My Amazing Reading Habits of Amazingness

I actually haven't read that many books. I keep losing interest in everything, which leads me to wonder what kind of book I'm really looking for. I think I started off this year with a realistic fiction drama story thing. I actually really enjoyed reading about real life and not fantasy, and reading the touching issues of the couple in the book. After reading one realistic book, The Pact, I assumed I would love another just as much, and read a book by the same author. I didn't even blog about it; I simply didn't find it that enjoyable. Maybe I just need to base my preferences on what my mood is. So I went over to this novel that I read about online, Candle Man. It seemed interesting, and when I first started reading it, I was quite impressed with the storyline and how many connections I could make to society. Then, the protagonist escaped from the one part of the book that still had ties to real life, and the entire story became your typical random-child-with-god-like-powers-goes-on-a-magical-adventure-to-save-the-princess-to-find-the-truth-about-himself-and-blah-blah-blah. At that point, I pretty much stopped reading.
The fact that I only liked Candle man until the story truly became that of a fantasy novel tells me that, despite always thinking I preferred fantasy romance and such, I truly would like any book as long as I can make connections to it.
I think I liked The Pact the best though. I found the story to be very mature and the plot to be intense and heart-wrenching. It's one of those books that makes you want to wipe it from your memory so you can read it all over again without knowing what's going to happen.
*Anticlimactic ending of blog*

Candle Man Again

The story truly begins after Theo is taken away from his home. There's kind of this good-side-evil-side thing going on, and apparently everyone is trying to get control of Theo. The Society of Unrelenting Vigilance, which is actually sub-name of this book, is also the "good" group that takes Theo away from The Society of Good Works, with whom he's lived his whole life. Honestly, I feel like something will happen, and Theo will realize that both societies are pretty bad. Then again, I could easily be wrong, but it's just a thought. But surely it can't be such a black and white story. I mean, I know there's still the mystery of the candle man and all, but what would one society do that would be better than what the other wants to do. Aren't they both after Theo because of his power?
Well, I guess I'll just have to see.

Candle Man: Book 1 by Glenn Dakin

~The Society of Unrelenting Vigilance~
I need a break from realistic fiction. So, I started reading this book that I got for Christmas. I haven't read too much, but the book has been intriguing so far. I can't say it had me totally hooked, though. Something about the writing seems a bit... amateur-ish. Maybe it's just because of the text that I find to be larger than other books. Regardless, the book still has me hooked in some way.
In this story, a boy named Theo lives in eternal house arrest with several guardians. He is required to wear his gloves at all times, and only is let out of the house once a year on his birthday, and even then he is severely restricted with where he can travel, really only staying out for several to ten minutes. His entire life is censored, and he yearns to see the world.
I find the idea of the story to be refreshing and interesting. His life sorta reflects society in the way that the people that govern his life hide the truth from him, and his guardians themselves aren't as perfect as they pretend to be for him. It's that idea of secrets, censorship, and lies that pulls me in. I don't wanna go back into specific story details and give it away, even if I'd only be giving away what's in the first five or so chapters.
I have to say though, this book has some feel to it that, in my personal opinion, makes it seem like a less recycled story theme than other books.