6. (Re)reading

There's something about books that allow you to be transported. Not just to the other world contained within its covers, but also to the time and mentality you were at when first reading the book.
I am currently re-reading The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kid. It is set in a small town in North Carolina during the 1960's. The text explores many themes about growing up that, when I first read it, I could relate to perfectly; not fitting in, and wanting so desperately to be like everyone else. But now that I'm older I see it from a new perspective as well. I am more apt to notice the little inklings of fear woven throughout the novel: talk of atomic bomb drills and Khrushchev, as well as the race tensions that were so characteristic of the Civil Rights Era.
I love reading books over the years, using these tomes as landmarks to see how I have evolved and changed as a person over the years.

Do you have any favorite books that you read when you were younger? How has your perception of them changed over the years?

4. Reading a Good Book

Or just a mediocre one.

I spent about 3.5 hours yesterday reading Divergent by Veronica Roth. Not a bad book, and the story line was intriguing, though for how mature some of the topics addressed were, I thought it was written very simplistically.  Not too much descriptive language going on there.... But there's something comforting about curling up with a book and escaping into another world. If you've got a few hours on your hand, I would definitely recommend it. It's a pretty fast read, despite being almost 500 pages long, and has some relatable and interesting characters. I won't give anything away by trying to summarize it, so you'll just have to read it for yourself.... =P

Have you read Divergent yet? If you have, comment down below who your favorite character was, and why!