sometimes girls gossip: i love books

i just finished reading the virgin suicides by jeffery eugenides. it was an extremely good book, not long at all.. umm 242 pages lol. it was the 6th book i've read this summer and i still have a dozen more to read. i often read a lot in the summer, its the only time i have to read and enjoy it. i guess i read during the school year too but its more of a mandatory textbook read rather than a read for fun.. i much prefer reading for fun. i have a problem though.. when i finish an amazing book, it takes me so long to get into another one if it doesn't start as amazing as the last one ended. its hard for me to give the author that introductory grace period of the book not catching my attention within the first 5 pages. with the 6 books ive read this summer came white oleander (by janet fitch) and the virgin suicides (some of the best books ive ever read). these books are hard to match in my opinion. i also read the great gatsby (by scott fitzgerald), water for elephants (by sara gruen), 206 bones (by kathy reichs) and 8 days to live (by iris johansen). some slightly disappointing, some slow, some sad, some jumpy and hard to follow, all worth reading. now im trying to get into to this book called vanishing acts by jodi picoult.. its more difficult then i expected it would be, but im sure once i get through the first 4 chapters or so it will get more interesting. i've heard good reviews about the book and her other book, my sisters keeper, was also highly rated (and made into a movie).

in terms of the type of books i like.. its hard to tell.. i need books that inspire, have mystery, love and hate even crime. i like literary fiction.. books filled with themes, poetic writing styles and views of the world only few would think of. i like when books have their spines cracked and pages folded, representing its frequency of being read, or flipped through (to refer back to something interesting or view altering you once read). i want to read books that inspired the authors and people i love. i like reading books by educated academics, people that i learn something from (although i still like to read books written by those actresses/actors gone writer, for example, the truth about diamonds - by nicole richie - i actually enjoyed). okay. i was just in an i love books mood, and i found some cool pictures.