i never thought i'd die alone

never conquered, rarely came,
sixteen just held such better days.

okay i haven't been sixteen for almost three years but that's besides the point. ever since blink's reunion i've been listening to their music nonstop. shh, i know i'm a freak =)
anyway, i just finished reading what i now consider one of my all time favourite books (and this is saying something 'cause i'm really not a fan of reading), which is the perks of being a wallflower by stephen chbosky. i have no idea how to pronounce his last name.
the book's about this social outcast named charlie who's just about to start high school. the narration style is different in the sense that the book is written in a seires of letters to an annonymous individual that charlie only addreses as a 'friend' - in fact he opens every letter with 'Dear friend'. the book depicts the events of his first year of high school and the highs and lows of being a freshman: love, friendship, sex, drugs, family, the crevasses of your own mind, y'know...the typical adolescent stuff. i'll be honest with you: charlie pisses me off sometimes 'cause he's a bit of a crybaby but other than that a lot of the things he says are eerily relatable. i guess everybody's high school experience is somewhat similar; it's just the finer details that are different. another great aspect of the book is the fact that its set in the early 90s - '91 and '92 to be exact - and charlie makes references to great music, so that's a bit of a treat. the rocky horror picture show is kind of a big deal with the book's setting too.
if you're looking for a good coming-of-age story, i think this book's perfect. or maybe i'm just saying this because i don't read much and i don't really know any other books, but that's okay. i really liked this book. haha.