Reading History

Ever since I was young, reading is one of my biggest interest.  Recalling my elementary school years, I was the quietest girl in the class who  usually spend all break time in the library.  I went to the library too often, in fact, I think all the staff of the school library knows about me. I could stay in the public library for the whole day for the weekends; my parents even joked about I didn't have to eat since novels are my main dishes and I'd lived as long as I have them.

As I moved on to high school, I realized the time I spend on reading were decreasing. Then, I soon figured that I became less and less interest in reading and didn't enjoy reading like I used to. I tried to push myself to read, and forced myself to go to the school's library to pick up novels. It was weird, I couldn't find any. Nothing on the shelf catches my eyes. It was like I had a whole new world in front of me, waiting for me to explore, yet I couldn't bring myself into it.

I can still remember what my dad said to me when I told him that I've lost my interest in reading, "I think the reason why you don't want to read or touch the books is because you read too much, your mind is really tired and started to reject doing it."

It was true, the amount of the books I read during my elementary school years was way beyond than anyone could image. For example, I finished both The Kite Runner and One Liter of Tears in grade four. In addition, by the time I was almost finished elementary, I was so into the Souvenirs Entomologiques (by a famous French entomologist, Jean-Henri Fabre), I even begged my parents to buy the whole series for me. Not only that, I also had a whole collection of Adventure of Sherlock Holmes.

I've learned so much from all the novels that I read and being unable to do something that I once in loved with, was a real struggle and a shock for me. However, with a little pushing and forcing day by day, I slowly receive my interest in reading; it is something that I don't want to lose it again. For now, I'm a slow reader, yet I always drown myself into the story, so deeply that I'd wonder if there were any meaning behind the story which author created.