Reading is a very calming thing to do. I have asked a few people around the school for their favorite book. And their answer was: Any Witsers said, “The outsiders by SE Hinton”, Sonja said, “Out of my mind, by Sharon M. Draper and Lord of The Rings by J.R.R Tolkien”, anonymous said, “Heroes of Olympus and Percey Jackson by Rick Riordan”, Violet said, “The Beautiful Creature series by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl”, Alyssa said, “The outsider by Stephen King”,C.D said, “A quiet place part 2 by John Krasinski”, Emma said, “Tornado by Betsy Byars and The ghost next door by R.L Stine”, and anonymous said, “Crank by Ellen Hopkins.” Many people have different interests in what they read as you can see from the list of books. Knowing what someone reads can say a lot about them. It’s not always true but a lot of times it is. Someone who reads mystery can be a mysterious person who loves the suspense of something and likes to be on the edge a lot of the time. Someone who enjoys kids books can have an inner child in them that they don’t show. Someone who reads self help books could be trying to find a way to help themselves in things like trauma or addiction. I personally like suspense, horror, self-help, addiction, true crime, poetry, etc. Sometimes people read the Newspaper. That doesn’t mean they’re boring, it just means they enjoy knowing what’s going on around them. Others like comic books which in my opinion I don’t like comic books, personally because I feel like it takes the fun out of imagining what I’m reading, because it shows what’s happening instead of just imagining what is happening. Now one thing that gets on my nerves is when people call a Manga a comic book; when in fact it’s not. Yes it has pictures but that doesn’t make it a comic book. I mean some regular books have pictures but they aren’t considered comic books, now are they? I don’t have anything against comic books I just like to be creative when reading the things I read. Personally one of my favorite books it Run for Your Life by James Patterson. Books are quite fun when you find the right one that fits your personality and your interests. You could be a person that is into third-person books or you could be a person who likes first-person books. It all just depends on what you read. There are books that have both first-person and third-person mixed within. That doesn’t mean don’t read it because you never know if you like it if you don’t try it out. For a while I didn’t like third-person books, but that was because I never read them. When I got into James Patterson I found out I actually like third-person books and I found out I like crime suspenseful books as well. James Patterson’s books have one chapter in first-person and then the next chapter in third-person. I like them because I get to see two sides of the story because the first-person point of view is the main character which is usually a cop, detective, agent, etc; while on the other hand the third-person is the criminal running from the main character while at the same time causing destruction along his/her path. A lot of the time he plays the main character as a male. He isn’t sexist he just likes to write more than one book based on the same main character as the last book; for example Run for Your Life. The main character’s name is Michael Bennett. Another book with Michael Bennett in it is called Tick Tock. In Tick Tock Michael Bennett got severely injured at the end and that made me mad. Some books leave you on a cliff hanger so you can create your own ending; for example, The Lost by Natasha Preston leaves at a cliff hanger and tells you to end it how you would if you were writing it. Natasha Preston usually ends her books that way. I’m sure many people get mad when she does but I think it’s a good idea to leave things as a sliff hanger so other people get the inspiration to write their own ending.