Why I Love Reading

Hey guys!


As you probably would have guessed, I love reading. I have ever since I can remember. I just enjoy sitting down with a good book and spending a few hours or so reading it. I find it relaxing to go somewhere quiet, for example my bedroom or a library, and escape into another world for a while.  I find it hard to believe that there are some people out there who do not read, even for pleasure. They are too consumed with their work or browsing the Internet, but surely they have some free time? People may complain that there are no books they are interested in, but remember the saying 'Don't judge a book by its cover'? Even if a book does not look very appealing, you might as well give it a chance. Who knows, it might be the best book ever!

As a child I was fascinated by books. I remember when my mother used to read to me every night. If it wasn't for her, I probably would not love books as much as I do. I used to be a fan of the Milly Molly Mandy series, and of course the tales of Peter Rabbit and his friends. I just loved the way they were written, how the authors drew you in. I also enjoyed the Eloise series, written by Kay Thompson. It made me long to live in a hotel, getting up to mischief all the time.

 

 

 

 

When I moved to my first primary school, I was still interested in books and stories. I started to read "bigger" books. I read most of Jacqueline Wilson's books, including The Story of Tracy Beaker, Double Act, Sleepovers, Secrets, Lola Rose, The Diamond Girls and Clean Break. I also enjoyed the 'classic' books for older children: Charlotte's Web, Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, Mary Poppins, The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, and The Railway Children.

My passion of reading continued into secondary school. I used to spend a lot of time in the library, browsing the long rows of books. I took out several books at a time over the five years I was at secondary school. There were just so many books to get through! Since I was interested in historical fiction (and still am several years later), I spent a few months exploring Mary Hooper's novels. I particularly loved Petals in the Ashes, At the Sight of the Sugared Plum, and The Remarkable Life and Times of Eliza Rose. I found myself drawn to the realistic, vivid and gripping stories within the books. Other novels I was interested in as a teenager include I Capture the Castle, Noughts and Crosses, Twilight, House of Night, My Sister's Keeper, and Before I Die.

  

   

 

 

  

 

 

At the moment I am reading the final Hunger Games book. I know, I know, I should have read it ages ago but the film hasn't even come out yet and I only just recently purchased the novel. Since the end of my exams, which was around a month ago, I have read Gossip Girl (finally), The Book Thief, Elixir (by Hilary Duff), Delirium, The Lovely Bones, and The Moth Diaries.

Over the summer I intend to finish the Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella. It's pretty unlikely but I already have three of the books to read, with another one on its way from Amazon, so I guess it is possible. I also want to read Gone Girl (before the film comes out), The Maze Runner (ditto), If I Stay (ditto), Popular: A Memoir, The Other Boleyn Girl, Awakened (the eighth book in the House of Night series), The Pursuit of Love, City of Bones (can't believe I haven't read it yet), and Born Free. It is quite a lot to get through but I am a fast reader and I have a while before uni resumes.


So what are you reading at the moment? Let me know :)


Hasta pronto!


Serena