Recently Read: Leonardo DiCaprio

So, I'm supposed to be a bookworm, but since I graduated college, I've gone through stages during which it is very difficult for me to get into books.  Meaning, I can't find a book that just grabs me from the beginning, and I have a hard time powering through.  Luckily, I am currently in a period where I'm reading a lot, which is nice, because when I go a long time without reading, its like a fish living on land or a person who doesn't like cupcakes--its just wrong.  A violation of nature, if you will.

But right now, that's not an issue, and I am not currently turning my back on my essence.  Cause I've been reading a lot.  I'm currently in a trend of reading books of which Leo DiCaprio has starred in the film adaptation.  Well, I guess that's not completely true.  According to magazine editors, "three's a trend" and I'm only on my second.  But I plan on doing some research to see if there are any other books I could read with him in them.

I am currently reading Revolutionary Road, which has been hailed as "flawless."  I'm not sure if I agree with that yet, but it might be one of those stories that really hits you once its over.

It started with Shutter Island, which my mom recommended to me.  I think I mentioned in my last post, it kind of blew my mind.  I'm usually pretty good at guessing how books and movies end, but this one totally threw me for a loop.

I don't want to give too much away, but its about two U.S. Marshals who are called to Shutter Island, home of a treatment facility/prison for the criminally insane, to find an escaped patient/convict.  They begin the search, but start to suspect there is more to the hospital than meets the eye.  Between the staff who all but refuse to cooperate with the search, and the mysterious references to the "lighthouse," Marshal Teddy Daniels begins to believe the hospital is a front for a more sinister experimentation facility.  In their efforts to uncover "the truth" they realize they may have walked right into a trap, and they can't trust anyone...not even each other.

That totally sounds like a movie trailer script, but I can't tell you what really happens, because you just need to read it on your own.  Is it the best book I've ever read?  No.  Is it entertaining?  Hell yeah.  And will the end make you rethink everything you thought during the entire story?  Abso-friggin-lutely.  And I love books like that.

READ IT!  I've only asked you to read two books so far: The Lost Girls, and now Shutter Island.  So could you please just do me a favor and read them?

Thanks.