Adventures in Transit

So as I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I do a lot of my reading in any of the spare time that I can find. With a 30-60 minute ride to and from school, that's a lot of potential reading time. Which is awesome! And... not so much.

I'm a pretty emotional reader.

So when I'm reading say... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and burst into tears on the bus

Source: GPBD

I often get treated to... this

Source: Darling, It's True

Does this ever happen to you? I seem to pick THE WORST books/moments to read about on public transport (which I only take a couple of times a week at most) because it always seems to happen to me. Maybe it's my destiny to entertain people with my embarrassing sob fests? ;) It's just so awkward though when the very sweet person next to you looks both confused and terrified and I have to try to assure them through thoughts of 'NO, he can't be dead!' that I'm fine really, it's just the book. That only ever seems to work with other readers....

But hey, let's not forget the insane laughter!

Source: Scar Rune Sword Arrow

So, this is me and David Tenant makes the best for the best gifs ever.

Normally (and most notably) it's my family that has to deal with my crazy laughter during long car rides when I'm reading a novel. I think this is most annoying for them because they don't know what I'm laughing at and on the rare day that I share the joke, they do not find it funny. At all. So they have to suffer through my (totally obnoxious) laughter all the time. I feel for them. 

I talk. And talk. And talk...

Okay, so not even looking at the way that I shut everyone out when I read, I have this tendency to RANT. My family and some friends tell me all the time that sometimes when I start on a huge monologue, breathing seems to become unnecessary and I just don't shut up or allow for pauses until I'm done. Most of the time this happens when I'm annoyed about something (as in ranting about... I don't know, water privatization) but when I get started on books? GOOD LUCK. 

I AM THE THING THAT WOULDN'T SHUT UP. 

And there we are! Do you have any stories of things you do while reading and travelling? I would loooove to hear them!

Fangirling

Fangirl as defined by Urban Dictionary: A rabid breed of human female who is obsessed with either a fictional character or an actor. Similar to the breed of fanboy. (We don't discriminate.)

So, in other words...

Here in the Land of Awesome AKA The YA Blogosphere, people don't usually give you weird looks when you start squealing and screaming and ALL CAPS-ing your excitement for something to do with...

a book (again.)

In real life, most of my friends have gotten used to it but I still sometimes get the 'please shut up now, we don't care' look when I start to gush about my favourite books or a particular swoony lead I read about. APPARENTLY some people do not break into incoherent gushy rambling when the name 'Etienne St. Clair' is brought up.

I know. I didn't believe it either.

So, yeah. The YA Blogosphere? It's kind of magical to me.

How much is too much though? Is there a limit on how far you can go in your love for Noah Shaw? Are people going to want to throw a shoe at you if you mention Jace's golden locks one more time?

Yes and no.

I think I'm pretty resistant to the 'OMG HIS EYES ARE BLUE LIKE THE SKY, HOW UNIQUE!!!!!' Twitter updates when people are reading a book, just like I don't think I've ever been annoyed that someone was constantly talking about their favourite series (how hypocritical would that be for like HP? LOL). Enthusiasm in general is usually pretty appreciated and well-received in the YA community, I find.

In a review, the only thing that I ever really sigh over is too much time spent summarizing the events of the book. I want feelings and thoughts and opinions, not a revised retelling of what happens. If there's a bit of that, great! Just not for the whole thing, please, or it becomes kind of pointless. The other extreme is kind of just no reviewing and a whole lot of squealing over the protagonist's sparkly boyfriend. That's totally cool with me. If you are hopelessly in love with Sir Curly Hair, I want to hear about it! Actually, reading how infatuated you are with a character/plot device/ending/setting/etc. is probably just going to get me MOAAAARRR excited to read the book so I say go for it.

You can expect me, at least, to be loudly daydreaming about a certain Jem Carstairs for a looong time to come.

Feel free to join me.

What are your thoughts on fangirling? What do you like to shout your love for over the rooftops?

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WELCOME TO 2012!

I sincerely hope that this year is the best yet for you, your family and your friends :) Read lots, enjoy the happy moments and smile brightly through it all.

(Except maybe with a lower creep factor.)

Enlightenment

Don't say I never did anything good for you:

A post from someone smarter, funnier, and infinitely more talented than me.

Everything in my life now makes sense. Enjoy.