Flah Blah Balah Book

My parents are kinda cool. They used to give me everything I’d ask for and something I 'd always want is books. I 'd always want them, but I don 't know why because I never actually read them. Instead, I would always look at the pictures in the books and tell my parents what the book was about based on what the pictures it showed. I’d tell them I know what it’s about because I read it, but, the thing is, I never read any of it. I only lied because that was the only way for them to get me more books. When I was young, whenever I looked at a book, I only saw lines with random letters. Every book I had would translate into saying, “BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH!” I guess you can say that 's what it sounded like when I first started to read. You can …show more content…
Knowing what a certain word is in Spanish when it’s said in English helped because Spanish was my primary language and I could picture what is said and I can get a visual to better understand. As time went by, using these strategies helped me develop into being a better reader and understanding the meaning of each new word I learn. Learning new vocabulary means I could move on to reading chapter books. Chapter books were a whole new level compared to picture books and I loved it. It felt like a way to escape from reality and go to a new world filled with new people and new adventures. For example, like in The Diary of Anne Frank, I can imagine myself being in Anne Frank 's body, visualizing and feeling the situations, emotions, and the sense of always feeling unsafe from living behind a bookcase. Being able to visualize any book of my interest was the reason I started to love reading books. Also, learning more and more vocabulary was a big deal to me because it meant I can start going on to bigger and bigger challenges. Now, I would say that I love to …show more content…
It took me through obstacles that I’ve never thought I could complete. From lying to my parents about reading books, but only explaining it based on pictures to reading books that can change the way you think of things. It took me through a lot and I know it was really hard for me to do this on my own, but I feel like if I never learned, I wouldn’t be the same person. It took me a while, but it’s all worth it because I love reading and the way it can make me feel like I’m in a different world. It makes me happy to know that I got the chance to learn how to read. Knowing that I was given the opportunity to learn is amazing because I know for a fact that without reading, it would hold you back from so many things in life. It would hold you back from being the person you would want to be and it would hold you back from doing what you wanna do to be