Manguel Part Uno

I can appreciate Manguel's overall point here: Trying to make a topic that sounds unbearable bearable, but in the midst of his anecdotal pieces about the exotic places he's lived and experiences he's had, A History of Reading turns into just another book.  Beginning on page 68, he begins to try and explain  how there are certain ways that we need to learn to read.  He says we've gotten to where we can make words and comprehend them in print, but we still need to learn to read.  I don't know if he means learning to read faster, comprehend better, or even annunciate better?  I became a good, fast reader by simply reading a lot. I remember as a seven year old reading short chapter books like Goosebumps, and eventually graduating to larger texts.  Looking back, I don't think there was really a better way to get better at reading other than to read.  Maguel does get boring and dry at some points, but I much prefer this book over a text book, so I dare not complain..

Howdy Partner

Hey y'all.  I'm Clay, I'm 20 years old, and I'm from Conyers, Georgia.  I'm an English Education major at Kennesaw State University (about 20 minutes north of Atlanta).  Dr. Bowden, had us set up blogs for class, but this is something I reckon I'll keep doing after class as well.

As an English Edu. major, the general assumption is that I automatically just love to read and write in all of my free time.  Don't be ridiculous.  I do enjoy both reading and writing, but they're not things I absolutely desire to do every day.  What I could do every day is watch football, then go watch football, go to the gym, watch some more football, eat dinner, and to cap it all off, you guessed it: watch more football.  Basically, I represent a large chunk of the male population around my age. 

On a deeper note, I consider my relationships with people to be the second most important aspect of my life.  I put all of my energy towards being a good son, a good friend, and a good boyfriend.  The only thing that comes before those relationships is my relationship with Jesus Christ, because if it doesn't, all the others suffer, and quite honestly, don't matter all that much.

So there's me in a nutshell.  There'll be many more where this post came from, so I hope you'll, whoever all of you actually end up being, will keep reading.  Adios! :)