First Post...

Reading. Reading, reading, reading.
Alright, be fair, I don't know what the expectations are for the first blog post are. Is this supposed to be gramatically correct (on the account of 'Reading, reading, reading' isn't technically a sentence)? Or is the blog allowing us to use a more... casual method of constructing sentences? Ah, well. In the honest attempt to be hip and cool, I appreaciate this. *thumbs up*

So! About reading.

Well, I definately like reading.. I mean, as my dad always said, 'if you can read, you can do anything'. He got me reading the Lord of the Ring trilogy in the first grade; ever since then I've been a slight social outcast, but that's a different story. I'm anti-mainstream so I tend to stay away from extremely popular books, although I did really enjoy 'The Other Boleyn Girl' (I got it for Christmas the year it came out--before I found out Jim Sturgess was in it, I swear!!) by Phillipa Gregory, I think it is.
My sister bought Twilight when it first came out, and she was really excited about it, saying it was such a great book and all.
Now, I couldn't really bash the book if I hadn't read it, so I gave it a shot, but never made it through. I mean, the two characters are complete Mary-Sues (fanfiction slang for 'perfect, flawless boring characters'), and Bella's such a teenage girl it makes me sick. Honestly? Edward this, Edward that. She's just as bad as Mary Maloney. :l
I'll get off Twilight, now. I know I'm not exactly making friends.

My favourite books are 'I Am the Messenger', 'Catcher in the Rye', 'The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God', 'Darkly Dreaming Dexter', 'Shout!' 'In His Own Write' and 'Scar Tissue'. They don't really have any relation at all; I'm not hooked on one genre or anything. There's also a lot of great books that didn't make it simply because I never finished them for some reason... A lot of Jane Austen, a lot of Beatle Biographies.

My favourite authours are Markus Zuzak, Etgar Keret, Anthony Keidis, John Lennon, Phillip Norman, and Jane Austen.

My favourite types of books are definately biographies. I love a good biography; I love really getting to know someone I idolize. I melt over autobiographies especially, because those are the ones that get up close and personal. I don't really like the concept (especially if it was by a famous persons spouse--honestly?) because they're technically selling their story, but I do really enjoy them. My favourites are 'Scar Tissue' (by Anthony Keidis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers), 'John' by Cynthia Powell (John Lennon's first wife), 'Wonderful Tonight' by Pattie Boyd (Wife of Eric Clapton and George Harrison), 'I Me Mine' by George Harrison (of the Beatles), 'Love is a Mix Tape' (I actually don't know who wrote this one, but they inspired me to spend twenty dollars on blank tapes without realizing my tape player can't record--thanks, thanks a lot) and of course,
THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY!
By John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Richard Starkey.

This is my FAVOURITE book right now. It's pretty thick and its really big.. Doesnt fit on my shelf.. And it came with 6 DVD's and 6 CD's. It ROCKS! The CD's are filled with unreleased tracks, demos and outtakes... Even some Brian Epstein (Their manager) clips (he died in '68). The DVD's are loaded with interviews from the 60's--2000's. The three surviving Beatles (this was before George Harrison's death) had 'jam sessions' and 'coffee talks', which is just too wicked. They're such cute old men. :]
It's the only Beatle biography that I actually own. I have tons of John Lennon biographies because he was the most interesting (I hate to say), and I've read tons of Beatle bio's, but this is the only one I have in my possesion. And I L-O-V-E it!

Anyways...
I love to read, but I don't love reading something and then picking it apart (Reading Comprehension). I don't know why, but I just can't concentrate when I know that I'm going to have to examine every seperate piece of it, trying to make sense of something. I hate pulling apart a good story, it just breaks my heart. I'm not looking forward to the test next year, but hey, who is? :) :P

Well, I must bring this journal entry to an end, on the account of I've been putting off my math homework all night.

Farewell, my friends,
Thus is the end!
Adew, Adew, Adew!

-A MidSummers Nights Dream :)