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If I were to give the activity of reading books a grade, o n a scale of one to ten, I would give it a seven. If that survey included social media, I would score reading a nine. Do not like reading some books because the way they convey their stories is t o slow to engage me. Reading and I do not have the best relationship, something I want to impair eve because I do love to read, especially if the material intrigues me, regardless of the medium. Although do like reading, only the right materials will really capture my eaten Zion.
All y life I have not had an interest in reading because of all the extracurricular activities that did, but recently I have begun to enjoy reading because of my exposure to social media and online articles. Social media updates give me a sense of being more connected and s socially intertwined with my friends. Really enjoy reading online articles because there is an infinite et amount of information on the internet. I am able to find something that interests me who never want to read, unlike trying to decide which genre I want to read. U refer adventure stories because usually these stories are able to intrigue m y fastened mind more than any other genre. My favorite book so far is The Odyssey became use of the long journey Odysseus takes and all the adventures he has trying to get home. Each h subsection in the book gave the illusion of finishing a whole story very quickly, which was good for me so I could be amused, engaged, and entertained. I will most definitely pick an adventure us book for our class because I know that I will be better able to comprehend the story.
Writing this essay and thinking about my relationship with reading has made me realize that there is more to reading than just enjoying the book. Last year in my Engle sis class, we read several books that did not capture my attention and so was not comprehend ins the stories the way I needed to for class, which my “D” reflected. I remember reading John SST ambience’s The Pearl and struggling with the comprehension tests that required me to rime member little details. I did not enjoy reading the book because it was too slow, but also because I did to understand the type of comprehension that was necessary for the reading assignment.
As solo w as The Pearl was for me, I really struggled to read it as a book, and just failed to consider it as a reading comprehension assignment. I realize now that sometimes reading is about u understanding or comprehending the substance Of what you are reading regardless Of whether you enjoy it. Do love to read, but my relationship with reading is rather limited to only thou SE texts that find engaging no matter their medium. Enjoy reading social media and only e articles because can always find something that engages me.
When I am engaged by a book, I t is generally because it is a fastened, adventure story that keeps me reading. Thinking ABA out my relationship with reading and how have struggled in the past, has made me realize that n to only can I improve my relationship, but that there is so much more than just enjoying re adding. Think my WALL new realizations about my relationship with reading will help me to broaden my reading horizons and to try to read other things for the sake of understanding and learning.