Week 3: Books

In all honesty I have sat here trying to figure out which three books have influenced my life, and I now have a headache.  I can not even think of a book that I last read and was really interested in.  I would say that I am a required reader when it comes to book.  Reading a book has never been something that I enjoyed doing.

So, with that in mind I do not think it is possibly to write a list of three books that have influenced me.  However, I think it is more realistic of me to write a list of three books that I actually found interesting.

1. A Child Called It:  I remember reading this book at my cousins house and I was able to finish it within a few hours.  I began reading it only because I was that bored and thought I would take a shot at trying to find some entertainment in reading.  As I began to read it I was shocked and horrified of the instances that the author wrote about between him and his mother.  I never thought someone, let alone his own mother, could treat a person so wretchedly.  Due, to my amazement with his story I gained interest to continue to read so that I could find out how he was able to get out of such a depressing situation.

2. The Perks of Being a Wallflower:  During highschool we use to have silent sustained reading for 30 minutes so I was plagued with finding a book to read.  I was told by a friend that I should try reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower because they thought I might like it.  So I figured I would give the book a shot since I had to read a book anyhow.  Needless to say I read the book and found it interesting.  I thought it was written in a way that made it bareable for me to read.

3. Stinky Cheese Man: I enjoyed this book growing up.  I liked how it used satire to bring to life a not very conventional fair tale.  I also was a fan of the illustrations, and the colors that were used - dark and gloomy.