"Can the child within my heart rise above? Can I sail thru the changing ocean tides? Can I handle the seasons of my life?"

So my lack of blogging is do to my staring high school...something that does not fall under the list of things I love. I think my favourite author Francesca Lia Block read my mind with the first line of Weetzie Bat: "The reason Weetzie Bat hated high school was because no one understood".

BUT, what makes it all better is re-reading Stephan Chobsky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower...because Charlie is going through the same "start of high school" experience and can just perfectly articulate the feelings brought on by the situation!

READ THESE BOOKS!!!!

Lolita

I have recently finished reading the novel Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov and o what an amazing tale it is! I have rarely read something so intelligent and thought-provoking!

Kaddish

O how much do I love Allen Ginsberg? I am a pretty big fan of Howl, but I REALLY loved Kaddish...the tragic insanity, the grappling with Judaism, his own intellectual pursuits; oh how beautiful it was.

A Prayer for Owen Meany

After reading two of his book, John Irving became one of my favourite writers and he hasn't let me down with "A Prayer for Owen Meany," the saddest, yet most genuinely heart-warming book I have ever read!