Honestly, who can hate a good story? A good story can keep use entertained, engaged and help our mind flow smoothly. It can also give us a good laugh once in a while. How a story is presented varies and there are various ways. My favorite way is to read a book, old fashion, but joyful. One the things I want to have in my “future home” is a home library filled with various books from different parts of the world. When I told my high school English teacher this he advised me to start collecting as much book as possible, and I his advice. But as of now, I only own ten books, a slow progress that I keep delaying until the near future.
What if everything that was printed didn’t exist anymore. A world without magazines, books, manuals, newspaper, maps, pamphlets, etc. Instead, all of these are replaced by our good old friend the internet. I’ll admit, the internet is the quickest way to find information about anything, and the website SparkNotes should be familiar with a lot of high school students and, again, I’ll admit, I use SparkNotes once on the book Lord of The Flies during high school, in which, at the time, a book I wasn’t fond of. I would always be the one to lag behind in the conversation about the book in class because I would be the one who didn’t really understand the book. Eventually, I lagged behind even further until I couldn’t understand what was being discussed.
After being fed up of not understand what was going on in class, I give in and read the book. To my surprise, I fell in love with it quickly. Afterwards, I started reading more books, eventually acquiring a taste for Hemingway books, in which I currently own three. Some people in my generation don’t read books, and to be honest, I sometime feel they’re missing out. To me, reading a book that interests you is good because it could help clear your mind and allows you to focus on what you reading. The internet is good place to find old books, Google Books has been helpful for me with this, but nothing can beat the feeling of holding a book in your hands and feel the pages every time you turn them.
Take some time off to read a book, I promise it won’t kill.
The internet is our way of getting out of things. Reading a book by hand and reading a book online, both can learn two different things. I agree that reading a book that interests me is good because it could help me focus on that one book since the book is what drew me in. I have never used Google Books, but it seems like a more complicated way to read a book. It’s better off reading it by hand.
This is so true , I like flipping through pages and what not. It feels so different to have a kindle or a nook rather than a newspaper or magazines. I must agree with Amy I have never used Google Books and dont plan to. I rather go to the library and look for books that I need and read.
I have the same feeling as you, I prefer to read physical books because I like holding them in my hands and I like the feeling of turning each page. Also, I found that I could actually understand more about the book. When you were talking about SparkNotes, I was recalling my memory because I used SparkNotes when I was in high school too, and I had the same situation with you, could not join the discussion in class because I did not fully understand the book. If I have to read something, I would rather read it by hand.
I had to read “Lord of the Rings” in high school too, and it quickly became one of my favorite books! It was because of my high school English class that I went through a short “Lord of the Rings” craze. I feel like that’s something that you have to discover through actually reading the book-the minute details and imagery that Tolkien includes. You wouldn’t get any of this through Spark Notes; you would just get a quick summary of events without detail.