When I was younger, reading wasn’t exactly my forte. Actually, I’d be terrified whenever the teacher would call my name to read out loud in class. After barely passing English each year, I decided that was enough. The summer vacation after freshman year I decided to spend everyday in the library.
At first it was something simple, The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton. Then it was Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. On the last day of vacation I stumbled upon the Lord of the Rings and I never looked back.
Be different, read books.
-Raf (2015)