I am "Matilda"

I would say there are many books that I read that touched me in some way. Books that I read for fun and others for educational purposes. In my childhood, the books, I remember and have still today on my bookcase is the Ronald Dahl book’s. I have the whole collections, from The Witches to BFG, I enjoyed reading when I was younger. They all were easy to read and had a meaning behind each that made me have a very creative mind. I liked really those strange books that made you think. The Bell Jar touched me when I was reading it because it did relate to me a lot and was a good book to explore the life of this real life woman. I read this book and many others in my young adult class that really meant something to me because all the books were coming of age stories and dealt with similarities in my high school years. I think the most influential book I read that made me the person I am now, is the Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul, there is a story in it that is titled Fire Truck. This story touched me because I wanted to me that girl in the story that helped the little boy find happiness. I wanted to be caring like her and touch someone’s family like that. This gave me the knowledge to be kind and care about others and treat them with respect.
My family wasn’t as big on the reading scene as most parents are. I feel that I was the one who picked up the books and enjoyed reading them. My mother and father never really cared if I did read, well maybe just for school purposes like reading for 15 minutes for homework. For some reason, I was the odd one out and enjoyed it and I did have many books that I got from school, I felt like the Matilda in my family.
The book that I read recently with real enjoyment is the Twilight series. These books have made reading a major part in my life now. I felt that I wasn’t reading as much when I got in college and I felt overwhelmed at times, so I never sat down and finished a book. Until Twilight came along. I have to admit that I saw the movie first but I wanted to read the book because the book is always better than the movie. The book is about the high school girl who moves with her dad and attends a different school, which she has to make a new life for her. In doing so she falls in love with this vampire and the two struggles to be together. I don’t want to give that much away. I couldn’t put the book down when I began, I feel in love with the characters, I related to the characters and I loved the way Meyer, the author, wrote with passion about these characters. I wanted an “Edward” in my life that would sweep me off my feet. This book, to me was a way to escape the real life to a magical place which Meyer keeps you entertained.

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