First Blog

I decided I could label this post as my first blog since every other blog I have previously created was to fulfill a school assignment and that simply does not count. Just as, as any other college student will probably tell you, I go eight months every year without reading a book. Now don't get me wrong, I use my textbooks and do outside reading like a good student should. Last winter I read approximately eight of Shakespeare's plays, but all those hours I spent studying were simply not the same as the many hours I spent reading while I was a kid.

I chose a set of books as the background for my blog because ever since I was four years old books have made up my life. They took me on adventures, showed me a different way of life and filled my head with ideas (some good, others not so much). There's just something about a good book that inspires you to be the heroin in your own life and go out and stand up to the bully on the playground. My mother, of course, is thankful that I never actually did, but it was an exciting thought.

There are endless numbers of books out there and generally I believe people should read what interests them, but there are certain books I believe everyone should read because the authors capture both the nobility and shallowness of humanity so brilliantly.

A Tale of Two Cities
David Copperfied
Charles Dickens

Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harry Potter Series
J.K. Rowling

King Leer
Taming of the Shrew
William Shakespeare

Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen