About two, three years ago, I found something that pretty much turned my life around. This something is reading. Never in my life would I have imagined myself loving to read, in fact I have found a huge comfort in doing so. I actually remember back when I was younger I actually hated books and reading, and now I just can never have enough. In fact it’s so bad sometimes that I actually get in trouble for reading some much. Reading, it’s my safe haven, my getaway from everything that goes on around me.
I love to read books that fall under the following criteria: young adult, contemporary, romance, fantasy, science fiction, and dystopian. I’d rather read fiction, non-fiction seems extremely banal to me. I like entering a creative, imaginative, and interesting world and I feel that I can only do that with fiction books.
It was because of Stephenie Meyer’s, Twilight series that got me really interesting in reading. I remember when my cousin had invited me to go watch Twilight, she had mentioned that the movie was based on books and that there were three other books. The very next day I had gone to buy the books and that was how my love for books began. However, it was because of Ms. Swieck that I was even introduced to The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games trilogy is my absolute favorite of all time.
Some other all time favorites are The Mortal Instrument Series and The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare, If I Stay and Where She Went by Gayle Forman, The Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth, The Percy Jackson & The Olympian series by Rick Riordan, and any books by John Green and Rainbow Rowell.
As a reader, I started buying my own books instead of renting or borrowing them. I currently have more than fifty books that are placed neatly on my desk. There my number one prized possession. In addition, one major goal of mine is to actually have a library in my house one day.
--Melissa Rios
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