"A good book on your shelf is a friend that turns its back on you and remains a friend."

There's one thing I can always count on. One thing I'm sure can take my mind off of anything, and take me anywhere, without even leaving the comfort of my bed. Things that don't make sense fit right into my head, and seem to settle where they belong. You're taken right along with all the characters throughout the whole thing.

They're your best friend. They speak to you without ever looking your way. They love you, but to them, you are nothing but a spectator.

The only thing I can ever count on is print on a page. Black on white; symbols, letters, words that make up a beginning, a middle, and an end: books.They comfort me. They console me. They relate to me. They're always there, and they're always within my grasp.
I love reading books, I love reading that make you think, books that are nothing but fluff, books that tackle unusual and uncomfortable topics. I'd rather sit down with a 600 page book, than watch a movie. I can read a book over and over again, but I can't do the same with a film.

I know this is going to sound extremely nerdy, but I absolutely love libraries. Not the ones that they have here at school, where it's more of an IMC than a place to check books out. I read A LOT, and I don't have the funds to keep up with what I read. I can't buy my books, and I love English teachers who have the best books to recommend. I'm pretty partial to English teachers in general because they teach what comes most easily to me, what I'm most interested in.

Maybe it's because I'm highly imaginative. I become deeply involved in whatever it is that I'm reading. I cry so easily when I read, I smile when something touching happens, I laugh out loud with the characters, and my mother always tells me that my eyes always go wide when something shocking happens. It's pretty ridiculous, I know, but I just can't help but become that involved in what I'm reading. I prefer reading when I'm alone. That way, I can completely let loose and do whatever I want without worrying people might think I'm a lil' bit out of whack.

As I said before, I read just about everything. Fiction, nonfiction, romance, science, fantasy, biographies, memoirs. My friend and I, when we were in grade school, would sit outside during recess and we would try reading the dictionary. We didn't get nearly as far as we'd hoped, but it was a good representation of how dorky we were when it came to literature.

And I didn't just do it alone. Oh no. Whenever I finished a really good book, I'd always call up my best friend and talk her ear off about whatever the book was about, repeatedly making her promise to read it. She was remarkably patient, and would listen to everything I said. Now that I'm older, and I realize that most people would punch me in the face if I ever did such a thing, I've stopped.

I've always been a nerd. When I learn something new in class I'll always go home and tell my parents all about it. There are some classes that I just find so interesting, and I love learning really trivial little facts that would otherwise be pretty useless.