Thanks for the Memories Books

Hi there and thank you for stopping by. Let's dip into the portal of my three most memorable and influential books of my early childhood, middle school, and young adult years! I hope you can see why I chose all three books for different stages of my life.

• "Love You Forever" by Robert Munsch a children's book I remember as heartwarming about unconditional love. The first time I heard it I was in second grade. My teacher told us to go to the reading carpet. We were allowed to get pillows and lay down if we wanted to. Mrs. Crawford was so motherly. I remember thinking, "when I grow up this is what I will read to my children." Love isn't easily described but the illustrations and the translations was ever grasping and just drew me in at that young age. The passion and excitement in my teachers voice just made me fall more in love with the book.

• "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls is easily my most memorable middle school book. I remember reading this book in the sixth grade and how it drew me in with country folk living. The boy who wants so bad two blood hound pups shows so much initiative and hard work for two years to earn the money to buy his champion pups. The message really inspired me to never give up and to not listen to anyone who wants to steer you away from your dreams. This is how I was able to build the courage to persuade my mom to send me on the Lake Tahoe field trip by going door to door selling food delicacies to raise the money the school required. It was an amazing trip! 

• "Twilight Series" by Stephanie Meyer is not my favorite readings for its text but by the memories my best friend and Melissa made five summers ago. Melissa would always push me to read these books that were so good and I would always brush them off. I didn't want to dip into them because everyone hyped the series up so much and the movie would be hitting theaters soon according to her which I did not know. Finally, I was at the library and checked them all out and found myself in my room reading them. The book drew me in so fast that I could not wait to finish each book. I would call my best friend Melissa on the phone every day about ten times a day to see if I could squeeze any spoiler out of her but to no avail. We shared laughs and she would keep me at suspense all the time. I finished all the books within a week. We saw the movies together every year and it will always be one of the best readings I shared with a friend at the end of my teenage years. I did hear some controversy about the main character Bella Swan going into a deep depression because her love interest Edward Cullen breaks up with her. Bella then is having trouble adjusting to life without him. The controversy arises here that young girls derive the message that when I boyfriend leaves you then it is hard to find yourself again. Also suicidal thoughts and that was just a mess but a good point to bring up.