What I like about books and reading…
I cannot rewire my brain. I learned to love reading when I finally got the hang of phonics in the first grade. My dad restricted TV to one hour of cartoons on Saturday morning and weekly episodes of Lassie and later the Flintstones. Yes, I played catch and shot hoops with my brother but reading was the best.
Books let me visit places and meet people and experience times past and future. For me these “trips” are vivid in my own imagination. I do not need the addition of graphics and sound effects to engage me. Currently I am reading Rick Riordan’s The Battle of the Labyrinth and Kate Thompson’s The Last of the High Kings. Both have sword scenes at the beginning. One finishes off a mythical creature masquerading as a cheerleader. The other demands the life of a son to maintain honor and to guard the sacred places for eternity.
I can see them both becoming successful movies but I prefer the freedom to create my own images first, to linger if I choose rather than rush through. If things are too intense, I can take a break. The author creates but once the words are published, they become mine to tickle my imagination, allowing me to fit myself into the story wherever I choose.
What are your feelings about books and reading? Do you find it slow or absorbing? What makes a book work for you? Do you like to hear it read aloud? Are books going to go away?
I like to read. It gives me a break from life to figure out my own imagination. The books I’m currently reading right now are Midnight For Charlie Bone, Eragon, and Inkspell. I’d rather read than go to parties. It feels refreshing to read and to take a break from life…
I enjoy reading before i go to sleep. It calms and makes me relaxed and sleepy. I find reading to be slow, no rush or pressure. I like to be read to alot. books with pictures are good so you can picture what the people look like and where they live. Reading can be fun if you make it fun!
I feel that reading is real slow for me because it takes time for me to get intested in the book.I dont like when people read to me because i realy dont pay attention.I do like when they put voice into the book.
My favorite time to read is right before I go to sleep. Often, I end up staying up really late because I just can’t put the book down! I don’t like to be read aloud to usually, nor do I like to read aloud. Being read to keeps me from reading at my own pace, and reading aloud slows me down. I think that books, in some form or another, will always be a part of our society.
I also prefer to make my own images in my head of the characters in the book, though seeing what the author drew is a good experience.
I think books are great because they let you go anywhere you want without leaving your home. I like to read as soon as I get home from school. It lets your mind relax after a long day. I agree with Tad when he said “I also prefer to make my own images in my head of the characters in the book, though seeing what the author drew is a good experience.” It is better to use your own images then to see exactly what the author wants you to see.
What I like about and reading September 5, 2008
By Adam. S
I think it’s a great passage about how reading helps someone learn and helps encourage people to keep reading. It also ask how the reader feels about reading if the reader likes to read or does he read just because he has to read I think that’s important to understand if someone likes to read or not that is what I think this passage is trying to tell people and it also ask the reader what they like about reading.