My reading life

I think that my reading experience has helped me grow as a reader. I don't only mean in class though, I mean like where ever I'm at, if there are a lot of stuff with words on them I will read them. For example, in the subway I will always read the signs. I guess what I'm trying to say is that no matter where I'm at I'll look for something to read. Reading actually helps me a lot, like if I'm afraid of doing something or just afraid of something, I just read about it and pick up another understanding about it and then my fear goes away. At the beginning of the school year I don't think my reading was that good, like I would always stay reading books that are part of a series like the orca books. But then I decided to not do that as much as I used to, so now I'm reading a book called Define "Normal'', I'm almost done with the book though. For me, personally, reading is important because since I have far away friends, the easiest way for me to talk to them is on AIM because they can write to me on it and I could read what they write to me so I could understand the conversation. But most importantly some times I can't speak correctly, like I say something I don't want to say and/or I mis-pronounce words or even the whole sentence. So I use reading to help me speak better, reading actually helps me speak faster too. One thing I love about reading is that you never know what you'll end up reading and what it means. For example, you could be upset and/or depressed and next thing you know you read something like a phrase or a book and you feel a whole lot better.
One thing I don't like about reading is having a time limit to how much I can read, because I don't like reading for a short amount of time. The least amount of time I like to read is about a half an hour or a whole hour, I think this is because if I just started reading a book and if I just read it for a short amount of time I won't be that interested in it, like if I do read it for a long amount of time I would most likely be interested in it. There are two strategies I use to help me read more productive, one them is that I try to picture whats happening in the book so I could have a better understanding of the situation that is taking place. For example, if in the book one of the characters does a back flip over a speeding car I would imagine him/her doing that. Another strategy I use is that when I read to myself I make a little voice in my head to sound like the characters in the book so I could understand how they feel and what they go through in the book. This strategy helps me a lot because if I actually don't use this strategy it will take me longer just to read one sentence! Well unless I'm reading out loud, then I'm good. I don't know why that happens, the strategy is very helpful though.

I think that the reason why some people don't like to read is because that they havn't found out whats their type of book. For example, some one might say that they don't like to read but when they read a book like The Outsiders they might get interested into books that have to do with teen lives. I think this because when I hear some one say they don't like to read, I end up seeing that same person reading a certain book with a look on their face showing that they are interested in the book.