2020 Reading: Calling Maggie May

#28 A book you meant to read in 2019

I don't know why I am so fascinated with these Anonymous books. There is something about them that I just love and even if they are way too easy for me, I still love them so much. What is it with me wanting to read about teenagers who are drug addicts or worse? I have no idea what it says about me, but I really love these and that's weird because usually I hate books that are in the diary/journal type format. This was just another to add to my collection and I know that there is another one after this that I might get to sometime soon.

2015 Reading: The Book of David

FINALLY! An anonymous book that doesn't end in the main character dying!!!! The whole time I was reading this book I kept waiting for something to happen. Maybe his father would beat him to death, maybe his football friend would, maybe he would commit suicide because he just couldn't handle having to hide anymore. But at last, a happy ending for one of these journal-type books.

I really enjoy this series of books and I wish there were more. I know that when I started with Go Ask Alice oh so many years ago, it was really what got me started with my love of books about teenager drug addicts. I don't really know what that says about me as a person, but I don't really care either. They are quick and easy to read, but they also have that something extra. I don't usually like diary type books, but they don't really read like most of the others, either.

This makes number 30 of the year, which is not exactly what I hoped for, but I've been really lazy this year. On to the next one, I suppose.

2015 Reading: Letting Ana Go

I don't know what it is, but I LOVE books about teen angst (especially surrounded by drugs for some reason). These Anonymous diary-style books are so entertaining without taking up much time in my reading schedule.

THIS ONE, however, really started to piss me off. The subject of anorexia is something that I am not familiar with personally (and if you look at me, you'll KNOW that's true) but it's something that I've thought about quite a bit (not to try it, but just as a subject of intrigue and concern). I just don't get it. I understand looking in the mirror and not liking what you see. I do it all the time. But to begin to see ribs and various other bones poking out, hollowed cheeks, and sunken eyes and STILL manage to have the mindset that you are fat is just mind-boggling to me.

Not to mention that the main character of the book started out at a whopping 128... If I LOST 128 lbs. I would STILL be overweight for my age, height, and bone structure. And she wanted to lost MORE?!

Seriously. Mind-boggling.

I had to get a big bowl of ice cream after I finished reading this book.

And I enjoyed every single bite.