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Blogtober #14: Novels

I love to read. My favorite book series is Harry Potter. I’m part of the Hogwarts Running Club and read the books at least once a year. Outside of Harry Potter I like Young Adult and Teen books. I like using books as simple escapism. I know that at 33 I am far too old to be reading the same books I recommend to parents of twelve year olds, but I have to learn enough life lessons in the real world.

I like simple stories that allow me an hour or so to live outside my own existence. Stories of peasant girls becoming princesses, history nerds becoming hero's, and boys who live in the cupboard under the stairs saving the world without anyone knowing.

At the bookstore, we are allowed to check out books like a library without the time limit. I grab a book off the shelf read it and put it back- averaging two to three book a month. I judge a book by it’s cover first, then the summary. I’ve been let down a few times (Wildflower, I’m calling you out) and pleasantly surprised by others (Bluebloods, you go!). But I am drawn to Young Adult and Teen time and time again. I like a book that challenges me to look at the world differently without telling me what to thing. I like a book that pushes me to look at the other guy’s point of view without laying out who is right and who is wrong. I like a book that makes me thing. I like a book whose agenda is to push me to expand who I am without telling me who that person should be.

Mostly I like books.

And Harry Potter. LOVE Harry Potter.

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