A Dyslexic Book Worm – How I Became a Reader.
Reading has always been difficult for me. Especially when I was in school.
The words jumped around the page making the process overwhelming and often impossible.
I could never settle down enough to concentrate, my mind always seemed to be racing off in other directions.
But I just finished my 100th book of the year.
So what happened?
A lot.
First, I learned to read out loud for my children. They didn’t care what I read, they just loved to hear my voice. This gave me confidence. This made them readers as well.
Then I started picking up the books they read, so that we could talk about them and share stories.
A couple of years later my grandmother died. I was so filled with grief, I couldn’t deal with reality. So I picked up a couple of the books I bought for our eldest daughter and started to turn pages. I read two books that day, a first. No one interrupted me and my husband took care of the kids and the house because he knew I needed time to heal.
What I discovered, a final present from my grandmother, the gift of reading.
Because that was the day I learned about genre and format.
Format, simply put, is the way a book is written. I like short chapters. This is why I write them into my own books. They give me a feeling of accomplishment and I find when I accomplish something I don’t lose interest in what I’m doing.
Genre, there are hundreds of these, is the type of story you choose to read. I struggle with a lot of them. Everyone has their own preference here too, but that’s a really good thing since there are hundreds of new books produced every single day. The list of things to read is unending. The most important thing is to find what you like and then dive in.
When you find the mix of both the format and the genre you like, you’ll be unstoppable.
Your nose will remain buried in books forever.
I truly believe that there is no such thing as a bad reader.
If you’re not attracted to a book, put it down. Life is too short to force yourself to finish something that doesn’t embrace your mind. The most important thing is that you opened the book in the first place. Don’t give up. Just pick up the next tale in the stack and try again.
Happy Reading- Stacey
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