My Reading Experiences

I have a long history with books. As a child, I was only interested in non-fiction books as I could learn more and more facts. As I grew older, I started reading novels and that was when my vocabulary had increased dramatically. My bed is heaven when I read books because with my neck elevated, I feel so comfortable that it causes me to sleep while I read.


Reading at night particularly appeals to me and is my favourite time to read because everything is so quiet and peaceful and I never get interrupted so it is very easy to complete a novel in a short amount of time but I am also capable of reading at day outdoors although it takes me longer to finish the novel. :)


J.K Rowling's "Harry Potter Books" were the books that reeled me into reading novels. I liked the books because the story, the engaging characters and the unrivalled settings that came from Rowling's imagination just pulled me in. Although I have only read 2 of his amazing books, Dan Brown has appealed to me with his ability to  incorporate his story with real life to create a seemingly realistic novel. So much information just filled me up after reading his books as they were like fiction and non-fiction somehow mixed together. The conspiracies included in his stories also interest me.


This may sound sad but I don't rely on anyone to recommend me books (except my mum but she hasn't given me any). I heavily rely on natural instinct to pick my books and most of the time it never fails me which is a talent I use a lot for other things.


The author of "The House of the Scorpion" (Nancy Farmer) and another book I read this semester "In the Sea there are Crocodiles" (Fabio Geda) have very similar styles of writing. They both realistically write about how a person grows up and what they will face throughout their lives although "In the Sea there are Crocodiles" is actually half novel, half-biography.


There aren't many similarities between Fabio Geda and Nancy Farmer. Nancy was born in 1941 (Birthplace: Arizona) and Fabio was born in 1972 (Birthplace: Turin). I guess the only way there are similar in are in the ways they depict growing up from a child to a man (or woman).