Follow Friday #15

Alright! Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee & Alison Can Read and is a way for book bloggers to get to know each other better. Just go to their pages and follow the directions, and you'll be making some new friends!

Q. Talk about the book that most changed or influenced your life (was it a book that turned you from an average to avid reader, did it help you deal with a particularly difficult situation, does it bring you comfort every time you read it?). 

Over the years I've had a falling out here and there with some friends. One time though (several years ago), it was entirely my fault for my reaction to something. I shouldn't have opened my mouth and said what I said. Even though it was true, that person didn't deserve my opinion being thrown on them like that. My reaction was not kind, and I was unwilling to accept my role in the way things were prior to the argument. So, we ended up not talking for a long time.

Then I was reading the book Just Listen by Sarah Dessen and realized that I was just like Annabel was with her friend Clarke. The one part near the end where they're talking about what went wrong between the two of them, Clarke basically says that Annabel didn't try to mend things with her. She only spoke to her once, then never again. I ended up taking that to heart, if I don't TRY to mend the fence, I'm not a nice person. About 9 months later I went up to her at a wedding reception we were both invited to and made small talk, then dragged her out on the dance floor with me for a silly song. After that, I apologized for being a jerk. We're not best friends or anything now, but we don't not talk to each other. And that makes me feel good about myself.

RULES

To join the fun and make new book blogger friends, just follow these simple rules:

1. (Required) Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Hosts {Parajunkee & Alison Can Read}
2. (Required) Follow our Featured Bloggers - Hands & Home & www.memyshelfandi.com
3. Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing. You can also grab the code if you would like to insert it into your posts.
4. Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say "hi" in your comments and that they are now following you.
5. Follow Follow Follow as many as you can, as many as you want, or just follow a few. The whole point is to make new friends and find new blogs. Also, don't just follow, comment and say hi. Another blogger might not know you are a new follower if you don't say "HI"
6. If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love...and the followers
7. If you're new to the follow friday hop, comment and let me know, so I can stop by and check out your blog!

Happy Follow Friday everyone! Thanks for stopping by. ^_^

~Jessica