Reading

I just finished reading a book this week, The Longest Trip Home, by John Grogan. I have to say that it is one of the best books I have read, and I think I may have enjoyed it more than the Grogan's first book, the wildly popular Marley & Me. After reading such a good book, I started to think more about reading and writing. I spend a good deal of time reading. Books, magazines, articles on the computer, facebook pages, myspace pages and surveys. This is my love letter to the written word, and reading. To the magazines, books, letters, and status updates that makes me smile or make me think. To the newspaper articles, comic books, memiors, and blogs that make my day. Reading is my escape, my vacation from reality. I read books that are too easy for me, books with subject matter that most 15-year-olds wouldn't choose, books about animals, books about people, fiction, nonfiction, everything I can get my hands on. I often blame my sorry sense of direction on the fact that I am constantly reading in the car.

No matter what my mood, a good book makes it better. When I'm sad, angry, or confused, reading comforts me. When I'm happy or excited, reading just makes my mood even better. I read in the bathtub, in the car (like I mentioned before), when I cook (I don't mean cookbooks), and sometimes when I watch t.v. Since I was in the second grade, books have been my constant companion. I've made a list of the books that I have loved so much, or ones that have just made me think might want to read them to. I have copies of most of them, if you want to borrow them. They may be food-stained, crumpled from getting wet, or dog-eared, but most of all, are well-loved and cherished...

Katie's List of Favorite Reads:

Animal Farm, By George Orwell
Lord of the Flies, By William Golding
The Princess Diaries, By Meg Cabot
The Twilight Saga, By Stephenie Meyer
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, By Ann Brashares
Marley and Me, By John Grogan
The Longest Trip Home, By John Grogan
The Memory Keeper's Daughter, By Kim Edwards
The Frog Princess, By E.B. Baker
All American Girl, By Meg Cabot
Ready or Not, By Meg Cabot
From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, By E.L. Konigsburg
The View From Saturday, By E.L. Konigsburg
Number the Stars, By Lois Lowry
Behind the Bedroom Walls, By Laura E. Williams
Vegan Virgin Valentine, By Carolyn Mackler
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things, By Carolyn Mackler
Dancer, By Lorri Hewett
Crispin: The Cross of Lead, By Avi
Bridge to Terabithia, By Katherine Paterson
Letters From Camp, By Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise
Regarding the Fountain, By Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise
Regarding the Sink, By Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise
Regarding the Trees, By Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise
Regarding the Bathroom, By Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise
Regarding the Bees, By Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise

I know there are a ton more, but this is what I can think of now.
Until next time...
Katie


“A capacity and taste for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.” - Abraham Lincoln

“The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.” - Abraham Lincoln

“Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a dangerous enemy indeed.” - Anne Rice, The Witching Hour