Comic Boks And Trading Cards

I believe that I first began to read at home when I was five years old. The

thing that really got me interested and wanting to read was quite unusual. I started

 

reading because I wanted to know what my Pokémon cards said. I didn't really play

 

with Barbies, so this seemed to be the next best thing. I used to spend all of my time

 

sounding out the names, and eventually I could read them all.

 

I usually read because I need something to do or because I've been

 

recommended a book. I like to read fiction and sci-fi because I like to use my

 

imagination to create the new worlds and creatures. I find that non-fiction books are

 

a bit boring, because you don't get to do that. I also read some magazines if I don't

 

have any books on the go at the moment.

 

I never cheat when I'm reading a book. I just don't see the point. You're going

 

to get to that part eventually, so why not just find out what happens when you're

 

supposed to? I know a few people who cheat, and I'm trying to break them of

 

that habit.

 

The only time I re-read my books is if I don't have anything to do, and they

 

have to be comics or graphic novels. I find that a normal book takes too much time,

 

and you already know the ending, so why bother? The thing I like about graphic

 

novels is that they don't take too long to read, and they don't take too much

 

brainpower. I also like that no matter what title you choose, it will almost always be

 

a sci-fi book. That's sort of what got me started on them. My cousin was a huge

 

influence too, and gave me lots of great books that I seem to have read about one-

 

million times.

 

I tend to start books but not finish them. This has always been the case, and

 

probably always will. I started Breaking Dawn, got halfway through, and put it

 

down, probably making me the only girl on the planet to not finish the Twilight

 

series. I also started The Half-Blood Prince, and put it down. It's still sitting on my

 

bedside table, and I intend to read it, but I haven't for months. Some of the books I

 

really like, too. But if I don't read a bit every day, then I tend to not finish it. So right

 

now, I guess you could say I have about five books on the go.

 

I must own a million books. I have a huge bookshelf in my room, and I'm

 

starting to have a hard time trying to find space to put new ones. There's everything

 

from Junie B. Jones to Harry Potter. I also subscribe to a magazine called The

 

Magazine, and have about 20 issues of it.

 

I have a library card for the library in Fergus. I hardy ever use it though,

 

because I like to buy books instead. That way, if I ever need to do a report like this, I

 

can easily list off some of the books on my shelf, instead of having to remember all of

 

the books that I took out of the library.

 

Some of the greatest books I've read are graphic novels. My favorite series

 

would have to be The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way. One day, at exactly 9:38

 

PM, forty-three children were born to women who had had no signs of being

 

pregnant. A certain Sir. Reginald Hargreeves then adopted as many of these children

 

as he could possibly find, giving him 7 new minions. Spaceboy, number one, a part

 

ape, part man hybrid; Kraken, number two, who has the ability to breathe under

 

water; Rumor, number three, if she says anything, then it becomes true; Séance,

 

number four, who is able to communicate with the dead and fly; Number five, able

 

to venture through time, into the future and into the past; Number six, part human

 

part squid; And Vanya, number seven, with no powers at all, apart from being able to

 

play the violin. When Mr. Hargreeves is asked why he adopted so many of the

 

children, he simply responded; "To save the world". They were really great books,

 

although hard to follow at times.

 

I hope you enjoyed reading about my career as a reader as much as I enjoyed

 

the memories this report brought back.