Characters

I am sure many people read books and feel as though they really know the characters in them. I for one feel like when I end a book series that one of my close friends has abandoned me and left me without word to where they have gone and how there life is going. It may seem weird I guess but I am not saying the characters are my best friends or anything. I just feel as though they were a part of my life some how. Sometimes I do know a person/friend that is almost just like a character in a book and you may or may not lose that person. I don't know I guess what I am saying is that having a series end sucks! lol I have only one series that has ended that I really was bummed out about. The good thing about a character in a book is that you re-read their adventures and all the details will be there. I guess people journal so some may have a book with all of their own adventures in them. Sometimes I wish that my life was like some of the books I read. Although most of the books I read are paranormal romance books I would love to have the realistic story in them sometimes. Not all the books have stories I wish were mine but a few I wish my life was like one of the characters in the books I read. I guess I could always learn from the books and make my own story some how. I guess Ill be trying that :)

Why YA?

Why do I love YA books? When I was younger I never liked to read at all! I wasn't good at English and I'll admit that I was not the best reader. My freshman year of high school I was put in a reading class. At first I thought why am I in this class? I read fine and I'm not that bad at English. Looking back, I now realize that that class really did make me a better reader and helped me with my English skills. I have been able to write great papers that make since and are on topic since starting really reading. I now really enjoy writeing papers adn they are easy to write. Since that class, I've always had a book in my hand and don't go anywhere without one. My best friend that I have know since kindergarden loves to read and she introduced me to the YA world, and I am so happy that she did. Now that friend and I are introducing one of our other friends into the YA world and so far she is loving it. I also have been getting my sister and mom into some of my favorite books. I never thought I was a romance/paranormal kind of person but I am, and I love all of the YA books I have read throughout the past 5 1/2 years. Ofcourse I have my favorites, but who doesn't?  There are SO many books I have yet to get my hands on (all in the contest) and can't wait to get to read them in the future.

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