Too Many of Book

So many books, so incredibly lazy and easily disinterested.

I remember life pre-honors/AP English. It was fine, it was simple, and I wasn't forced to read a single book because Sparknotes was a thing. I didn't read the books I was being forced to read, but read weird looking books that I would be recommended every other day or so. But then...oh but then it was serious business.

It was Great Expectations that really stuck with me. Who gives that as reading material to a freshman. I mean we're already terrified of learning and honors classes and high school and then you give us that tortuous lump of satanism.

Anyways, I can't do with being forced to read a book, especially when you have to read a given amount of pages/chapters in a given amount of days, or write a given amount of paragraphs on a given amount of reading...it's just so regular. I mean, a book doesn't need action or murder or actual drama, but can't it at least have some suspense? Something that would leave me wanting more. Like foreplay, but in book form. I want to make love with a book's plot and it's characters, but I can't do that if I'm not sexually attracted to the book in the first place, or if it's over before we even started. Because having regular assignments and reading material makes me think nothing of absolute extravagance will happen in any of the given chapters and I'm left to simply Sparknote it or just collect everything from the discussions in class. Or I just can't finish the chapters in that little time that they give us. This is why summer reading is easier--because you read the book on your own time, thoroughly enjoy the plot and ship certain characters and then you get back to school and you get to write an essay on it. I mean, it's just more fun that way. It isn't an assignment, it's an adventure. And then an essay.

But then you find those absolutely flawless books once or twice a year and life's just happiness and love. To be specific, Ender's Game, Brave New World, Cat's Cradle, and Look Me In The Eye were the best books I have ever read/the best books I have ever been assigned to read.

Oh and now that I'm in normal English this year, I have so much time for other books. and it's kinda cool, but I've forgotten every single book I've ever wanted to read. I tried reading the Harry Potter series, but it's kinda difficult when it's all simple (I'm not used to that simple syntax anymore) and I've seen every movie about fifteen different times since I was eight. And I know, I know, "But J, the books are like a god given gift bestowed to the world by the great ruler and master, J.K. Rowling!"--I am aware. I'll read them eventually.

Ugh, I'm sorry if all of my writing goes off on tangents of rants or other thought processes, it's just how I think and then all these thoughts come rushing at once and I just don't know how to properly incorporate all of my thoughts into a seamless blog post.

But then again, it's my blog and no one expects anything. Which makes this blog so much more relaxing. Thank you, Blogger.