Tricks

I'm not really good at this whole blog thing. For one I don't write anything that anyone else would want to read, I don't know how to make my blog pretty, or even post pictures. These will be things to hopefully learn in the near future, although with as crazy behind as I'm getting with schoolwork I wouldn't expect it anytime soon.

So I am completely obsessed with Ellen Hopkins. I've been addicted ever since I read her first book, which ironically was about someone falling into an addiction to drugs... She has the most captivating style I've ever read. It's a beautiful free verse style. But these books aren't for the faint of heart. Actually as much as I love them I can't even recommend them to most people. If you want to live a sheltered life, if you can't handle cursing or the occasional inappropriate comment, than you probably would hate them. On the other hand if you want a book that is chilling, intense, and an amazing eye opener to the problems in this world that are all too common, especially amoungst teens, than her books are for you. You will be brought into the minds of people you probably never wanted to know, and yet, in a strange way a peice of me has been able to relate to every one of them. These books deal with dark stuff: drugs, abuse, sexual abuse, rape, suicide, cutting, and countless other deep topics. Her newest book is called Tricks. As soon as I can get paid for October, I'm buying it. I have to admit I was more hesitant about this book than the others. Tricks is about five teens, who for one reason or another fall into prostitution. They are looking for love in all the wrong places, and are caught up in a lifestyle they can't even imagine escaping. This book isn't so much about the prostitution itself, although that will be in there. It's more about the stories, what led them to where they are now, who they are as a person. I've read several excerpts, and it looks amazing as usual. I cannot wait to read them. Even though I'll probably put off hw and read for hours straight, it's worth it to me. In fact, sometimes I think the life lessons I learn both from the characters I live through and the demons in my own life, are better teachers than anyone in a classroom setting possibley can be. But that's just me. Unfortunately that doesn't mean I can put off hw, so I better get back to work.