Why I Read

There are many reasons why I read. I read when I’m bored, when I need an answer, or when I hear the book is being turned into a movie. I simply enjoy it.

When I’m bored, I call up my sister and say “Hey, let’s go to Half Price” (she’s 26 years old so she doesn’t live at home). So she comes over and we go to Half Price Books. I usually look for books by my favorite authors but if there aren’t any books I haven’t read, I walk around and look for something interesting. Each time I go I try to read a book from a different genre. Reading only murder mystery books by Mary Higgins Clark gets boring and only reading love stories by Nicholas Sparks also get boring so I mix it up. After I buy the book, I go home and normally finish it within three days.

Another reason I read is because I need an answer, or not so much that I need an answer, I’m just interested in a certain non-fiction topic. A few years ago I became interested in Astronomy. At Half Price, they have a whole section on Astronomy which is where I wander if nothing in the fiction world seems worthy. I bought a huge Universe Atlas in July of 2011. I’ve picked through it and read what I didn’t already know and continue to reread to so I know I still contain the information.

One other reason is the book is being turned into a movie. I was watching TV with my dad and the trailer for The Hunger Games by Susanne Collins came on. It looked like a really good movie so the next day I checked it out of the library at my high school. It was such a good book that I read the trilogy, in its entirety, in five days. Let’s just say my teachers didn’t appreciate me not turning in my homework.