I have discovered something

I may take away something very important from this class. It is no secret I have taken this class before. Writing a research paper is something I know how to do. I know all the parts of it, whether I am good at it or not. I'm not saying this class has no meaning to it, but it's not as though it teaches me some new skill that I have never learned before. It is always good practice writing a research paper especially since I want to go into a science field and may end up doing something similar quite often depending on what I end up doing.

I think I may take away something better than that though from this class. I have never been one to really enjoy reading. It may come from when I was young having an incompetent  or substandard elementary education and being slow at reading much of growing up. I could read but as I said, slow. I was a very slow reader and was always frustrated and as such have never really liked reading. Of course I say that even though much of my time like many is spent reading things on the internet. It's funny how we classify things differently like that, it all depends on the sources.

Sherman Alexie's book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian was the first novel I've read in 4 years. The first book I've read since sophomore English and To Kill a Mockingbird. In reading it, I discovered something that I now see as important. I ENJOYED READING IT. Yes, this class has shown me that I can enjoy reading a book. Not only that, but I read the book in about 4 hours. 200 pages in 4 hours. I know it has a lot of short chapters and pictures in there, but I still found that to be much better than what I used to read at. I remember when I was younger trying to time myself as I read and often finding myself at 3 minutes/page and I absolutely dreaded reading.

My big decision now is what to do next. I have discovered that I can enjoy reading. I don't need to buy/download audio books to enjoy the story of a book like I have done in the recent past, I can read them myself. The real question is do I want physical books or an E-reader. I enjoy having everything in a compact format like a hard drive for all my movies rather than dvds, but at the same time I think it might be nice in a way to have a bookshelf full of books. Am I taking this too far? I read one book I liked and now I'm thinking about getting a bookshelf full, maybe I'm taking it a bit too far too quickly, but the idea's the same. There would be no benefit to having physical books over an e-reader would there?  When an E-reader can store all my books in the size of a single book or smaller, I would be hard pressed to think of a reason to get physical books aside from aesthetic reasons.

For the record I have a book picked out or rather a series of books to read. I listened to half the audio book before and enjoyed it. I really want to read the Incarnations of Immortality series next, by Piers Anthony. Presuming I enjoy those, I'll try to find more. My only struggle right now aside from my previous mention of what media do I want, is time. I do not know when I will have time to read anything for my own pleasure considering I am currently behind on school. I must first try to catch up, so it might be a little while.

Thank you Sherman Alexie and Melissa Estelle.