I always enjoy hearing from you, I don't know why but I always get the biggest kick out of getting replies to any e-mails I send. :p
And I know that feeling that you're talking about now! I started this reading "binge" back in June with Les Miserables (I found an abridged version, thank GOD.), and then Perks of Being A Wallflower, and I tried to read something "age appropriate" for once and it was actually really good! It's called Right Behind You. It's about this kid named Kip who at age 9 is admitted to a mental institution in Alaska for setting a kid on fire and when he's 14 they let him out and he moves to Indiana, and then it's just him trying to figure out what "normal" life is. It was great for something aimed at teenagers. :p
But now I'm onto Water For Elephants and I can't put it down!! I've never been huge on the sappy romance stuff but this one is great. :) Unfortunately I have to put it away for a while. With school starting, even though I'm home schooled, I have to read certain books, and my first assignment is to read Benjamin Franklin's auto-biography.
Luckily it's only 150 pages, but it's got small print and it's really wordy. AND it's in old English which I'm not looking forward to, but, oh well. C'est la vie.
I totally understand not wanting to give out information, oh the stories I could tell....
But anyway, considering they're pretty large counties, I'm fine with putting a little info out there. I'm right in between Harford county and Cecil county, on the Harford side.
That's awesome! One of the thing's I've always loved about MD (especially where I am) DE, VA, PA, it's all a stone's throw away. When I was a younger munchkin, we used to go on tons of field trips to Philly. I can't count how many time's I've been the university museum of archaeology and anthropology. :p
Getting side tracked! But anyway, I know where Silver Spring is! It's relatively close to College Park right?
And I would love to swap e-mails sometime. That'd be great. :D And as much as I'd love to set up a meet, I'm only 15, almost 16, and fate managed to place me with some of the most neurotic, paranoid parents ever. Not that they'd be wrong in being suspicious or cautious about random people from the interweb, but if i said I wanted to meet some person I found on the internet they'd assume the absolute worst.
Like Jefferey Dahmer, or Ted Bundy worst.
They're insane (my parents are too. ha ha ha...).
Well, my typing is getting sloppier by the minute, my eyes hurt, I'm making bad jokes, it's around 1:30am and I have to be up early tomorrow. I should probably quit while I'm ahead. :p
- Frankie :)
Author's response
Always a pleasure, Frankie! The book sounds really interesting and it's always nice to read a story that hasn't been done a thousand times. It tends to be boring when you're told what to read. I remember having to do a book report as a kid and my Mom said I should do it on Juliette Lowe, the founder of The Girl Scouts. I was far less than enthused. A chapter in though, I read how when she was little, her parents and brother were scalped by Indians in front of her. :O !!!! Imagine MY surprise! I developed an irrational fear of Girl Scout Camping Trips after that book report. lol Yeah, I know the area. It's really pretty out your way. And yes, Silver Spring is pretty close to College Park. I got my first apartment out in CP way back when. So, 15, huh? That means when my stories were up and you were reading you were...wow. I don't even want to do the math on that one. lol So much for warning ratings. lol As for your parents, they're right to be protective. The truth is, people lie and the internet just makes it so much easier. Yes, I'm a good person. But you have no way of proving that and neither do I so I totally understand and appreciate your parents concern. It's good to have people looking out for you. I know it seems oppressive at times, but it really is better to be safe than sorry. :) Good luck with the new school year! xo Harley