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Reading has periodically been shown to improve one in all subjects of
learning, including vocabulary, and IQ. Yet, it seems that the number of young people reading for pleasure lessens each year.
I was introduced to reading for pleasure as a very young child so that I learned to love it. I've found that I love to read
just about every sort of fiction, but I most enjoy fantasy because it can cover so many subjects in one book: romance,
adventure, drama, and horror, just to name a few.
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Most people that I meet that do not regularly read for pleasure say that nothing
they pick to read interests them. I'm sure I was the same way when I was younger, but now I can pretty much enjoy anything
I come across.
I believe the difference between us might be that I was forced to read. First,
it was five minues a day, then after a while it became ten, then fifteen and so on till I actually had to enjoy it.
All those times being forced to read exposed me to nearly every genre, and so that's why I like to read almost everyhing.
I often wonder if a young adult forced themselves to read, would they eventually
enjoy it? I don't think it really matters if you enjoy the reading to reap its benefits, but I'm sure that it probably
makes it easier.
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After years of reading, I find myself to be a speed reader now.
People are amazed to hear that I can buy a 300 page book and finish it in a few hours. Others just say that I have no
life. Sure, I'll admit it: I don't really have a social life. I make time for friends, just not nearly as much
as the average teen.
Anyhow, I've developed something like a sixth sense for reading.
I kind of put myslf into the book as if I were an invisible character, or even one of the existing characters (fun to do with
fantasy). While I'm reading, I don't read word for word. It's like I've developed a sixth sense for reading.
I automatically pick out the important words and phrases I need to get the story. It's frustrating when I catch myself
doing this. I don't want to miss anything, but as far as I can tell, I haven't. As I said before, this probably
comes from all the reading I've done in the past. I suppose it's a good quality and I shouldn't complain.
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It seems that no one in Hollywood can come up with any original ideas anymore.
More and more I find movies coming out that are based on books, and since I'm such an avid reader, many times I've read those
books. I'm not saying that basing movies on books is a bad thing, it's just that that movie is always an inerprtation
of one person. I'll admit that I have enjoyed some movies based on books, but more often than not, I don't.
When you're reading a book, you use your imagination to see what is happening and not everyone pictures things the same way.
That's why people should just work harder and come up with their own stories for movies (or TV shows).
It also works the other way. What I now see on the shelves are the
book versions of movies and TV shows. Even though there are some that I do like, and some that even introduced me to what
is now my favorite show, that is pathetic. It seems like people will do anything to make more money.
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