Response to Rodriguez

My relationship with books has changed as I’ve gotten older. As a kid, I didn’t enjoy reading at all. Similar to Rodriguez, my parents never read books for pleasure. They read strictly for informative reasons. Therefore, reading was never really pushed upon me as a kid. It wasn’t until about 5 years ago, I started developing an interest for books and taking the time to read them. Most of the books I read at that time were motivational books about losing weight and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Here recently, I’m finding myself reading books for entertaining purposes too. I’ve read the entire Twilight series, which is shocking for a guy to do; especially a guy that hardly read as a kid. I do see myself reading more in the future, not just for academic reasons, but for my personal satisfaction and interests. I’m planning to write a book sometime soon, about the struggles of being an overweight person and learning to maintain a healthy lifestyle. In order to do that, I think reading more books will help to increase my vocabulary and my writing skills. Reading is just like anything else, you get better by doing it more often. I don’t see myself going to the extreme like Rodriguez, checking out the max number of books at the local library, but I do see myself reading more challenging and intellectual books. The only struggle I have with reading is the speed in which I read. I’ve never been a fast reader and I get frustrated easily, when a passage takes longer than I think it should. I’m hoping over time that changes and reading becomes easier for me.