The Perks of Being a Wallflower

I was immediately drawn to this book....I mean it was being compared to "The catcher in the Rye", one of my favorite of all time books.....meh, not even close. I actually preferred John Greens " Looking for Alaska". This is an ok read it's definitely NO " Cather in the rye. ( )

Thanks to my sister Val who gave me this book for my birthday. It was brilliant. Really. I loved the format of a letter written to some friend that we never know. I loved Charlie. I have had difficulty lately though of determining gender when I start a book; it isn't a problem I just get a little confused. I thought Charlie was a girl. In "To Kill a Mockingbird" I thought Scout was a boy. Anyway, I loved Charlie. He reminded me of many people in my life who are innocently funny and purely exceptional. I cried quite a bit as the writing was touching in a jolting way at times. It felt nostalgic as well for me as I recognized a lot of the time references. Nicely done. I can't wait to see the movie and I think Emma Watson will be perfect in it. Handed off directly to my soon-to-be-fifteen year old daughter. I loved the part when he decides to write a story himself and gets annoyed at the main character. Hilarious.

I have added a new shelf: "Wallflower Influence" to capture the books I haven't read yet that Charlie read in his freshman year of high school.

To Charlie, to being infinite. ( )

Dear Charlie,
This was really sweet. Thank you! ❤️ ( )

I didn't expect to be so charmed by this book, but Charlie will do that to a reader. Unflinching, adventurous and exuberant. Not an easy book to read, but an authentic portrayal of the rage, heartache and extasy of adolescence. ( )

I got this as a gift a year or so ago but for various reasons had never started it. As soon as I did I couldn't put it down. Deeply, deeply moving and honest. A really lovely book about what it means to be one of those people who just doesn't deal very well with life. ( )