Reading Of Reading Is Reading

Reading and writing have always been pleasurable activities for me. As stated in the first heading, I have enjoyed literature ever since I was young. As far as a preferable reading category, I have always enjoyed fictional series, however, as I get older I enjoy reading more nonfiction from a learning standpoint. I find more pleasure in learning about subjects that I am interested in rather than entertaining my imagination. The only magazine I get every month is the Men’s Health magazine because I thoroughly enjoy learning about fitness, wellness, and overall betterment of the human body. The frequency of my reading depends on my schedule. Normally, I can only handle one book at a time, so if I am assigned to a novel in school then I focus

“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are,” (Cooley). Throughout our lives, reading has impacted us in many ways. Often times books give people different perspectives on their lives. People with high stress levels often find comfort in reading books to take their mind off of their concerns. Sometimes, people just need to take a step back from their lives and relax for a while; therefore, reading is a great tool. In fact, all kinds of books have also helped me become a better writer. There are many different books that have impacted me over the years.

I have my journey in learning how to read and write never stops. Understanding the importance of literacy came to me at the high school, when I faced real challenges and understanding how important that is to learn, to create, to dream and to help others.

Reading is a wonderful reality escape.  Not every book I have the chance to receive is easy to read.  Some books are difficult to read due to not having privacy, time management, and having no patience.

During our recent winter break, I started reading as many novels, novellas, and biographies that piqued my interest. Once I sat down, curled up on the couch, I would start a story and wouldn’t stop reading until I was done, whether the book was 80 pages or 573 pages. Even if the book was horrible, I would still finish what I started. Although I’m concentrating on college and succeeding, I’m falling in love with reading again. Just during our winter break, I read over fifty novels, biographies, and novellas ranging from science fiction, paranormal romance, history, and classical horror

No one is quite sure at what exact time reading became more for pleasure than for knowledge, but today, novels are expected to be entertaining and used to relax the mind. What an author cannot do to make their writing entertaining is to sit in their offices all day and churn out page by page of material. Authors must first feel the emotions they describe in order to enable the reader to relate to the text. In order to write an effective piece of writing, an author must first experience and understand their own lives and apply it to their writing in order to be engaging and of use to their reader.

As a reader I have learned that you do not have to always be interested in what you are reading, but be able to read it to your understanding. From an early age I have always loved reading, but as I grew up reading became harder for me, and the literature of the reading became less interesting to me.

Have you ever heard someone say “I love this boring book so much, let me keep on reading!”? I highly doubt it. Throughout the years we have read various books either for education purposes or entertainment. We seem to find those educational books long and dreadful that we want to quit reading, but when it is something good and entertaining we want more. When we are reading a book that we can relate too, it becomes addicting and we connect with the book so much by the type we finish reading we are devastated. We are eager to know what is going to happen next. When it comes to writing we are always told to catch our reader’s attention, to connect with them, and hook them to keep on reading.

One Christian man who utilized and clearly enjoyed literature—both of fiction entertainment and non-fiction—as a means of spreading the Christian worldview is C. S. Lewis. Lewis, though the joys of the sub-genre of fantasy, managed to create an entertaining story while also upholding and spreading the Christian worldview. One of his most famous works, The Chronicles of Narnia, is a series filled with magic and the impossible, but the entire series is riddled with allusions to the Bible, allusions that fell into place because of his Christian faith. The creation of Narnia (The Magician’s Nephew, Chapter 9) matches the account found in Genesis; the lion present throughout the series, Aslan, is similar to God and Christ, and the symbol of the

Reading is a journey. Some stories span four pages, others run thousands of pages, but each type has the possibility to inform a person in any variety of ways. As a reader I have read many text, from George Orwell, Stephen King, Hayek Friedman, to even Donald Trump, I have dabbled into a bit of everything. However, to help expand my reading wanted to read text out of my norm, out of the style that I am usually familiar with, because I feel that in college, am not going to receive the same types of books, same styles, same vocabulary level. This is where my journey began.

In my daily schedule, I like to find a moment for myself where I am able to read a book. My first choice is usually a novel and I read for both class and personal enjoyment because they mean reading a book that I usually like. There are many specific genres or types of books that I prefer over others and there are also some novels that I could read on a repeated basis. The parts about reading a novel which I find the most challenging are finding the book that interests you and keeps you engaged. There are a wide variety of books out there, but there is only a certain book that a person looks for, and if you don’t find that book, you may not be able to read a book that you don’t prefer. The reader will then leave it and not read the book completely or with much

There was a point in my life where the thought of having to read something sent me into a panic and there was nothing I despised more. I was six and could only utter a few things in English, my first tongue being Portuguese; my peers would tell me I spoke “funny” and I soon resented anything to do reading or writing, especially out loud. Tired of being teased, I pushed myself to learn the language and to go beyond what a six year old was expected to know. From that moment on, I rekindled my love for literature and dominated the rest of my class in the subject, earning various trophies. Thus, the courses, Fiction Workshop: Writing Short Stories and Heroes, Lovers, Villains, Fools: Archetypes and Modern Culture, appeal to me the most because I feel that they provide me with the best opportunity to further develop my skills as a writer.

When starting my journey in the beginning of the semester, I never thought of the important connections of reading and writing. I never knew how authors use different techniques and strategies in their writing and how they use it to connect to their readers. I also never considered how helpful reading an author’s writing can be to improving my own personal writing. During my journey, I have learned the importance of reading like a writer. I have learned to include the best attributes of what I have been reading into my own writing. I learned to become an existentialist and intrapersonal learner who builds their self-esteem and who looks for more opportunities to improve themselves. I have also learned how the text in writing can affect the reader’s opinions and thoughts and

“The best way to think about reality, I had decided, was to get as far away from it as pos-sible…” (Murakami). What better way to escape than to read that favorite book of yours. Don’t have a favorite book? Well, let me introduce you to the wonderful world of literature. Like many others out there today, one may think reading is boring. I’d like to think that is only because they have not found that one book that catches their attention. It is sort of like those who judge food without trying it; you don’t know until you try it. Being forced to read a book in high school is not the same as reading a book for pleasure. When you take the time to read, and actually com-prehend what is written, it can open your eyes to a completely new world you had no idea exist-ed. It is another form of your imagination; and without imagination, how can people do and cre-ate the new technology for our future? Literature is one of the most important things in this world. This will give you the knowledge you need to complete anything in life: it is truly the key to success.

Are reading and writing connected? Reading and writing have always been strong elements, in our lives, studies have shown that reading affects writing and vise-versa. Stephen King said, “If you could put together a model car or assemble a piece of furniture from directions you could write a sentence”. He states the importance of two powerful elements, reading and writing, and by putting them together we could make something out of them. I can come to terms with the fact that reading and writing are the key elects to many opportunities although it has not always been easy to convey. Reading and writing together are both the path to improving our vocabulary and expanding of our knowledge, even though certain people will argue differently, and say that only one (reading or writing) of them is the key element.