BOOK & MOVIE THOUGHTS 
 This was really a different book for me. 
 I don't really read contemporary novels, but I've been hearing so much 
 about this book that I took a chance on it. I'm glad that I did, because it was really good. I couldn't help but feel bad for Charlie & laugh at parts that were hilarious. I did feel like I was reading the letters of a 10 year old than a 15/16 year old boy. He seemed so childish and soft, but that's how it's supposed to be. I'd recommend this book to everyone because it was THAT good. It's one of those types of books that after your done with the entire book, your just silent. Then you head on over to youtube and type in: The Smiths - "Asleep" just to see what all the hype is about with Charlie loving the crap out this song. It is a really great song too. I can't wait to see the movie when it comes out next year (2012) and see how Emma Watson portrays "Sam" & if Logan Lerman can pull off "Charlie". I'm excited to see Ezra Miller play "Patrick" & I hope they keep the moment between patrick and charlie in the movie. GO READ THIS BOOK. 
 EDIT: After watching the movie! 
 THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER (Movie Rating: 2.5 stars) 
 Let me just say one thing, there are plenty of authors that would kill to have a lot of input in their book to movie adaptions and Stephen Chbosky got to direct his! the author got to direct his own book to movie adaption, how fucking awesome is that? it's awesome... but you'd think that since he got to direct it that he'd do a bomb ass job, that he'd bring everything to life and make it an awesome movie... but no, he cut important things from the book, added unnecessary drama, and pretty much made it a regular old teen movie, he castrated his own book to be honest. I loved the casting except for Nina Dobrev as Charlie's sister, she looked nothing like Logan and I feel the director nabbed her because she's big right now. But that is just my opinion. Emma Watson was perfect as Sam and Ezra Miller was also perfect as Patrick and Logan, oh logan, he was magfuckingnificent as Charlie. But the movie fell flat in some ways and I wish it was done better. If you saw this movie and thought it was one of the best you've seen, you probably didn't read the book, or if you did I don't know what to say to you lol but again this is just my opinion. What I really liked about the movie was that he kept it in the 90s and didn't modernize it. In the end I was disappointed with the story line but the actors made me like the movie a little bit. 
 -R.D.