A book is a vacation.

A book is a vacation. You discover the place you want to go, maybe a friend went there and told you how much they liked it, or you’ve been there before and would like to go again. A book takes you on a journey, you get emotionally invested into it, you learn new things and discover ideas you’ve never thought of before. When you’re reading a book, or at least when I’m reading a book, I’m completely there, inside the book, unaware of anything else around me. I go on vacation when I’m reading. You’re gone for a week or two, maybe more depending on the book. You meet all sorts of new people, and see different types of situations, it’s different from your life, and it’s new and exciting. A book is a vacation; it takes you somewhere new for a few weeks.

                I agree with Joe Meno, books are important, the message within them is told through a story, you learn something that you may not have known before. Books seem simple, and from the outside they are, but inside that book, lies an incredible journey, an incredible vacation, an incredible story that teaches you something, and gives you a different perspective on life, or the world, or friendship, whatever it may be. Books take us to a place, or on vacation, a place where we can imagine and wonder and get our creative juices flowing.

                When I read a book, after I’m done with a great read, once I’ve finished the book, I like to feel something. I want to be left wondering, or unsatisfied, I want to know more, about what happens next, and how things turn out in the end, not just the end of the book. I want to go back, and read it again because it was so good. The same thing, the same feeling, is what I feel about a vacation, a good vacation is one where you keep going back.

Why I Read

I read for many reasons. I read because of school, you have to read. I read the books assigned in English class. Sometimes I enjoy them, sometimes I don’t. I read for pleasure, I like the stories people tell. I usually like what I read though; I think everyone has something interesting to say. I prefer shorter books, like around 200 pages. If it’s too long then I usually get bored and don’t finish. I did that for the fourth Harry Potter book. I read because I can. I usually only read when I’m bored, like during summer when all my friends are busy. Then if I get into the book, I read to finish, to get to the end and see what happens. To improve my imagination. If my friend reads a book, and tells me how good it is, I’ll read it to entertain myself. If a book becomes popular, I read it to stay in the loop. I read because sometime it’s nice to get away for a while. To stay up late on summer nights, cooped up in your room, in your nest you created with blankets and snacks, and your book. I read to pass time, to be entertained, because I have to, to stay in the loop, because someone tells me I should. I read because it’s fun. I read because I like to.