Personal Narrative: The Change In My Reading Habits

Through the four years in high school, I have experienced a drastic transformation in my reading habits. I moved from a person who read only if he had to, to a person that does read because he appreciates it. Within these times my reading practices have significantly changed. I like to be alone; I don’t like to be surrounded by any one when I read. I prefer somewhere nice and quiet, usually my room to do my usual reading. I usually put on music whenever I do the reading. People would say that reading with music on could be disturbing but for me I feel that it makes me loosen up and focus more on the task at hand. I also take time when I read. I like to take a break between chapters, after I finish one or two, then restart again. Doing this could help a lot, because during the break, I reflect on what I just read and wonder about the author’s message.
The best time of the day for me to read is usually right before I go to bed or sometime earlier in the evening. I am not a morning person, and I don’t have a lot of energy to do any type of work in the early hours. My reading preferences are wide-ranging; I enjoy to read almost everything from magazines to history books. And out of all the books I have read, I have come to love non-fiction. I have many favorite books; one of them I read in my senior year of high school, The Great Gatsby. It is a classic book that I recommend for anyone to read. I love to read mostly anything except for sci-fi novels. I feel that those stories are too unbelievable and they do not follow a