me laugh, and then she started to walk away and loudly said, "Except sex! make sure you have plenty of that!" Which also made me laugh but also feel uncomfortable because she got to walk away after and i didn't. I like old people who just don't care anymore but are also not bitter about life. I hope one day i can be as cool and unyielding with my advice as that lady.

Anyway i think i like these books because there's still the hope of, "It'll all make sense when i grow up." But you know what? It doesn't usually. I think sometimes life is like walking through a dark room. Sometimes you know the room, sometimes you don't. You might get used to the dark, you might turn on nightlights as you go, but they can always burn out, and then you have to just keep going on bumping your way through it all, sometimes it becomes familiar, sometimes not. But sometimes, if you're really lucky, someone will have left a light on ahead to guide your way. These are the things i think about in Penn station waiting for the 1am train.

Anyway i think you should always be reading a book. Even if you don't get to pick it up for a while, it's pretty important. Like if you get depressed, or have a spare moment, or need to escape, or are even just bored. It'll always be there waiting for you, like your friends, except it's always on your schedule.

Sometimes after i've been doing a ton of stuff all weekend i just want to do nothing, read, and eat junkfood:

 

Then i buy all of this stuff, get home, and am like, "why did i buy this stuff? I don't want any of it." Then three days from now when i want a yodel my dad will have already eaten them all and be like, "Next time get Devil Dogs."