How To Read Madly

Last week we wrote a blog and one of the questions was “How did you learn to read and write?”  I found this question interesting because I never had really thought about the moment when I actually learned how to read and write. My mom was the first person to expose me to reading and writing. A popular tactic she did to make sure I was staying engaged was to read aloud stories and make me follow along with her. My mom would read me many different stories like Tarzan, Bambi, Aladdin, Peter Pan, Lion King, The Jungle Book, and Hercules. whatever I wanted to listen and follow along with, she would read with me. This really helped with my want to read. The books contained a lot of adventure, which made it easy as a kid to follow along with. I became to gain an imagination and then all of a sudden reading was easier.

James Patterson perfectly sums up my lengthy, arduous, and ever-changing relationship with reading. "There is no such thing as a kid who hates reading. There are kids who love reading, and kids who are reading the wrong books." As I grow older, and come to appreciate the influence that words have over the human mind and soul, this quote resonates with me more deeply. The interpretation of words has had an immense impact over my life, and is something I will be forever indebted to.

You should read Bitterblue, by Kristin Cashore, a companion book to Graceling and Fire, because it's a beautifully written book with deep characters, thrilling action, and a twisting plot that leaves you constantly on the edge of your seat. Bitterblue is filled to the brim with brilliantly written characters who seem to leap off the page, that are captivating and who have feelings that are relatable. As the School Library Journal (SLJ) says, her story is “brimming with vibrant and dynamic characters.” This is, in my opinion, the biggest contributor to her amazing story, as the characters make the story, and she gives us realistic characters with flaws and troubles that the reader can understand. In the story, Queen Bitterblue is faced with

The poem ‘During Wind and Rain’ by Thomas Hardy looks at his late wife Emma’s fond childhood memories and the contrast of what the passing of time brings. My essay will explore the devices Hardy uses to communicate the idea of passing time and what literary evidence suggests that Hardy could be deemed as a Victorian and a Modernist writer.

The reason I read this story was because I knew nothing about it. The title was vague and maybe even a little misleading; the fact of the matter was I was intrigued. Not to mention it was on the Commandant’s reading list. The story starts off with Rowan being ordered to deliver a message to Garcia, hence the title. You would think that this story is about Rowan but really it is about how he handed his mission. All he is given is an order then he is dropped on an island with nothing but this letter and his own intuition to guide him on this journey through hostile territory. A couple paragraphs later he completes his mission it is unclear what evens preceded his completion but the point was clear. Rowan had instant obedience to orders and used his knowledge and quick thinking to complete the mission.

Hellen Keller once said, “The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart”. Highly emotional and truly sensitive, love is the most powerful component of literature that must be felt with our hearts. Love changes all rules and regulations connecting human souls to one another. The power of the love Kellen brought to Wavy in Greenwood’s All the Ugly and Wonderful Things, liberated Wavy’s identity from the prison of family and social norms giving rise to the bravery of expressing her true

I remember my love of books and how I was determined to learn how to read. Whether it was pretending to read, or my mom helping me. I remember reading out loud to my parents at home and writing little stories for my family to read. I still have some of the short stories I made when I was little. I would read and write everyday and I never got old of it. My writing skills are lot better now, obviously.

Then the pages of the fourth tome stopped when the words gástlufe onsang screamed out at him, a love enchantment of the soul, one that awakened deep and buried feelings long lost and forgotten. That would fit, perhaps far too perfectly, Gwen having once cared for Lancelot, maybe even loved, but so far from being rekindled because of her true love for Arthur that Morgana would have needed

My first experience of reading 'How to see the word' I couldn't quite get my head around how this all relates, in the big picture of things to my place here at Massey. Revisiting what I had missed, I found a deeper understanding of what I couldn't quite understand at first. This book gave me a useful and insightful experience for something I never really took the time to understand. Reading the introduction I was able to grasp what we have been learning in my Fine Arts Degree. About critical engagement with space in an environment and the change within this visual material. It is also the perspective in the wider world of thing which Nicholas Mirzoeff is trying also saying especially in visual cultures within the wide range of my social sciences

Readers will be glued to their seats when they step into Lauren Oliver’s Delirium. Lena Haloway and her best friend Hana were intended to spend 1 last summer together. 1 last magnificent summer before they both would get the “cure” and forget everything. When Lena falls in love 95 days before her cure what will happen to the life she thought she was supposed to live? I loved the way that Lauren Oliver made the reader feel like they were truly part of the story by added fake excerpts of stories mentioned in the book before new chapters. She also included songs mentioned in the story to keep the reader’s interest. It made me feel like a citizen in the book itself. I enjoyed how Lauren Oliver tied romance with adventure. This was great

A reflection of my reading strategies varies. When I reading, I try to keep an open mind to what I’m reading I have an open perspective from my point of view of from someone else, or even the author point of view. Depending on what kind of text is it or coming from I might see it in a different way. When reading a novel, you try to keep perspective of a character feelings as it expression it emotional and try to feel the emotion of through reading when character falls in love, or heartbroken. My reading strategies try to empathize with the text. When reading a textbook or newspaper that when my strategies change, your reading a textbook that’s more expand your knowledge or a newspaper to inform you of what going on in your community or all

As a reader, I have always struggled. From the first time, I began to read to now. We never understood why until I was in sixth grade. In sixth grade, I was tested for dyslexia and as a result we found out I was dyslexic. Through my grade school and high school years We did everything and anything to help me to read better.

The theme of love connection between people is a very important part of life. I choose this theme as it is a very relevant and relatable subject for many people in our society. The four texts I chose were: the fictional novel ‘Delirium’, by Lauren Oliver, the song ‘Blank Space’ by Taylor Swift, song ‘Same Love’ by Macklemore and fictional novel ‘Girl Online’, by Zoe Sugg. There was a strong connection of love between two people in all of these texts.

Jane Austen impacted the world of literature in more ways than one. Museums located around the United Kingdom are dedicated to her works which many people still enjoy to this day. Audiences around the world continue to read the love stories she shared many years ago. She portrayed a sense of female strength and hefty feelings of true love in her writing. Austen’s wording and her particular writing style are recognizable among those who enjoy 18th century literature, her distinct approach to the realities of the time is one reason her fan base has grown over the years. Jane Austen pioneered romantic literature because she was among the first authors to write a happily ever after type story, and she used her work to portray this feeling

The beginning of my interest in reading goes way back, although I don’t have any defining “aha!” moment, where I all of a sudden enjoyed reading books. There were always books around when I was growing up, if I was at my grandparents house it was the books they kept from their youth; classics like Treasure Island or any Hemingway book, the hard covers permanently infused with dust; plenty of History books, particularly World War II history; and the children’s books I always received as presents when I visited. My mom also read a lot, but more modern books, like supernatural or light horror books, nothing too difficult (or scary). I spent a lot of time reading magazines, mostly Video Game (note: spent more time creating stories off the