Gosh Darn This Book...

I've almost never had problems putting down a book when reading for school. Sure, in Ragtime I read the final chapter because I just wanted to see the conclusion of the book, but I'm the kind of person who just reads the part they're assigned to read and just stop. However, when I'm reading Kindred, I find it nearly impossible to stop once I've started. I just find the book that good. I just sat down, planning to spend around 10-20 minutes to read the short first two section in the fight and ended up reading completely through the section assigned for the Tuesday after Spring Break. This completely shocked me. I realized I was spending more time reading than I planned to but I just kept telling myself, "Okay, just this next paragraph and then I'll stop." Yeah, that didn't really work out the way I planned...I'm still tempted to read more but I don't want to end up knowing the whole plot at this point. I want to take my time reading this book, even if it tortures me greatly.

I remember hearing in class about how people accidentally read through the whole book, and it surprised me. How can you possibly accidentally finish a book? But now, I understand. The book pulls you in, draws your attention. You want to know what Dana's next adventure is going to be, you want to know about Rufus' fate, you want to know how he'll turn out, and whether he and Alice are going to be romantically involved, or if it's just a situation where he rapes her. The book keeps your attention once you've started. I'm almost certain I'm going to end up reading ahead, which could potentially cause some problems for me, but we'll see. One thing I do know for certain is, I'm not going to just forget about this book once I've finished it. I plan to always keep this book with me, to reread and get drawn into it. In terms of books I've had to read for a class, this book is my favorite. It's impossible for it not to be.