When I was younger my reading abilities were dramatically lacking. It would take forever for me to finish the simplest of books, not because I was a bad reader, but because I couldn't sit still for long enough to really get into a book. My father thought it would be a good idea to start reading me books at night to get me really interested in books. I loved this because that meant that I didn't have to read them my self.
My dad and I loved "story time" because I would gather up my dog, my cat, and my little brother and bring them all into my room, where I would sit on the edge of the bed and listen attentively to my father read a wide variety of books. My favorite memory of “story time” was when we began reading the Harry Potter series because it was my type of book. We did not get to finish the Harry Potter series because I was really busy with school and sports at the time, so I actually didn’t get to finish reading the Harry Potter series until this past summer. I was absolutely in love with them though. I think I ended up reading all seven books in less then two weeks, and that’s with working over forty hours a week.
After we finished with all of the Harry Potter books that were out at the time, we started reading the Inheritance Trilogy, as it was called back then, this is the saga (Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr) that Christopher Paolini has recently written. The only book out that that time was Eragon. I know these books didn’t come out that long ago, my dad read me books up until my junior year in high school. Since my dad would only read me books that he was interested in, I also began to be only interested in fantasy and science fiction novels. I now love fantasy books, science fiction books, and any book that has a dragon in it. I'm kind of a nerd, I know.
During high school I began reading more and more by myself, because it was hard to read the ‘classics’ with my father because he thought that they were boring and out of fashion. I was lucky enough to be in the AP English class in my high school, so I was able to read a little more then just the ‘classics.’ My favorite books from high school were The Lord of The Rings and Beowulf. I was in love with Beowulf, it was one of the most interesting books that I have read. I love all the action that happens within the story, it also doesn’t hurt that its science fiction.
Our course readings have helped me better understand what types of books are being read in schools today, and what the children think of these books. I thought it was very interesting to see what some of the children thought of the ‘classics.’ We know that the older generation of people thinks that the ‘classics’ should be read within the school, but what about the newer books that have to deal with the relevant issues that teens deal with today.
The main purpose of this blog is to tell the other people, who are interested in young adult literature, about the books that I read and what I think of them. I know I like hearing someone else praise a book before I read it, so I will be the person praising the book for someone else to read.
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