Favorite Part

In my last post, I talked about finishing Black Boy and how I enjoyed parts where I could relate to Richard's feelings. Here is one passage from the book that really excited me:

"Reading was like a drug, a dope. The novels created moods in which I lived for days." (Wright 250)

This feeling, or mood, has occured within me every so often, and the feeling is truly exilerating. The first time I can recall it happening was during my eighth grade year at VVMS. My friend introduced me to the book Blue is for Nightmares, and after finishing the book, I became obsessed. I read the next three books at light speed, using every spare minute I had to be sucked into their enchanting story. I couldn't concentrate on anything else, not even shopping! It was hard to descirbe what I felt to anyone else, the yearning for more plot, character development, story... but slowly and reluctantly, the feeling faded. However, another came again in mere weeks, taking the form of the band The Click Five. At the time, I called it a "music high", for I couldn't go between classes without listening to a bit of their music. This obsession did not entirely match my lastest book obsession, for it was not as strong and went away sooner. The next one I can recall was after seeing the movie Casino Royale with my best friend. I was already a huge James Bond fan, but walked out of that movie theater determined to be Mr. Bond's female equivilant. This movie high lasted an even shorter period than my music one. I was beginning to wonder if my obsessions were beginning to deminish in passion as I grew older. I was definetly wrong. It seems these moods, obsessions, whatever you call them, are stronger with literature, just like Richard's. For, the last week of summer vacation '07, I discovered the amazing novel Twilight. The mood began again, all I wanted to do was read, not paying attention to anything else. I read about 1,500 pages in the span of a week. The three books by Stephenie Meyer, Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse, are the best I've ever read, and are still on my mind, as I imagine they will be for quiet a while!

Wright's quote is the best way to describe this feeling I get, and therefore I can relate exactly the way Richard felt. I admire Wright for being able to sum up this emense feeling in seventeen words, whereas it took me the length of a small memoir to describe!