books.

why did i leave all of my journals in the city??? now i have nothing left but this blog -- this impersonal form of record keeping.

i just need to sing the praises of BEAUTIFUL CREATURES.

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, BEAUTIFUL CREATURES!

it's one of THOSE books. one of those books that you can't stop thinking about.

one of those books that'll haunt you for awhile.

ahhh i can't stand it.

it's one of those --- one of those "it's over; what am i supposed to do now??" kinds of books. like HARRY POTTER, a bit like TWILIGHT (ugh), like VAMPIRE ACADEMY, like CS Lewis and Tolkien, like Louisa May Alcott...

It's one of those books that are bigger than your own reality.  It's epic. It's life-changing.

And frustrating.  Because what do you do now? You ride it out until you learn how to live with it in your life, til it becomes less exciting and new.  You read other books and try to get through it.

I bought RUINED because I really liked the way RUINED was spelt on the cover -- twined in iron as the words on a gate ... 

RUINED won't be as good as BEAUTIFUL CREATURES.

How can anything ever be that good again???