Garrison Keillor Book Report

“A book is a gift you can open again and again,” wrote Garrison Keillor. People read all the time. They read for information, for escape, for entertainment, for instruction, for guidance. They read recipes and tweets and texts. They read newspapers, blogs, and Facebook replies. In a recent survey by Pew Research, the number of people who actually read a book in the past year was 72 percent in 2015. I am one of those. As I consider my reading experiences, I realize they represent the journey I have traveled, leading me to my current academic path.

When I was little, my dad wanted me to play sports. One of the sports that he was trying to get me into is soccer. He was trying to convince me to join the soccer league for kids who are under five years old. My dad bought me books about soccer and told me to read them so I could have a better understanding about soccer. One of the books that my dad bought me was called Tsubasa Giac Mo San Co by Takahasi Yoichi, a Japanese writer. This book has pictures of the players playing soccer, kicking the ball, and defending the goal as a team. After reading this book, I got really interested in soccer. I wanted to learn how to play soccer
The only book that does not have anything related to soccer but still got my attention is The Other Side of the Sky. In this book, the author Farah Ahmedi, who is also the main character of the book, talks about her own story. Ahmedi teaches the audience, including myself, a lesson that everyone has a different life. Don’t always complain about your life and just enjoy it as much as you can. There are some people out there who are not as lucky as you are and they are still happy with their life. There is no such thing as a bad life. You just have to figure out a way to deal with your problems and move on. I’ve became stronger and living a stress-free life after I read this