The Books Of Choice I Brought With Me To College
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The Books Of Choice I Brought With Me To College

Sentimentally blended with words.

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The Books Of Choice I Brought With Me To College

There's difficulty to bringing comfort to a dorm. They're usually quite small in size, the walls are bare, and when you decide to finally hang up your fairy-lights; the bulbs will just end up blowing and you'll have no fun decor (This didn't happen to me. I'm not bitter.). There's comfort in words, though. And the sentimental value can be packed away to be replaced on your College bedside table. There can be easy go-to remedies for fixing that hole in your chest that you're not really sure how it got there. The books of choice in which I brought with me to College are all laced with importance and purpose. There's reasons-just bare with me.

1. A sentimental, coming of age, novel.

and/or

A book that you had read at about the ages of fourteen through seventeen. A typical young adult, coming of age, novel that made you realize you're not completely insane and that there is joy somewhere hidden in between these growing years. A book that makes you feel. A book that you can reread at twenty and feel the exact same way you did at thirteen.

2. A sentimental novel, in general.

My personal choice is the beloved, silly, ol bear. The Collections of Winnie the Pooh. Bring a book from your childhood that could easily sneak itself into your (obviously mature) collection of books, nowadays. A book you hold dear to your heart-something that would make you cry on a day you're missing someone.

3. A poetry collection


A book of various reads that you wouldn't share with anyone else. A meaningful novel that you keep tucked be hide your pillows, sometimes. That one poem that will make you feel like crying each time you read it, and nobody has to know.

4. A graphic novel

If you have known me for more than ten minutes, you will know I love Bucky Barnes. I also love graphic novels. So, combining the two is endless entertainment for me. Something to cool me down, a light read that could put me back in a cheerful mood. If you're not a total fan of The Winter Solider-any superhero/villain will do. Just something's that is there until the end of the line.

5) ANOTHER poetry collection, but this time, more gentle.


And if you have known me for more than twenty minutes, you will know I love Bo Burnham. Bring another poetry collection, one that you wouldn't mind sharing with others, even though it is still a pretty personal book (though don't have to know this either.). Typically, a short read that can make you both educated and feel things at the exact same time. An author you could relate to, preferably, would do the job. Poetry that doesn't make you think to hard, where you could read two or three before bed or while eating lunch.

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