Reflection 1

What does it mean to be a New York Times Best-Seller?

 

When I find out that a book is on the New York Times Best-Sellers list it just tells me that the book is not a terrible book, it doesn’t mean it’s good or I’m going to like it though. Overall I think it’s a good thing to be on the list. I think the reason that some people may think it’s a bad thing to be on the list is because the majority of people like it so if you’re not like the majority of people then you might not like it. I’m not saying that only certain people like certain things but usually people under the same stereotype like the same books. If a Goth, a preppy teenager, an arrogant man, and a ton boy all wrote a list of their favorite books, they wouldn’t all be the same. Everyone likes different things, so If only Goth people liked a certain book and it was truly a great book, it’s not going to be a best seller because mostly Goth people like it so they’re the only ones who are going to buy it. Just because a book isn’t on the list doesn’t mean that the book isn’t great.

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Why I read?

There are many reasons I read but these are my favorite. One of the main reasons, and favorite reason, I read is because it puts you in a different world, you can escape reality. Reading is not my absolute favorite thing to do all the time but even if I don’t feel like reading once you start reading and you really get into what you’re reading, you forget about your life, your surroundings, and mostly you forget about time. That’s my favorite part about reading, Is when you look up from your book and you realize what has felt like 2 minutes has been an hour or more, and you think you’ve only read 5 pages but you’ve read a million and you don’t ever remember flipping the page because your mind is so much engulfed in the story. The other main reason I read is that it makes you smarter, more intelligent. I think as a person you gain more common sense. Every story you read teaches you about the people, places, even the time periods in the story. Typically smarter people read more. Every time you read you become more cultured, your vocabulary could have expanded, it makes you a more well-rounded person.