{"id":4438,"date":"2018-10-10T12:59:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T17:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=4438"},"modified":"2018-10-10T12:59:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T17:59:52","slug":"the-books-that-changed-me-and-the-way-i-look-at-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/10\/10\/the-books-that-changed-me-and-the-way-i-look-at-things\/","title":{"rendered":"the books that changed me and the way i look at things."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone who knows me well enough knows that I love to read.\u00a0 When I was younger, around 10 or 11 there was a time that I ditched going outside to play with my friends after school to stay in and finish the book I was reading that week. It got to a point where my mom was a little worried about me, but my reading level was at a 9th grade level by the time I entered 5th grade. I loved the idea of escaping my life and entering another. I used to get so attached to the characters, and it would almost feel like I was in the book.<\/p>\n<p>My life has gotten a little busy, and I haven&#8217;t picked up many books in a while. Here are my top favorites out of the many books I&#8217;ve read in the last 16 years and a little insight on each one. Enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><em>Eleanor and Park<\/em> by Rainbow Rowell: Someone who played a very important role in my life recommended this book to me, and I&#8217;m really glad I decided to read it. I could relate to it at the time which I really loved. I enjoy books that I can relate to. It&#8217;s pretty much about two teenagers who are in love and they face some obsolesces. I love it because it&#8217;s so innocent and sweet. It&#8217;s definitely one you will cry with, so get the tissues ready.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4458\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"276\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>All the Bright Places<\/em> by Jennifer Niven: WOW, this is actually a great book. It&#8217;s very symbolic and it deals with issues that not many people like to talk about(you&#8217;ll have to read it yourself to get what I&#8217;m saying.) It made me cry a whole gallon of tears. It is definitely the book that has made me cry the most. I just really like Jennifer Niven&#8217;s writing style, and how you kinda have to figure some things out. It keeps it interesting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4459\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"276\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>The Sun and Her Flowers<\/em> by Rupi Kaur: Okay seriously, this book changed my life. I read it at a time where I was going through a lot. It really helped me to realize that in the end I&#8217;m going to be okay. It in a way helped me find self love for myself. I recommend this to anyone who just needs to be uplifted honestly. It&#8217;s a very empowering book.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4460\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have so many other favorite books, but these are just the ones that mean the most to me. I think I want to start a series where I go into greater detail about my favorite books, and how they have impacted my life. I just want to take a second and say thank you to the women that created these works of art. Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone who knows me well enough knows that I love to read.\u00a0 When I was younger, around 10 or 11 there was a time that I ditched going outside to play with my friends after school to stay in and finish the book I was reading that week. It got to a point where my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2018\/10\/10\/the-books-that-changed-me-and-the-way-i-look-at-things\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;the books that changed me and the way i look at things.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4438"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4438"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4474,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4438\/revisions\/4474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}