When you’re worried about papers and tests, or asked to read books with long chapters and serious titles, it can be hard to remember that reading can actually be enjoyable. For many of us, nothing is more fun than curling up with a favorite book and getting lost in its pages.
Some of us lose that ability to enjoy reading. We had it when we were kids, an eagerness to have someone read yet another Dr. Seuss book to us. By the time we got to high school, however, reading seemed uninteresting, or a chore. Here’s an idea: maybe you haven’t been reading the kinds of books that really speak to you? Just because the book “The Hunger Games” is really fascinating to a friend of yours doesn’t mean it will be interesting to you; you might be more into in the true-life adventure of “The Perfect Storm.”
The library has a lot of different types of books, from graphic novels to mysteries, from Nicholas Sparks romances to true crime books, from the Harry Potter series to books for foodies. You may find that one of these sparks the desire to read, whether it’s a biography of football great Walter Payton or a war story. If you need help finding something to read, ask at the Reference Desk: we would be happy to help you out.
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