I can't sleep. I woke up not feeling to hot and found out we had a snow day. My first real full snow day while in college. We should have had one yesterday, but I skated my way to and from class only falling twice. I'm so excited about not having my night class that I can't sleep. So I'll tell you about all of the reading I've been doing this past weekend. Instead of studying for my exam on Friday I began reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I have heard off its fame as being a "cult-classic" and always had an interest in reading it,but never got around to it. Finally, when I was shopping for therapy supplies at Target, there it was sitting on the wrong shelf by the childrens books I was actually looking at. It was meant to be. I bought it, waited a few days and started reading Friday afternoon. I didn't want to put it down. It's a short book that kept me wanting more. It's the story of Charlie, a 15 year old freshman in high school. The book is in the form of letters. You don't know where he lives or who he is writing the letter to, but you do know his inner most thoughts. The book follows Charlie through his first year of high school where he encounters the death of a friend, the feeling of an outsider, the love of books and finally new friends who would change his life. You feel with Charlie as you read through his letters. You feel his highest highs
and his lowest lows. When he is sad you are sad. It explores the world of sex, drugs and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. While this book led me feeling emotions I didn't even know I had, I am so happy this book finally fell into my hands. He writes as if he is talking. His run-on sentences make you feel as if he is sitting right there with you and his wisdom far exceeds that of a 15 year old boy. If you have the time I highly recommend taking a peak into Charlie's life. It makes you think back to your own time in high school and how it was both exciting and scary to experience so many new and different things with your friends. It is written in the tradition of The Catcher in the Rye, another book I have not yet read. It was on a summer reading list in high school, but I never got around to reading it. It's collecting dust on my shelf at my parent's house so I'll have to dust it off and start reading the next time I'm home. The book also explore's Charlie's love of reading by the books his English teacher gives to him. I've heard of several of them and want to look in on them again once I'm made a dent in the unread books on my shelf.
and his lowest lows. When he is sad you are sad. It explores the world of sex, drugs and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. While this book led me feeling emotions I didn't even know I had, I am so happy this book finally fell into my hands. He writes as if he is talking. His run-on sentences make you feel as if he is sitting right there with you and his wisdom far exceeds that of a 15 year old boy. If you have the time I highly recommend taking a peak into Charlie's life. It makes you think back to your own time in high school and how it was both exciting and scary to experience so many new and different things with your friends. It is written in the tradition of The Catcher in the Rye, another book I have not yet read. It was on a summer reading list in high school, but I never got around to reading it. It's collecting dust on my shelf at my parent's house so I'll have to dust it off and start reading the next time I'm home. The book also explore's Charlie's love of reading by the books his English teacher gives to him. I've heard of several of them and want to look in on them again once I'm made a dent in the unread books on my shelf. 
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