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[10] Knight
Any bookworms in here? I could only safely assume that the fan fiction writers are, but who else enjoys cracking a book open for a good read? Hell, what do you like to read in general? Fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, newspapers, magazines, stone tablets--the list goes on, each containing their own subdivisions of genres.
TV shows and movies are great and can contain their own literary merit, but sometimes a book is great because you can picture the characters and settings in your own unique way within your mind's eye.
My personal story about reading that is kinda lengthy if you're interested...
TV shows and movies are great and can contain their own literary merit, but sometimes a book is great because you can picture the characters and settings in your own unique way within your mind's eye.
My personal story about reading that is kinda lengthy if you're interested...
Personally I like to read fiction for entertainment I can comprise of in my own mind as a result of reading a bunch of words on a page. Words, that if honed well in coherence can paint a vibrant picture that one could only feel more than they can see.
I started off reading fantasy books as a kid like Redwall because of my RPG craze upon discovering Final Fantasy. I was amazed as to how a video game in which text dialogue could hold so much power over my emotional faculties and curiousity as to how it will all unravel as I progressed through it. Plus, I fell in love with sword battles! So I wanted to see more of those any I could.
In class though, we had to read a shitty ass book called The Hatchet, and it was boring as all hell. It was about some over privileged brat getting stranded in the wilderness and trying to survive ALL ALONE. It dragged on and on, and the lack of character to character interaction wore on my attention span. That book discouraged me from reading on my own time, FUCKING EH!!!
Throughout high school, I would completely forget how every time we were assigned novels to read for English class, I would actually read ahead of the class if the book was actually good. I would get so immersed in it and completely not give a shit about my other homework. But my own time was more geared towards video games much to my chargin. It wasn't until I graduated and started playing Phoenix Wright did I respark my love for reading. Soon enough I started reading Dungeons and Dragons novels as well as a handful of philosiphy and self mastery books.
More recently though, I've been getting into literary fiction that's based in reality (with a few supernatural twists on reality of course) that have emphasis on character development that only serves to embellish an otherwise epic plot. Right now I'm reading The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and loving it so far. The first chapter disturbed me so much and struck a nerve. It's about a teenage girl who gets raped and murdered, and throughout the course of the novel, she gets to watch the lives of her friends and family unfold from her own personalized Heaven. I like shit that punches me in the soul now.
From time to time, I will read the occasional graphic novel when I need some visual aids to give my imagination a rest lol. The last one I read was a collection of Radioactive Man comics (you know, Bart Simpson's favourite comic book superhero!) and that shit was actually laugh out loud hilarious.
To this day, I can safely say that I am and have always been a bookworm at heart. I may have strayed from the path for a little while in my childhood and adolescence, but these days it is my duty to nourish my overly tampered mind.
I started off reading fantasy books as a kid like Redwall because of my RPG craze upon discovering Final Fantasy. I was amazed as to how a video game in which text dialogue could hold so much power over my emotional faculties and curiousity as to how it will all unravel as I progressed through it. Plus, I fell in love with sword battles! So I wanted to see more of those any I could.
In class though, we had to read a shitty ass book called The Hatchet, and it was boring as all hell. It was about some over privileged brat getting stranded in the wilderness and trying to survive ALL ALONE. It dragged on and on, and the lack of character to character interaction wore on my attention span. That book discouraged me from reading on my own time, FUCKING EH!!!
Throughout high school, I would completely forget how every time we were assigned novels to read for English class, I would actually read ahead of the class if the book was actually good. I would get so immersed in it and completely not give a shit about my other homework. But my own time was more geared towards video games much to my chargin. It wasn't until I graduated and started playing Phoenix Wright did I respark my love for reading. Soon enough I started reading Dungeons and Dragons novels as well as a handful of philosiphy and self mastery books.
More recently though, I've been getting into literary fiction that's based in reality (with a few supernatural twists on reality of course) that have emphasis on character development that only serves to embellish an otherwise epic plot. Right now I'm reading The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and loving it so far. The first chapter disturbed me so much and struck a nerve. It's about a teenage girl who gets raped and murdered, and throughout the course of the novel, she gets to watch the lives of her friends and family unfold from her own personalized Heaven. I like shit that punches me in the soul now.
From time to time, I will read the occasional graphic novel when I need some visual aids to give my imagination a rest lol. The last one I read was a collection of Radioactive Man comics (you know, Bart Simpson's favourite comic book superhero!) and that shit was actually laugh out loud hilarious.
To this day, I can safely say that I am and have always been a bookworm at heart. I may have strayed from the path for a little while in my childhood and adolescence, but these days it is my duty to nourish my overly tampered mind.
