The Importance Of Books In My Life

empowerment within oneself and is the path towards a successful life. Throughout my life, knowledge has always been rested between the pages of books. Reading was my ultimate escape from the realities of life. My parents immigrated from Cali, Colombia to Queens, New York when I was only three years old. My education in New York is what deeply rooted my love for schooling. My parents instilled within me a set of beliefs that included the importance of education and literature. In recent times, literacy rates

the book. The book focuses on the achievement of dreams. Pausch expresses the importance of living every day to its fullest potential. He states that “It’s not about how you achieve your dreams. Its about how to lead your life. If you lead your life the right way, karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you” (Page 205/206) . A section of the book focuses on the possibilities that arise when an individual simply asks for something. Pausch gives two examples of this in the book. He

talents and accomplishments. In her book, My Beloved World, Sonia reveals many people, circumstances, hardships, and successfulness. Sonia has embraces many characteristics in which I can relate. Successfulness, determination, and the importance of learning are all crucial elements that make Sonia into the inspiring woman she is today. Relating to Sonia Sotomayor throughout her book allowed me to remain intrigued in the book and helped apply concepts to my everyday life. We as human beings all strive

Ruby Holler has grown to be one of my favorite books, as each and every page had many different events. It is a fiction book, deep in the country. An old couple by the names of Sairy and Tiller decided to go on separate trips, as they’ve been around each other for 60 whole years, never parting. It’s been a lengthy time since they were ever actually alone, therefore Tiller and Sairy decide to adopt 2 children from the Boxton Creek Home, owned by the nasty Trepid couple. The old couple, Tiller and

how to read and write. At approximately age four, my grandmother began teaching me the basics of reading and how to write the alphabet. The hours spent working with my grandmother influenced the love I have for literature. Although I have a passion for reading and writing, I feel this passion slowly fading with age. As I get older, I realize that reading does not seem as enjoyable as it used to be for me. Reading and writing has influenced my life in a thankful, a joyful, but also a slightly negative

Don’t be concerned, but my mom is suffering from tsundoku. Tsundoku is a Japanese word used to describe the stock piling of books that you will never read. As long as I can remember my mom has been bringing home heaps of books from anywhere she can get them. Last year, she came home from the local library book sale with six bags of books. Yes, she loves to read, but she has not read any of those books in the past year. Waiting to be shelved, most of them continue to sit on our basement floor, collecting

loved literature and would read often in her free time, my father on the other hand, probably has still to this day never picked up a book in his life. Growing up, my little brother and I spent most of our time with my dad so we never learned the true art of reading and writing. Throughout high school, I spent most of my time in the pool or glued to my phone which left me still oblivious to the world of reading and writing. My life was altered my senior year and I began to cling to reading and writing

is better to read 10,000 books, and then travel 10,000 miles.” Reading is a critical part of life, whether it is to read about the news that is happening around the world, to read a park that is the sign by teachers and classes, or simply just reading because we like to read. In many cases, kids who were willing to read comic books with a lot of pictures at a young age, often liked reading. Even though I was not into reading at a young age, I still read some picture books at a very young age, and

Recently completing your book, Elsewhere, has made me notice the importance of making the most of life and that when it seems hard, it’s just part of growing up. Especially with both characters Owen and Elizabeth, you see a true difference in their personality from beginning to end. Even though on the outside the characters are getting younger, internally they are maturing and learning to move on. I could really relate to these characters as they struggle through their life in Elsewhere, by completing

literature and read often in her free time, my dad on the other hand probably has still to this day never picked up a book in his life. Growing up my little brother and I spent most of my time with my dad so we never really got to see the true art of reading and writing. Throughout high school I spent most of my time in the pool or glued to my phone which left me still oblivious to the world of reading and writing. It wasn’t until senior year when my life was altered that I began to cling to reading