Analyzing My Reading

        I have always loved to read, so that was easy.
       As a reader, I have learned that I really enjoy books that make me think and kind of make me look back on what I have just read. I have this obsession with the "Roaring 20's," 1920's era and I have been very interested in reading about that. I have read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and since many of his books take place in the early 1900's, I have begun reading This Side of Paradise. I watch Downton Abbey and I love the fashion and just the feeling of that era (if you were wealthy, of course,) so I really enjoyed The Great Gatsby, which captured the essence of it all.
       I personally enjoy reading realistic fiction the most because it allows me to relate to the feelings, settings, and circumstances of the characters in the books. John Green is my favorite young adult author, (and probably a lot of other people's) because, unlike many authors, he understands teenagers in another, foreign way. He understands our feelings, motives, and actions-and doesn't judge. That, to me, is amazing. I also enjoy reading non-fiction books. Right now, I am reading Jonathan Safran Foers' Eating Animals. As a vegetarian, I find it is a very interesting read. I love finding facts from books and I enjoy reading books for knowledge.
       Right now, I think science fiction is the most popular genre, probably all thanks to The Hunger Games (at least for young adults.) Right now, there are series' including The Hunger Games, the Divergent series, The City of Bones series, and The Maze Runner series. These novels are all incredibly popular and constantly talked about at the moment.
        Lastly, as a reader, I think I have changed this trimester by opening my mind to reading outside of my comfort zone. I didn't think I would enjoy non-fiction before I tried it. But once I did, I found I really enjoy it.