Literary Dilemma

Ever since I started Jr. High, I've noticed that the books I read aren't the norm. I don't read Twilight, and I actually have read Harry Potter, but I started that series back when I was 8 or 9. I read creepy books, or books that have interesting pictures on the cover. You know how people say 'don't judge a book by it's cover'? Well I certainly do. If the writer isn't competant enough to find a cover that isn't absolutely atrocious, he probably isn't going to write well enough to entertain or enlighten me. Also, I go through books like no other. I usually have a different book every day, or, if I find a particularly challenging one, every week. In seventh grade my friends in homeroom would try and catch me reading a book  more than 1-2 days in a row. When I tell this to people, they usually say that I should read more challenging books, and spend more time analyzing their meaning. After hearing this one day in seventh grade, I sought out a book that could hold my attention and offer me a challenge. The book I found was none other than Les Miserables. It took me about a month, (on condition of all that french) but I read the entire thing and got 95% on the star reading test. I liked the book, but I really don't want to read giant books that I have no interest in continuing since they are all from the past and don't usually apply to today. So what do I read? I've tried reading practically anything I can get my hands on, from short, frilly romances to horror and sci-fi. I've found I like odd stories with twists in the ends, and stories in different perspectives. One example is one of my favorite books (I say that about practically every book) Hit List. It's told in the perspective of an assasin, and although I'm not saying that line of work is ideal or right, it was an amazing book that had me rooting for the bad guy the whole time. I love that author and have read countless books by him, but everyone of them leaves me stunned in the end. Lately, due to tons of homework and a job, I've been reading a lot less and find myself stuck on a book: Koko. I found it on a shelf in Mr. T's class and instantly fell in love with the book's cover. Now the picture on the front isn't really spectacular, you know with awesome graphics and all that modern stuff, but it's definetly not the norm. It's kind of a creepy face in vibrant colors, with 'Koko' scrawled in odd, gooey green. I mean, 'Koko'? Who in their right mind would name a book that supposed to be creepy and/or masculine 'Koko'? Anyway, I had to read it. The book is good, with an interesting writing style, but it's just a tad inaproppriate. I love reading it, it's interesting, and I want to know if they find the guy, yet I can't bring myself to read it. Why? maybe because all I've been reading lately is exciting, crazy books that don't let you put it down. Maybe I've become like the modern Micro-Wave users. Have you ever felt that way? "I need exciting things to happen, and I need them now!". You don't want to wait for a good ending, you just want it to happen right then. I hate people like that, yet I'm slowly turning into one. Maybe I need to force myself to read a long monotone book, that is supposedly a classic. Maybe I just need to calm my jets and let things happen as they happen, in natural order. Hopefully I won't conform to the Micro-Wave society, and hopefully books that aren't the 'norm' will continue to entertain me.