Dear Reader, maybe Charlie...
I started this journal to vent a bit, but I feel lacking a bit in the venting department. I read a lot, started in the fourth grade, and Cole made a bet with me to read the entire Harry Potter Series. I finished when I was in Fifth grade since there was no deadline, but there was a cash prize. I remember reading on my way to my Uncle's house, my mom's tan Ford truck, and a little flashlight that looks like the beginning of the third movie, when Daniel Radcliffe is under the covers with his nightlight.
I'm glad I started reading, I like that synonym in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' says about reading I like walking in someone's shoes. It helped the fact that people thought that I was smarter, but I can't hide the fact that I liked the compliments when I was reading ahead to 'Winnie Dixie' or 'The Outsiders, or 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. I was above average I'd say, but anybody can read in my opinion, it's a matter of wanting. I have that thing called Hyperphantasia, it's a state when someone can have extremely vivid mental imagery. When I'm reading I like fan cast my characters with celebrities, and imagine their sets, and it is something that I have had to explain to friends and family since they don't think like that. A book is just a book to them, to me it's a bit like when Harry and Dumbledore were going inside the Pensive in the 6th book. Something lucid at first, but becomes clearer with every bit of information and dialogue.
I have book slumps when not feeling reading though, just like everyone so that's when I began bridging my two passions, movies and books. I started being here, Wattpad, to read on the go without having to carry heavy books with me, I discovered my taste with time, but as a young teenage girl, I was reading romance books like my own second secret job. Thank god for apps like this that give you fanfiction, whoever thought of making their own AU universe of their favorite movie/book because they didn't like the ending, or that a character died, or maybe they just wanted to kiss the Main Lead I understand, and agree with you. To be a reader in a world that has spare readers is hard, to understand people's intentions but playing dumb because you're just a kid is hard. I like that I read so much, I just wished people read more, they would all understand each other more.
That's why I get so excited when I meet another reader, it's insane to be surrounded by people, and feel so glimpsed, but with another reader, I know that's not the case. To know someone knows what you know about a book, and loves to compare views is so great, and I love that this can apply to any hobby to any person. Sharing a passion with a stranger is like finding a lost friend, it breaks the icebreaker games faster than anything I've ever seen. (No Titanic jokes pls.)
If you go to my profile you can see which FanFic I like, I'm very surprised by how many Marauders I've read, most of my Werewolves FF is because of Twilight, I was a Team Jacob girlie at twelve, but as much as I hate rereading them I am now gladly I've read better. It's a guilty pleasure watching the movies though, but I'm glad I've evolved from the Vampire-Werewolf in Love with a Mormon Girl book. I have a few from TV shows like Supernatural, and The Mandalorian, I try to go for writing qualities, even if the plot is boring. I rather have a boring plot than bad writing, it's like hearing styrofoam rubbing against each other in my opinion.
If you don't see any good one that you know please let me know, I love finding hidden gems.
Later Reader, maybe Charlie. <3
