Call Me By Your Name

Because I read a LOOOOOOOOT of books. Like a lot. Like from December 15, 20187 to December 15, 2018, I read 60+ books, and since December 15, 2018, I've read about 10 more. 

Where was I...oh, yes, because I read a lot of books, I'll just start reviewing the books I have read since January 1st. 

If I have more time or I get a little bored between reading/writing (aka procrastination at its finest), I'll add a few extra posts about my fav, fav, favorite books I've read through the years.

2019 started with "Call Me By Your Name" by André Aciman. Instead of re-writing a new post, I'll just copy and paste what I put on Facebook the moment I finished the book. Feel what I felt in that second:

Just finished reading “Call Me By Your Name”. Knew it was good, heard good things. It was turned into a movie so it must be, right?

Didn’t know how good. How emotional, how moving, how profound. I read a lot of books, and sure this won’t stay my top 10 long (maybe that’s just because I feel so scorned right now), but wow.

It was like watching “The Titanic”, knowing the ship is going to sink and thousands will die, and Jack/Rose will end up like Romeo/Juliet. It was like rereading Harry Potter and wishing that this time maybe, just maybe Sirius won’t die. But the ship sank and they died (the thousands and Jack and Sirius). I knew these characters wouldn’t end up together, their relationship wouldn’t last, but by god did I wish. Until the last heart wrenching, beautifully written word.

So that’s how I ended up sobbing, sobbing, while reading the last 50 pages of this wonder.

And that’s how I started balling again (I swear I thought I was done) while watching the movie trailer (which must wait for another day, because let’s face it, I’m not strong enough for this right now) when Oliver told Elio: “call me by your name, and I’ll call you by yours”.

Stay turned for how this might or might not reflect the rest of how 2019.

Okay, back to present. I've calmed down, and I'm still in love with this books. If I think too much about, I know I'll start crying again. The movie, which I've also seen since, is also amazing. Yes, I cried.

Go forth, read, enjoy, cry. Watch the movie, enjoy, cry. It's a cycle. Have fun.

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