divergent

So I finished the divergent trilogy like three days ago and it was just, amazing! It's awesome how books these days are focusing on the power of female main characters, like with the Hunger Games and stuff. But seriously, reading Divergent, Insurgent and Allegiant was pretty much all I did these past few days, and yes, I know that sounds really boring, but it wasn't. Not at all. And I don't regret any second of it.

This is from the trailer for the movie they're making based on books!

I think I'm in love.

I know many of us read books because they're interesting, and it's like you're with the narrator and you're doing all the cool things they're doing in books. Books are distractions, they have the power to take you away to another world. They have the ability to make you forget about whatever is happening in this world. Kind of scary, if you think about it.

But have you ever tried to dig deeper, and wonder what it is that we want to be distracted from, or in most cases, forget? 

That's what I've been doing lately, and, well, I guess I have an even clearer idea of why people love books so much, because of that. War, fights, racial discrimination, disease, famine in countries, sickness. These are just a few of the reasons why we read books.

For me, the reason I read books is to forget what's happening in this world. Sometimes, there are days when I feel...well, I feel sad and gloomy, and I use books to redeem myself. Like now, my brother is annoying me so much, and what do I do to distract myself? I'm reading Actually, I'm writing. So um, *awkward cough*

But isn't writing how books come to be? If you think about it, it's practically the same thing not really.

Anyway, that's all I have time for today, but from now on I promise that I'll try to write blog posts more frequently!