Feelings about reading

I usually find the books that I enjoy by recommendations from other people, whether it’s friends, family, librarians or people working in bookstores. It’s hard for me to describe what catches my attention about books, I like a lot of different types. I guess in my opinion trashy books would be romance novels and some teen novels which are not written very well and have basically no point. It is hard to say what exactly is quality but I am going to say that any book that is well written, has a point and makes the reader think and keeps the reader interested is quality. I think that every person has different tastes and opinions therefore it is hard to decide what is quality and what is trash. I do not think that matters what people read, unless they only read comics or children’s books. Even magazines can have informative and well-written articles. Some people just do not have the time to read books, even newspapers can be good to read. Each person deals with school reading differently. Some will read a little, skim, finish the whole book and some will not read a word. I usually read the whole book, especially if I like it. I enjoy reading, so when I’m asked to do it for homework I am usually pretty happy. Over the years my tastes have not changed very much. I’ve never been a big fan of books about the wilderness or war and I’ve always loved historical fiction and mysteries. My tastes have matured slightly, for example I have moved on from Nancy Drew. The only time that I tend to expand my choices is during school and I am basically forced to. I do think that it is worth it to try new genres because you never know what you are going to like and you never know what you might learn. Over the years I have ended up loving books that I never would have read if I did not have to for school.