Reading

I don't know if it's my ill health or the fact that I have some important research due for my English class, but I've recently decided I need to read more. Maybe I should give you a little backstory before I jump into this. In English I had this Summary/Response paper due. I was supposed to research an author, find an article in a scholarly journal, summarize it, and respond to it. After going through about 4 authors I realized I was out of people to research. I couldn't believe myself. I'd always thought I was a well rounded person and a frequent reader. What I found out was that I hardly finish books, and those that I have finished are relatively new ones. For some reason I don't really give the classics a chance which is the opposite compared to how I feel about movies. I almost always chose a classic over a more recent movie.

Basically, I eventually found someone to do my assignment on. I chose Sylvia Plath, which was a huge mistake because I didn't give myself enough time to analyze the article. I ended up getting sick on Tuesday and going through hell trying to finish that damn Summary/Response.

I've been so out of it since I finished the paper and all I can think about is reading. Escaping to different worlds and finding myself immersed in the words of someone else, I need that. Part of it might be that I can't seem to deal with my own life right now, with all that's been going on in my life. I've been under so much stress the past few weeks (that might be why I'm sick now). I just need a really good book to take over my life for the next few days.

Right now I've decided on The Host by Stephanie Meyer. Yeah I know it's not a classic and that's basically why I'm aiming for, but the movie is coming out at the end of the month and I need to re-read it. After that I swear I will finish The Great Gatsby. I can't keep giving up half way through a book.

This entry kinda sucks but I'm still working through this headache and I can't think straight. It was nice to get this down in writing though.