I saw a print ad when I was at the movies a few weeks ago- it just said "coming soon", but it caught my eye. The Snowman. I saw that it was based on a book.
Why was I interested? Honestly, I'm not really sure. The title? The fact that it had to do with snow, and I'm was so sick of the Texas heat? Whatever my poor excuse was, I found the book at the library, thinking it would be fun to read the book and then see the movie. The book got decent reviews on Amazon, so I went ahead and began reading it.
But NO! It finally dawned on me that I wanted to read less of this kind of crap. Because I want to fill my head with much less of these kinds of images. Less hate. And instead, more love.
So I came to my senses and abandoned that book after about 50 pages, and instead picked up something else.
The act of reading a book is something that should be carefully considered. I spend hours reading a book. Even if it's a relatively short one. So I want the words and the sentiment to WARM my heart, not sicken it.
As soon as I ditched The Snowman, I started on something beautiful instead.
Holding Up the Universe. Sweet enough for Lucy, so sweet enough for me. |
Then, I read another great book. Like, The Snowman, it's also being made into a movie. But that's all the two books have in common. The next book I read actually had a lot in common with Holding Up the Universe instead.
Wonder is actually another book in the Young Adult fiction genre, that I think may actually be my favorite genre to read currently. It's also about about bullying, but also about the kindness of others. And the sweetness that far outweighs the meanness of bullies. The central character in this story is Auggie, who I think is in about 5th grade. He has some pretty major facial deformities, and has been home schooled while he went through lots of surgeries. He's now at a point that his Mom and Dad think public school could benefit him. It's about his first year in public school- about how kids at first bully him, but then mostly come to love him once they get to know him. I know who plays all the key characters in the book because I've now seen the movie trailer a few times since the movie comes out next week.
I loved this book too, and I am so looking forward to seeing the movie. It's got a great message about kindness that we all need right about now.
We all need to read books like these two. Whether we're Young Adults, or Older Adults. We all need to read about LOVE, not HATE. I'm so glad I abandoned The Snowman and chose these two books instead. More love, less hate. Ricky and Lucy get it. They're all about LOVE. They know nothing about hate.
These two books are about love and compassion. And that's what Lucy and Ricky are all about too! |
1 comment:
I really enjoyed both books too—thanks for the recommendations. Right now I’m reading two not-so-uplifting books. I’m still struggling with Truly Madly Guilty. I’m annoyed by it and also annoyed with myself that I am just interested enough to keep reading because I want to know what happens. From Audible I’m listening to Katy Tur’s book about covering trump’s campaign. Ugh. That’s not uplifting at all, but it’s interesting to hear her take on it all, especially since he singled her out so often. She’s pretty witty and I’m at least enjoying it.
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