Genre of the Month

Just think about it, getting to read a new kind of book every month. A new adventure going through your mind and trying to think of what will happen next. Or a mysteries climax swirling around in your head guessing who the culprit is. Doesn't that fun. That’s something I do that is called ‘Genre of the Month.’ I started doing it in 5th Grade. I didn’t exactly love the idea but when it finally started the stories just kept entering my mind and flowing, and I couldn’t stop my imagination from soaring. You may be asking why should I start to do ‘Genre of the Month?’ Well the most important thing is you would get to experiment with all the different categories of literature so that you’re not restricted to just fiction books. Also you can expand your mind and get a greater understanding of adventure, life, facts, culture, and love. Now some people might say, “The time you spend reading a book that focuses on one genre could be spent learning multiple other things that can enhance your future.”

This activity is fun because you get to try out all kinds of writing so that you’re not only reading fiction books. A lot of people only read fiction books because they think they can understand it more than other books. And so they stick with the easy reading. Using the ‘Genre of the Month’ approach can help start you off on the road to a more broad imagination. One of the most effective genres to start with is Adventure because they capture your attention within the first chapter and they always turn out to be a page turner. After finishing your first book it’s your choice in choosing the next genre for you to read and so on. That is probably the hardest part of this right before picking a book. By picking the genre you have just won half ...

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... accepting things that it couldn’t before. Also reading is fun and it can take up some of your spare time after school or during school. Half the battle when it comes to reading is picking which kind of book that you want to read but if you read a certain genre each month the battle is already half way over. ‘Genre of the Month’ is a skill I picked up when I was in the 5th Grade. You don’t have to be in 5th grade to know that there is nothing not to like about reading. Reading is a relaxing and effective way to have fun, relax, calm down, get away from all the problems that are going on in your life. You get into someone else's skin for a while leaving yourself behind. You learn about new things, improve your vocabulary subconsciously and form new opinions. It can be informative, fun, exciting, scary, funny anything you want it to be. It's a very stirring experience.