Tuesday, August 19, 2008

How to read response

Nick Hornby suggests that “how to read” is to pick a book that you will enjoy reading. He believes the problem with most people when it comes to reading, is that they read things they think they should read or other people say they should read rather than reading things that they’ll enjoy. Hornby even gives the example of when he was reading books then writing for a magazine column. There was a reoccurring problem when it came to how he was writing his column. Hornby had to rewrite or put “unnamable author” or “anonymous title” in many of his articles because he didn’t have good things to say about the books he was writing about. So the solution would quite simply be to find and read a book one would enjoy.

I agree with Hornby’s advice on picking a book you enjoy. I’ve read books in the past because I had to and I completely hated reading them. I’ve read books for my previous classes and I don’t remember what the books were called. I’ve like two books that I can remember, “Bud not Buddy” and “Life of Pi” and I liked those because they were funny mostly. I agree with Hornby about reading and finding books you know you’ll like, my only problem is I don’t know how to find one.

1 comment:

amypfan said...

I'm hoping you won't completely hate the books for this class.... because you will, of course, actually be READING them... right? :)