I think the best and worst part of being a writer, and in turn being an avid reader and lover of literature, is the ability to fall in love with characters.  The ability to take someone fictional and feel him/her as if he/she were a real person in your life, that you’ve met and had conversations with.  You get inside a characters head, when you’re ( Read more... )

books i've read and loved immensely

The Great Gatsby
The Stand
A Lesson Before Dying
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Lovely Bones
The Sun Also Rises
The Sound and the Fury
Tuesdays With Morrie
Lord of the Rings (trilogy)
Harry Potter (series)
The Scarlet Letter
The Crucible
Native Son
Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter (series ( Read more... )

Totally freaking happy right now. Why, you ask? It could be because I ordered:
♥ Season 5 of Gilmore Girls on DVD
♥ The Portable Dorothy Parker
♥ Our Town
♥ A Streecar Named Desire
♥ The Glass Menagerie
♥ Pieces by Stephen Chbosky