I Like to Read

My mom says I read too much. I read [i]The Outsiders[/i] once a week. Like, I'm not joking. I've read it once a week since I've got it in August. It's such a classic. But I read all sorts of books. It's just nice to be sucked into worlds beyond belief, love other people's lives. You're not you anymore and it's just great.

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PeanutsauntieP1982 · 41-45, F

I don't see how any one could tell a kid they read too much. But then I was one of those kids that got told that. I still read a lot.

ModernStupidity · 18-21, M

My mom just thinks I don't socialize like I should for my age. Neither does the counselor at my school.

PeanutsauntieP1982 · 41-45, F

Pahhh...non readers always say that.

greenmountaingal · 70-79, F

I read a lot when I was a kid. It [i]is[/i] dangerous to read that much. Now I'm a writer.

PeanutsauntieP1982 · 41-45, F

I'm a writer too.

greenmountaingal · 70-79, F

@ModernStupidity: Tell the people at your school and your mom what Howard Bloom (NYCC instructor and famous intellectual/author) said about it: "The most valuable thing any writer can have is the vision of the outsider."