A Book To Call My Own

Listening to: Of Men and Angels by The Rocket Summer

"Those rich Enders acted like they'd forgotten there ever was a war. I wanted to shake them and ask, Don't you remember?...It was a war, people. Nobody won. Not us, not the Pac Rim countries. In less than a year, the face of America changed to a sprinkling of Starters like me in a sea of silver-haired Enders, well off, well fed, and oblivious."
-Starters by Lissa Price, p.28

Bet you can guess that I started a new book. But I'm gonna hold off on the fan-girl gushing. Don't get me wrong, I've already fallen in love with it (I usually do in the first few chapters). But I've decided to take my love of books more seriously, more personal. Therefore, I'm waiting to see if this is a book that can be just mine, or whether its one worth sharing, worth the possibility of its being taken advantage of by less careful readers. Not that it's necessarily a bad thing, I mean it's just a book, right?

And I realize that the most important things in life are worth sharing. But I'm going to be more careful in my sharing of books. Call me crazy, but I take it personally when I've recommended a book to someone, even let them borrow my own copy of it, and you give it back without reading it. Especially when it's a book that has meant so much to me and my heart. I don't care if you keep the book forever, but I gave it to you for a reason.

That's what I mean about being more careful with sharing my books. Like when I gave Syd a copy of There You'll Find Me. I knew it was perfect fit (book to reader) because she already loves Jenny B. Jones and she's spunky like Finley. We're a lot alike, Syd and I. So I know that books mean as much to her as they do to me. Our relationship is one of those that are once or twice in a lifetime. Circumstantially we seem similar in many ways, but she's so much stronger than me, not to mention years younger. And I am so proud of her. So I will share many books with her I am sure. Haha she's one of the first people to get me interested in Hunger Games about a year and a half ago. She's got fabulous tastes. ;)