Rereading Books

Lately, it has been so hard for me to find books that I actually enjoy. In the past, I've read books such as The Hunger Games, and Percy Jackson that I loved so much, I reread them all the time. And every time I read these books, I learn more and more about the characters and plot that I didn't know before.

When I read I tend to skip over paragraphs and pages if I find them boring. When I reread I  might not skip those sections, and uncover important facts. I have learned the boring parts of books often have parts that are vital to the storyline.

In the Hunger Games, I skipped over many paragraphs and even chapters as I read if I got bored. I recently reread the Hunger Games and learned lots of new information that helped make the book better and easier to understand.

Beautiful Boy

The Author of Beautiful Boy, David Sheff, is the father of Nic Sheff, the author of Tweak. A few months ago I read Tweak, it was a story about a young mans struggle with drugs. In Beautiful Boy, the author tells us the story of his sons drug addiction from the fathers point of view, how his son went from a beautiful boy to a boy/man he could barely recognize anymore.

While reading this story, David shows all of his feelings and emotions in a very deep way. He shares anecdotes and stories of Nic as a child to show how much he misses his beautiful boy. For example, if Nic and him argue about going to rehab, and Nic leaves for a few days, he mentions how he used to be so determined in school and he had such a great future ahead of him.

I can personally connect to this because whenever I feel sad or am angry at someone, I try to remember the good times we've had together and it makes it easy for things to get better. And in the end, things usually do get better, just as things did with Nic and his father.