Reader Autobiography

Why do people read? They read for enjoyment, to learn, to retain information. Reading helps increase vocabulary, improve whichever language they are learning, helps lower stress, avoid slightly memory-loss diseases, increase memory, boosts analytical thinking, and many other things. A person is a reader when they think about what they have read, ask questions about it, to be able to enjoy a couple of chapters a day. A person that likes learning new things, someone who wants to increase their knowledge, open minded about new ideas, in my opinion. In other to be a reader, you would need to be able to accept certain things, not necessarily agree with it, but to understand why. Otherwise open minded. In other to be a good reader in my perspective is that the person respects ideas, and is able to hold their argument against a book they have read.

My current favorite author has to be Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, I enjoyed reading Lolita, I like how he was able to create a protagonist who views himself write changing the readers minds using intellectual words, to show that his actions were not horrible. It makes the reader think twice, the reader either thinks that it wasn't the protagonist fault, or it was, and I love how the author was able to create such a brilliant book.

I believe I am a reader, but not a good one. I like reading and learning new things, but I don't believe I pay enough attention when reading to fully comprehend what I read, but I am able to analyze it, or at least explain it. I consider it a part of my identity, reading has gone as far as to help learn new things, to be able to understand peoples works. It has allowed to expand my vocabulary. I learned to read at the early age of 3, I learned how to read by the help of my elementary school teachers, my parents, and myself. I learned by reading books, reviewing the english language till I was able to understand "big girl" language.

I am a passionate reader and at times I feel like I have reader's block. Especially when reading the first page. If the first page does not interest me, I'll probably move on, but if it still bores me and I still read it its probably because its mostly the idea that intrigues me. What I want to do better as a reader is that I want to be to stay interested till I finish the book, to be able to search up the words I don't know. The type of readings I like to read is fiction, and or an occasional non-fiction. I also like romantic. But I mostly like when there is a strong woman in the non-fiction books. The readings that i choose to read are types that i'll educational value things. I don't know what i'm forced to do. I fear writing when they have strong arguments, meaning I have to choose side, and when I do I become a weirdo. This reflection helped me gain ideas of what certain books I would like to read. This process was exhausting though.