Reading

     I love to read. This year I am going to put my reading skills to the test. I am going to attempt the 50 book challenge! If you don't know what that is, then you can just guess by the name of it. I have to read 50 books in one year. I am already off to a good start. I am on my 7th book. It's a good thing I have no life, otherwise this wouldn't work at all!
Here are some books I'm planning on reading this year:

• Paper Towns by John Green
• Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
• Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld (reread)
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Not many, but I will be assigned books for language arts class, so those will add up too. I don't think I will be that successful, but there's always next year! I think at the end of each post from now on I will keep track of how many books I have read so far.

Why do I like reading? I don't know. I have never been good at sports or anything, but I became a good reader. I would read with my dad every day, which got me very interested in reading. Believe it or not I went to reading help for a year because I was behind on my reading level in first grade. I remember I kept pronouncing "all" as "al" because my parents told be it was the first three letters of my brother's first name, "Allen." When you say "Allen," you hear "Al" not "all" which confused me for the longest time.
I guess I really like reading because for awhile you can live someone else's life. You step into a different world and become a new person. For example while reading the Hunger Games, you can imagine yourself as Katniss. You think about what she will do and wonder what you would do if you were placed in her situation. I don't know, it's just a cool experience. I don't like movies as much though, because you are witnessing the character's lives and not living them. That may not make sense, but it's common logic to me.

Books read: 6