My Book Of Choice: One Word That Will Change Your Life

“I will not regret a thing.” was what my six word memoir was about. To me it means that whatever happens you should never regret your actions and what you’ve done in life. I chose a girl looking at the sunset for my picture to show that she has no stress and has no worries because she is not looking at the past. She looks so peaceful while she is trying to look forward and take life one step at a time. When you regret things you are just stuck in the past so when you don’t have any regrets you would be a more relieved person.

Today I read books like no tomorrow and I learn quite a lot from them. I never knew books could reflect your life or even share experiences that other people might feel or have been through. It all began in high school, my second year of school and my class was beginning a new book called Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. After reading the book, I learned it is explicit in its warnings and moral lessons aimed at the present. I could not care less about the world but after reading Fahrenheit 451, I became more aware of the world now. Another book that inspired me to read more was called Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, learning about how we should not forget the fundamentals of what makes human a human. These kinds of books impacted my life to

Nonfiction is easier to believe than fiction. It is likely that we find interest in what we read when the book is nonfiction rather than a fiction book. However, fiction helps you think more while processing the text you are trying to comprehend. Thoughts like, “what if this happened to me,” “How would I react,” tend to come up. I have learned more about East LA and how gang violence was, and is still a major issue. Literature influences change. If Luis didn’t encounter writing, or poetry he may still be involved in

Fiction books are much more enjoyable than non-fiction books. Think of the book, The Hunger Games, and think of a textbook. Which is more likely to interest you? If you are like me, then you are probably on the fiction side! The Hunger Games because in The Hunger Games there's suspense everywhere you look. However, in an informational non-fiction book there will not be hardly any suspense. The Hunger Games and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has suspense everywhere you looked. The 8th Grade class reads, “Tell Tale Heart” and, “Annabel Lee.” They each had some really good examples of suspense. Fiction is just made for suspense, that is what makes fiction novels so great.

Although it would be interesting to see the teachers experience for books, I agree that it would be more effective to let students pick a book for the class to read for a variety of reasons. For example, when I was in 7th grade, most of the student didn’t like the books we read. If students pick the books, they’re most likely to like the book and be more focused and excited to read the book. This helps with their vocabulary and makes them get better at reading. If students aren’t even paying attention to the book, how will they know what’s going on and improve their reading skills? Overall, this is only one reason that students should pick the book.

It is as if there is a switch that I can use to flip on and off between the two reading styles. I do not necessarily dislike reading novels as such, however, it can become tiresome therefore in some instances I choose the more simplistic route. My literary preferences have little to do with my religious views. As a Christian not totally devoted though, it would seem more sensible to not read fantasy or science-fiction as they challenge many notions of God. However, those are the genres of stories that I prefer and would not want to consistently read any other types of books as most are boring and bland. I do not ever particularly read anything religious. Although, I have read some of the bible as is expected by the faith to have at least an understanding of the book. I think that my enjoyment of reading these types of literature reflect my faith and what I believe in. I enjoy questioning everything, because life is not a world to live without thinking; so I like literature that questions the laws of everything in

Books open your perspective about life, they give you different perspectives and points of view. They carry knowledge and it

After reading the novel Grit by Angela Duckworth I am now truly inspired. Throughout the novel she talks about her experiences and different ways to succeed in life. The four concepts she talked about were interest, practice, purpose and hope. These can all be used everyday. Especially in college and even later on in life. The two that stuck out to me the most were practice and purpose.

I was an only child for much of my childhood and we moved around a lot, so while I was growing up, books were my constant and usually only friends. The books I've selected for my bookshelf are what I feel my progression in taste of books looks like in relation to my personal growth.

There is a beauty in books. Each book opens up your mind to a world unknown. Each page of a book makes you think to yourself "what's going to happen next?". Books give you thoughts and opinions. Books teach you things you never knew. They allow you to escape reality and enter someone else's world. Books

My favorite non-fiction piece is The Hot Zone by Richard Preston, which tells the (mostly) true story of how a case of hemorrhagic fever spread as well as the extensive process involved in finding and implementing cures. Growing up with two parents involved in medicine left me assuming that I knew the expanse of every field. The areas of pathology and epidemiology, however were completely new to me. The realization that the monstrous disease was based on something real was a wake up call of sorts that inspired me to delve into epidemiology and public health. I had never truly felt passionate or even remotely confident about my plans for the future, but this new knowledge gave me a foundation to build on. Of course the book was entertaining

The non-fiction book that I decided to read was, “The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History” by Elizabeth Kolbert. What led me to picking this book was that it seemed the most interesting out of all of the non-fiction book selections. Since I already knew most of the reasons why animals went extinct, this book didn’t have an impact me. But when I previously learned about animals extinction, I was impacted because it let me know what happened to dead species species. Examples of this could include learning about the dinosaurs when I was younger or learning about climate change and hunting when I was in middle school.

It challenged me as I had to reread some parts to fully grasp the issue the Eddie had to deal with. It affected me as after reading the novel I realized that not everything in the book is fiction and I’m lucky to not be in a situation similar to the problems Eddie has to deal with.

Raymond Mar, a psychologist at Your University in Canada and Keith Oatley a professor An The University of Toronto, they both say that “individuals who often read fiction appear to be better able to understand other people, empathies with them and view the world from their perspectives.” I agree that reading certain types of books can help people further understand and see things from a different point of view. Reading helps to open people's eyes and to teach life lessons or to show there are other things to believe in and know other than what they have always been told to know. Getting different types of books, types that are not always the same as the books that you normally read can help you to view things differently. For example from personal experience a new book can help your imagination grow, readings helps me a lot when I need to come up with new ideas for an art class. The new places a book takes you the new images you see while you are reading the new stores you hear and the happy ending your book might have can change the way you are feeling it can brighten up your day.

Periodically while surfing the internet I encounter a page entitled "Books That Changed My Life", with a list of books that purportedly changed the life of the author. I am always irritated by these pages, because I never see any evidence that the books had actually changed the life of the author. In fact, for most of these pages a more appropriate title would have been "Books that I really, really liked a lot." Occasionally, it might have been called "Books that influenced my thinking," but I'm reluctant to refer to that as having changed one's life.