Myself as a Reader

1)How I feel about reading...

2) Last 5 books that I read...

The Broker, John Grisham The Rainmaker, John Grisham

Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea, Michael Morpurgo

The Testament, John Grisham Handle With Care, Jodi Picoult

READING!

I love reading!!! Actually, that's an understatement! I would be NO-WHERE without literature. I love all kinds of books, but particularly fiction. I like realistic fiction, science fiction, mystery, action, intelligent, even picture books if they are well written and illustrated. My favourite authors would have to include Jodi Picoult, Michael Crichton, John Irving, Hesba Brinsmead, Dan Brown, John Grisham (a new discovery), Mary Higgins Clark, Johanna Spyri, Roisin McAuley, J.K Rowling, Bryce Courtenay, Karen Kingsby, Nancy Farmer, and many, many, many more!

My favourite books, to date, are A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, Pastures of a Blue Crane by Hesba Brinsmead, books in the Harry Potter Series, some books by Jodi Picoult, and Deception Point by Dan Brown.

READING HABITS

I will read pretty much anywhere, anytime. I can read on my bed, or in a noisy supermarket, just before class starts, or on the couch at night. If I am really into a book, I will take it everywhere with me and read it whatever chance I get, but if i'm not sooooo captivated, I will mainly just read before bed. If it's worth it, or I can't sleep, I will stay up all night to finish a books, and then find that I just start right on with another one. I am progressivly becoming a more picky reader, so if I'm not captivated in the first couple of chapters, I generally won't keep going (unless the book has been recommended). If I like a book, I will generally read it more than once! There is a million one books that I know of that I REALLY want to read, but sometimes I just pick up a random that looks interesting.

5)Book-Movie

As a general rule, I am very dissapointed with the result that occurs when a good book is made into a movie. I feel that it spoils not only the creative capacity of the mind, but discourages people to read the actual book, because they were just content to watch the movie. However, there are always exceptions to the rule, and surprisingly enough, though I most commonly strongly dissagree with books being made into movies; one of my favourite books, A Prayer for Owen Meany, has been made into one of my favourite movies, Simon Birch. I think that the reason I like both the book and the movie is that though the movie is inspired by the book, a lot of things are different, enough difference to leave them both individual enough that I can enjoy them both!