Entry # 2 Bookworm

Let's talk about books! I love reading, I read everything from non-fiction to graphic novels. I spend a majority of my time on Facebook reading science and medical articles versus interacting with friends and family. Any time someone starts to talk about a book they are really into I get nerdy excited and put the title of said book into the notes on my phone. Of all the things I have read I really only have two favorite authors, the first is Mark Z. Danielewski and the other is Chuck Palahniuk. I was about 15 years old when my older sister's new boyfriend recommended a book for me to read called, The House of Leaves. I took his advice and went to the bookstore and bought the novel. If I had known how that book would affect me as a child I'm not too sure I would have gone through with the read. The book rooted these emotions of wonder and unknown sadness into my brain as a teenager. To this day I am still obsessed with The House of Leaves and anything Mr. Danielewski writes. Over the holiday season I did something I normally do not do, I bought myself Christmas presents. The only reason I did this was because I found out Mr. Danielewski wrote several books. I obviously was out of my mind crazy to not know of this information, so I rectified the issue and splurged on all three, The Fifty Year Sword, The Familiar 1 and The Familiar 2. I have not read The Fifty Year Sword yet due to a busy work and school schedule, but I have started The Familiar 1. This first novel in the set of three so far is truly outstanding. The author has a very abstract way of writing and uses words, fonts and formats in some parts of the book as visuals. If this series is anything like The House of Leaves I am positive I will not be disappointed. The House of Leaves is a novel about a family that purchased a home and started to find discrepancies in the measurements of the house. Then it really gets weird when they find a closet that leads into a room that should not be there. The dad becomes obsessed, creates a team and explores the house. The book gets even more weird as the story progresses then melancholy. If you are into strange and slightly scary novels check out the work of Mark Z. Danielewski, you will thank me.

This is The Familiar 1 flip through.

This is The Familiar 2 flip through.