Introduction

I often have a hard time finding books that spark my interest. I am highly uninterested in books that I am forced to read. No teenager enjoys being told what to do, what to think, or what to say. At a young age adults start pushing books at us that are supposed to be "interesting" to us. This is why I am so stubborn towards reading. I love to read books I pick out, not books handed to me from a dusty shelf. I love to read books from all different genres, from romance sprouting between unlikely strangers, to the secrets behind current events. I like having my own choice.
This quarter I don't just want to read, I want to enjoy the books I grab off the shelf. I want to find a lot of books that are hard to put down. Through reading, I would also like to increase my writing abilities. I believe that through a good book, a person can learn better writing skills to apply. Skills such as grammar, organization, expressing an idea, description, and tone, can be enhanced by putting a nose in the right books. I know what the Etymology teachers expect from my blog posts however, I think that if they already knew what my answer was supposed to be, there would be absolutely no point in me fulfilling the assignments. If they knew my answer, they would need to ask. I want to express new perspectives to peers, teachers, and myself through my writing and reading assessments.