Blog #3

       I was never the best reader growing up. I believe the only reason I first started reading was because in elementary we were required to read books and take a computer test about them. The books all had a different score based on their difficulty of reading. We were required to have a certain amount of points scored by the end of the year. This method was great because we were able to choose our own books. This led to us choosing books that we wanted to read. After having to mandatory read, I started to enjoy reading.
I first started to read a lot of sports related small book when I was in elementary. Sports were always my favorite genre of reading when I was a child. I did not learn English until  first grade. This is why I enjoyed reading sports books because most of them had many pictures. My reading was not that great but I kept trying to learn. As I got older, around fifth grade, my reading got better and I started reading goosebumps books. I always loved the mystery. I tried to read all the books in order and I believe I did finish them eventually but I don’t remember them. This was the period I believe I read the most. I didn’t have much homework and I wasn’t in athletics or any other extra curricular activities.
In middle school, I stopped reading as much as I used to read. I believe the main reason was that I made time for other hobbies. I started playing sports and hanging out with friends outside of school. Extra reading was also not required in middle school. I did still want to read so I read one of my favorite series which was The Chronicles of Narnia. After reading this series, it inspired me to start reading the Bible. The Bible was extremely hard and difficult to read. It has so many words I can’t pronounce and words I have no idea what they mean. I didn’t get to deep into it because my parents weren’t religious and I had no help from anyone. I believe this was the period I read the least in my life. I was just learning to balance school, athletics, and social life.
In high school, I started reading bigger books because my vocabulary improved. Reading books became so much easier to understand. I started reading the Harry Potter series, The Hunger Games, Eragon, The Chronicles of Nick, and I started reading the Bible again. All of these books, except the Bible, are adventures books. I really enjoyed them because they all have a quest or destiny. I used to picture myself in the characters shoes and imagine that I was the one on the quest. Now that I am in college, I still enjoy reading but I never have a chance to read because I am always busy with school, my wife, and other hobbies that I enjoy more than reading. I believe that when I get older and I can’t be as active in sport I will continue to read more.