“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”
– John Green, The Fault In Our Stars
“It was impossible to feel alone in a room full of favorite books. I had the sense that they knew me personally, that they’d read me cover to cover as I’d read them.”
– Riley Redgate, Noteworthy
So of course I decided to start off with a quote from The Fault in Our Stars. Well, it’s definitely not to start off this blog on a tragic note (although anyone who knows me would know I’m a sucker for angst). The truth is, that quote speaks to me on an almost spiritual level. Some books are just magical like that, where when I finish I want the entire world to read it so that they too can experience the exquisiteness that is that book. This is usually when I start spamming my friends with my favourite quotes from the book in the hopes that they will somehow love it as much as I did or at least pick it up to give it a try.
Now, what else is there to know about me?
I’m an engineering student (yes it’s exhausting) and while I’m procrastinating over my calculus problem sets, I’m devouring every book I can get my hands on (yes the addiction is sometimes a problem). I dabble in all the genres really, but there’s a special place in my heart for enemies-to-lovers fantasy romances. There is just something immaculate about the banter, the tension, the daggers… (*ahem* Jude and Cardan form the Folk of the Air series). Now I won’t go into my favorite book, because truth be told, I don’t have one, a favorite book simply cannot be chosen. There are however a few honorable mentions; books that reside in my head to this day. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo being one of them, as any one of my friends would tell you, I will never be quiet about it. I will probably end up doing a review of it at some point, even though I read it a whole forever ago. I always need an excuse to reread my favorite books.
I am also an anime enthusiast and absolutely love for Attack On Titan no matter how much it breaks my heart. Scratch that, it doesn’t just break my heart, it grinds it to a pulp, runs it through a shredder and then stomps on it. It’s ok, I love it anyway (remember what I said about being a sucker for angst). I love music, I have a playlist for every imaginable mood, and am always looking for new stuff. As usual, sad songs are a favorite for all the angsty fiction I consume (Sleeping At Last is such a vibe).
I like writing poetry about literally anything and if you’re my friend, I will shower you poems. My friends are my best muses and I like seeing them smile; or laugh at my lunacy, either works. To be fair, there is plenty of lunacy to laugh at so I don’t blame them.
Anyways, that’s all for now. I was trying to think of something witty to end it off but my brain isn’t up for producing anything even remotely intelligible right now so I leave you with another of my favorite quotes. Enjoy!
“Maybe there’s something you’re afraid to say, or someone you’re afraid to love, or somewhere you’re afraid to go. It’s gonna hurt. It’s gonna hurt because it matters.”
– John Green and David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson
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