Summer Reading Reflection

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Before beginning my journey into high school this past summer, I was provided a summer reading book which had to be completed prior to my beginning of the ninth grade. I can see the teachers beginning to create their list of required reading that included “ A Separate Peace”. The question now can be asked, for the purpose of required pre high school summer reading, do books that are listened to, as audio books are, count as books that I have read and should I be credited with completing my summer reading assignment if I have never even picked up a book or touched a typed page? If I only push “play” on a device and hear the book read to me, is that the same as me physically handling the pages? “The Hobbit”, for instance, is available in audio book form and if listened to completely, it will take 11 hours and 16 minutes (Dell’ Antonia 2012) Did I just read that? It is my opinion that I did.

I am going to be perfectly honest with you right now, at this point in my teenage life, I do not enjoy reading. For whatever reason, it does not excite me. But, in my mind, I have heard in my brain every word that has been written, I have listened to and understand the story and its content to the point that should there be a test on the material, that I may or may not pass. I have never touched a page or held the book in my hand, but I know the …show more content…

I’m not necessarily into first and second world war and all those types of genre but I have to believe that if I were to listen to an audiobook version of A Separate Peace, in a deep male’s voice it would be way more interesting than hearing my minds ear read the words. My voice is the voice of a young woman; I do not sound like John Knowles. When I listen to a book I like, the characters will come alive in my mind and the difference in what I hear in my head can help me to enjoy a book

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