Reading Autobiography by Merel van der Veer
When I was
a little child my parents used to read bedtime stories such as ‘Jip en Janneke’
and ‘Het grote boek van Merel’ (little stories in one big book). I never read
books in my spare time when I was a child. I was not really interested and I am
a real slow reader so it took me a lot of time to finish reading a book. At
primary school we never really had to read books. I remember the teacher read
books out loud during his ‘dagopening’ and I really liked that. Later on in my primary school
period my mother sometimes took me to the library where I had to pick a book,
so I did read books in that period (Carry Slee, dutch books). When I went to
secondary school I stopped going to the library, but all of a sudden I started to like the Harry Potter
saga and read all the books a couple of times, out of enthusiasm. I read them in dutch. In
this period I really liked reading, especially fantasy books. For my courses at
school I actually never had to read any books, at least I can’t remember. After
reading all the Harry Potter books so many times that I could literally write
the books by heart, I started to read the Twilight Saga, in English. These
books were actually a bit too difficult for me in that period, but I managed to
understand a lot and loved everything about it (the books are way better than
the movies!!). After this I never read any books until this summer, which is quite
shocking. A friend of mine recommended ‘the Help’, and when I started reading
this book during my summer holiday, I finished it in three days. I was
impressed by how that book got to me. I actually had to cry in the end. I think it is a very good thing that we have to read books for this course, because I don't read a lot. The thing is that I really like reading a book when I think it is good, but I can't seem to find time for it. I hope this course will help me to find the motivation to read more!
