Cryng For More

I am all sniffly. Why? Because I was crying. Not because I stubbed my toe on a corner of something or because I heard some bad news. Nope, I'm all sniffly because I just got done crying over a book. Mhmm, a book. Is that nerdy of me?

I am not the crying type. It takes quite a bit to make me cry. So when I read a book, I don't expect to start bawling. Sometimes it happens though. The first time I ever cried while reading a book was during my 1st read of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Chapter 35, page 805. I'll not say what it is that makes me cry every single time I read it, but that was the first time I came to realize that J. K. Rowling is a truly amazing writer. Her amazing writing skills made me tear up once more during Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, chapter 34 page 698(and as I was looking through my HP book just now to that page, I started to get teary eyed!). To possess such a great talent, one that enables the reader to get so emotionally attached to the plot and to the characters of the story, is just AWESOME! If only I could obtain such an ability!

It's been awhile since I've read a book like that, one that I feel like I must read. I recently finished The Vampire Diaries series, and let me tell you, L. J. Smith knows how to write a true page turner. I read the entire series in 4 days. That is to say, I read and completed a book a day. It wasn't until I got to the 3rd book that I started crying. I'd felt other things, such as fright, anger, anticipation, and joy, but when I got to towards the end of the 3rd book, I felt sad! All of the twists and turns in the series didn't prepare me for the ending of that book. It was great! I continued on to the 4th and last book in the series, and I cried. And I cried. And I cried! I couldn't help myself! I was so into the story, so hooked on the very idea that the events were even happening, that I felt like I was watching a movie. It was that well written. Every word played out like a movie in my head, and I was able to see every character, every place, every description of anything that was wrote.

All I can do is praise authors like J. K. Rowling and L. J. Smith for writing such great stuff. Thank you, thank you, thank you!