Reading

One day when I decided to read my outside reading book, I thought to myself, I really am having a hard time being interested in books these days. I thought of how often I read and I couldn’t really think of many times. But I think I forgot one major detail; reading doesn’t really mean how many novels you have read, it is much more. I noticed this when I was on aol.com one day and saw a news story about a 6 year old driving his parents car to school. I read the whole thing, not even really knowing I was reading the whole time. I scrolled up afterwards, and there was a lot of text. I wondered why I unconsciously decided to read this much and realized that if I’m not pressured to read and do it willingly, I can be a great reader. I just need to work on being more focused on the plot of the novel/story/magazine and not on the actual act of reading. After this I realized how often I look at those news stories and read them. I wasn’t thinking about getting done with the reading, I was just hooked in the story.