Why I Want To Read

The first time I began reading was when I was in first grade. But the first time I actually enjoyed reading books was when I was in middle school. In sixth and seventh grade, I started to read more books than I did before, but I did not take pleasure in it as much and just read because it was mandatory to read a certain amount and type of books for classes. It was between the end of eighth grade and the beginning of the summer was I really started to enjoy reading books. From then on, my interest in reading increased dramatically beginning high school and up until now, in college, I still love reading books. The types of reading techniques I do are intensive reading and extensive reading. I mainly do extensive reading since I prefer to read for enjoyment rather than doing intensive reading and understanding what it means in

I love reading book a lot since it allows me to learn and something escape reality to relax. The first time I actually enjoyed reading was the beginning of summer before the start of high school in the fall. What led to that event started near the end of eighth grade when I was looking at the vast shelves of books at the back of my Language Arts classroom. There were so many books to choose from but the one that caught my eye was a book titled The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. I read the first few pages of the book and become deeply interested in the story. I temporarily stopped reading it because it was near the end of the school year and I want to be able to read this book thoroughly in the summer. The main reason I did read this particular book because I could relate to the character, which I did not, but because it was how the story was written that captivated me. The books I have read by various author did not have the incomparable skill of writing as to the author, Rick Riordan. It was the way that Riordan wrote that book made the story interesting and enjoyable to