Adulting -
How to Become a Grown-Up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps
Kelly Williams Brown

Chapter 4: Fake It Till You Make It.

So far I have gotten the most our of this part, here she explains that faking it is actually needed for any person to survive. No one can hear our thoughts or know that we might have been crying earlier that day, but they only see the most outer part of you. She goes on to say this and never have I found anything more true, 
"Besides, a little bit of faking is necessary to keep us all sane. If we were all our most real and raw selves every moment of the day, things would be just awful. The world would be full of man-size toddlers."

Here she also address something I struggle with on a day to day basis, Never Say Maybe to a RSVP. No one has ever been so blunt about this and I guess I never thought anything of it because it's either I answer with maybe, or just never respond at all. I'm just one of those people that enjoys my own company and never can commit to anything that has to do with leaving my apartment. You either need to give a Yes or No or let them know that you need to check your schedule and within 24 hours give a yes or no. This leading to at least attending parties and events and then bouncing, this gives you social points and that way you don't look like a fake. "Talk to at least three different groups of people," so this way people know you were there at least, if you have to, bribe yourself to go. Such amazing advice.

"Step 107: Don't tell strangers about your problems."

Then this chapter goes on to tell you about how to handle rude people, and this is something I think no one really learns how to handle it, some people are just not going to like you and it's whatever. Don't let that get you down and this is another problem I have run into with adulthood, I spend a lot of time trying to figure out why they don't like me, what I did to them and how I can change their mind? Literally will run those questions through my head all night. But here kinda liked the idea of these steps;

"Step 119: Accept that some people are jerks."

"Step 120: Try to pity them a little, for your serenity."

"Step 121: It's probably not you."

"Step 122: Just accept that some people won't like you, and never will."

Overall I love her humor, voice of reason and ideas. You kind of need her in real life to be that one best friend but this book will do for now. 

Adulting -
How to Become a Grown-Up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps
Kelly Williams Brown

Where do I even begin, basically this book is a self help guide into becoming a real grown person, full of sarcasm (which I adore) and some basic steps on pretty much everything possible. Each chapter has its own theme with steps on how to better yourself. Not only do I feel this book is amazing for young adults, it's just too funny and should be read by everyone, couldn't hurt to learn something new.

The first chapter is entitled 'Get Your Mind Right' and this was so perfect because the first step goes like this "Accept that you are not special." sure, it's harsh but what she writes is that you aren't the only people on the planet also saying "you are not a special snowflake" which everyone's parents and best friends always try to make you feel unique but that's not going to happen in the real world, people aren't always going to bend over backwards for you and that is okay, you are a small time now, but you are so young.

It's ironic because yet again a seventy year old man at Powells Book Store recommended it to me and told me 'ITS A MUST READ' so of course I bought it (what else would you do?) I've been meaning to start it but I finished my second book for class (literally had no idea what to write as you can tell) but I seriously cannot wait to read more when I get off work.

Again I just recently moved out of my small hometown without my family trying to live on my own with two other college students, so so far it has already made me rethink things and how to become more organized. I cannot wait to tell you more great steps.

After being snowed in the past four days with no internet, I am finally able to let you know how the last part of my book went. I've been trapped with my two lovely roommates and we actually ended up not killing each other over the past 72 hours in our small apartment.

Aimless Love - Billy Collins
New Poems Sections

Here I am at the end of a wonderful book full of various poems, in which at the beginning I was dreading on reading and posting how I felt about it. The last section was full of more wonderful poems just like I thought it would be, this has really again changed my outlook on poetry and poets themselves, even Mr. Collins pokes fun at typical coffee shop poets.

And now that this is over, I have already let a friend borrow the book (which I have a hard time letting people borrow my books, I hate when the spine gets too bent or the pages too,) and now I am on to the next book, Already half way though I set that one down to start this one and need to get back to where I left off. That tendency has always been a problem of mine, I feel like I need to have multiple stories going on just in case a character i'm in love with happens to die tragically or decides to get some form of unknown disease and/or even falls in love with the wrong person... You just get too attached and look what happens, so I must always have a backup just in case.

I hope this proves a point to not judge a genre of book if you have never tried to read one. With that note I am off to finish up my next book.