my bookshelf

On my lunch break today I went to Barnes & Noble in search of a new book for my nightstand. I just finished Promise Not To Tell by Jennifer McMahon last night (a book I borrowed from a friend.) I really enjoyed it. After I finished my search at B&N in defeat - I realized how I clasp onto books after I read them. I always have a hard time starting a new book. I am a true book-putter-offer through and through.

I shouldn't even mention the book my boss gave me over a year ago to read. I really hope he's forgotten because I'll sure look like a putz if I give it back now...

Once I buy a book (and they all have to be bought) sometimes it takes me months to actually pick it up. I understand now why this is. Once I really get into a book I fall in love with the characters. I don't want the story to end. I want to continue on in their lives - as messed up as they sometimes are. It is because of this I have a hard time picking a new book up. No matter how easily that book will draw me in once I start - the previously read story always seeps back into my head and I get bored with my present read.

This was the hardest to deal with after the Twilight series. Each book I picked up after Breaking Dawn was a disappointment due to its lack of Edward Cullen.

Once i delve into a book I almost always fall in love. It's rare when a book doesn't capture my attention. I was a huge bookworm in high school. There wasn't a day that went by when I didn't read in class. I blame this love for all the unread books that sit on my bookshelves. I have a handful of recent purchases and borrows that I still need to read. Paper Towns, The Reader, Wuthering Heights (yes I still have not read Wuthering Heights!) Oh, and I think I have Marley and Me too.

So really, I have no idea what I was doing at B&N this afternoon in search of a new book. I guess I should really start on the ones I already have. This is my new goal - read every unread shelved book before a new book can be purchased.

Anyone know of any good reads I can put on my list?