Read Me...

Reading is my life. Its like my heroin, that's how addicting it is to me. I'm always caught up in a book and if i'm not in reading a book i'm reading a magazine or reading on the web. Just like Chrissy, I get so bored if I don't have a new book to read. I know im not the best reader in the world ( probably the best on Mars) and I have some things to improve, But what I do know is that I've improved and grown as a reader compared to the beginning of 8th grade. I think I got my frist library card at nine months, yeah I know crazy young. When I got old enough to read I spent all my time in the local library. Its was a really nice place with colorful seats and tiny tables. I read a lot with my mom at night and when I got older i read chapter books all my myself. Some of my all time favorite kid books were any book that was written by Mercer Mayer and Junie B. Jones. In each grade I gradually moved to bigger sized books and by the end of 7th grade started reading more young adult books. But it wasn't until the beginning of 8th grade that Loretta and I would go to the library almost every day and go book hunting. I would come home with stacks of books to crack open and fill my brain with em'. This was before I joined Student Council and Film Club so all I would do was read, read, and read some more. More into 8th grade Mr. Locker pushed me to read bigger books and books that are more mature and serious. I tried "The Book Thief" and "To Kill A Mocking Bird". Unfortunately these books we're to difficult and wasn't quite ready for them. After a couple failed attempts at books my mom got me hooked on the "Twilight Saga" and I became an official Twilighter=). I also realized that reading series was my thang. Even now I try to read series like The "Blue Is For Nightmares" series.
Besides the type of books I read I've also improved in the ways I read and how I respond. I try my best to think critically while reading and responding better when I do my journals. One thing that helped my think critically was our class reading of "The Outsiders". Of course theres always room for improvement but I have a feeling that I'm going to stick with the reading junk and you'll see me with a book in heaven.... or hell >:)