Books

Okay so I have this jar, it's called a journal jar and in it are these little slips of paper that have little questions on them. Since I'm not much of a conversationist I have to use it sometimes and the last slip I pulled out was one of my favorite questions. So here it is: Do you have a favorite author? Who? Why? Tell about your favorite books as a child and as a young adult.

My Answer: Wow, I am actually a young adult. Cool. But, yeah- books. Don't get me started. I love reading! (I got a 99% on my GED in Reading. Cool!)

My favorite authors, so far, are as follows: J. K. Rowling, Shannon Hale, Clare B. Dunkle, Jane Austin, Patricia Maclachlan, Dan Brown (when I'm in the mood, which isn't often, but he's okay) Janette Oke, Brandon Mull, Wrede and Stevermer (together, I haven't actually read any of their single novels yet) Lemony Snicket (though he can sometimes be a bit strange), J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Nicholas Edwards, Jack London, William Shakespeare (mostly his comedies), Dr. Seuss, and the most recient Stephenie Meyers.

My favorite books as a child was that of Nicholas Edwards. He wrote a series of books about a dog called Santa Paws. I don't know that it was my favorite book, but I sure liked it. I didn't read much as I child I normally just resorted to the television.

(I actually remember being in class as a child and looking around the room when I was actually suppose to be reading. Sometimes I'd even look at the book and daydream about the future and turn the page when the girl sitting next to me did. I never realized how much fun reading could be, until I actually started reading. You should try it. It is so much fun to travel to different worlds and live within the pages of anothers imagination. Oh, what a thrill!)

Another book I enjoyed was one titled Tikki Tikki Tembo, retold by Arlene Mosel and illustrated by Blair Lent. This story is about a mother and her two sons. One of the sons, the younger, is called Chang, while the older, or more important son, was given the name (take a deep breath-) Tikki Tikki Tembo-No Sar Rembo-Chari Bari Ruchi-Pip Peri Pembo. The moral of the story is to not give your children such great long names or bad things could happen. I love reading this book to my younger siblings and to have them try and say the child's name. It's funny.

But about the most recent of my favorite authors- Stephenie Meyer. She wrote a series of books and the first is called Twilight, the second is New Moon and the third Eclipse. I loved them all, but I think my favorite would have to be Twilight. Meyer is so incredibly talented! If you ever get a chance whether you like reading or not, read her books. (I wouldn't be surprised if she changed your mind)

Okay, so I have to tell you something. Over half of those authors that I just listed off are all because of my some of my two best friends, who also happen to be sisters. They read a book -and their family is a big reading family, they can read like two-hundred words a second- but anyway they read a book and then thrust it into my hands and say 'okay, here you go. Give it back when your done' and so I read them, and then after I read them I have to buy them. So just about all the books I own are because of them.

You know I can't remember the last time I read a book that they hadn't already read.