Final Post

One reason that I struggled to complete all of my blog posts is that I just honestly forgot. When I read, I finish a book and move directly to the next one. Books that I didn't enjoy as much, I don't often think about them again. There are some books that I read this semester that I can't even remember the names to. If I didn't enjoy it then I wouldn't think to write a blog post about it. I have had some trouble lately finding books that really connect to me and pull me in. Partially I believe that the added stress of 7 classes a day, 2 sports, multiple clubs, and just the crazy drama of high school made me leave behind something that I loved and that helped me through a lot in my life: reading. I love to read because it lets me forget about my crazy, stupid problems and focus on someone else's for about an hour each day. Lately, I have been lucky to get 20 minutes of reading in without falling asleep from pure exhaustion.

Next semester I definitely plan to find more books that I will enjoy and be motivated to read. Since I have had so much homework each night I have been treating independent reading as almost an optional thing but really, reading keeps me sane. I love sitting down and just being by myself in silence, losing myself in a book every once in a while. Since I have taken so long to get used to everything, I plan to be better next semester keeping up with my blog and my reading.

Movie VS Book

At this point I have seen and read If I Stay. I can honestly say that I prefer the book over the movie in this situation. While I usually prefer the visual, more emotional version (the movie), I strangely found that the book was emotional enough and liked it more. In most cases where the book was slightly slow for me, such as The Hunger Games, I liked the version that took me under 3 hours instead of under 3 weeks more. I liked the book more in this situation because of some of the relationships. First the relationship of Mia and her best friend Kim. In the book they are so close. Kim gets in fights to see Mia, she calls Mia's boyfriend when none of her family would've known to, and she stays calm, knowing that her best friend can make it through this. However in the movie, their relationship is slightly more vague. They have about half of the important conversations in her flashbacks compared to that of the movie. Another relationship that I feel was not shown enough is Mia and Adam's. He basically attacks nurses, devises plans, and gets thrown out by security guards in the book. In the movie he doesn't go to such lengths to see Mia and from my understanding of their relationship, he would go to those lengths for her. I enjoyed both the book and the movie but I prefer the book if I had to choose one.