“From this hour I
ordain myself loos’d of limits and imaginary lines.” This quote by Walt Whitman is prominently
displayed on a wall at the local coffee shop, and I've loved those words since
the first time I read them. There are multiple reasons I chose English for New
Media as my major, the first being my love for words. I love words. One of my favorite
pastimes is to sit down with a journal and write. Watching as handwritten words
slowly fill up a blank page makes me incredibly happy.
Another reason that I chose English for New Media as my
major is my love for literature. The first book that I ever read was Go, Dog. Go! and I have been an avid
reader ever since. Reading is like a treasure hunt to find ideas and thoughts
that other writers have put down in words. Not all ideas and thoughts expressed
by other writers strike me as groundbreaking, but occasionally I come across
something that completely makes sense to me, and I feel like I've made a
connection with someone that I've never met. I also love the challenge of discovering
an idea or thought that doesn't immediately make sense to me. Taking that idea and making an effort to try to figure out what the author meant by their words
and what their words mean to me.
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| "From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines." -Walt Whitman |
Hey I loved reading this entry about why you chose your major! It is nice to see how passionate you are about it. Just a quick question, I would love to hear what types of books you like to read! I am an avid reader myself, when I have the time, and I personally tend to get stuck in book-ruts and read the same ones over and over! Lame, I know… I personally enjoy fantasy and sci-fi, what genres do you enjoy? What is your favorite novel/series? Mine is the Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss. Who is your favorite author?
ReplyDeleteI understand getting stuck in book-ruts, and I often find myself re-reading books. I have explored different genres and found that I enjoy a wide range of titles and authors. Most recently I have begun to read dystopian books. Two of my favorite trilogies in that genre are the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth and the Delirium trilogy by Lauren Oliver. Another dystopian book that I recently read is The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey and I am anxiously awaiting the release the next book in that series. Besides dystopian books I also enjoy the classics. Jane Austen is a favorite of mine. I work at the public library in town and one of my jobs there is to open up the boxes of new books coming in and get them ready to be put into the system. It’s really nice because I get to see so many new books. I usually end up sitting at my desk reading the back covers to see which of the books needs to be put on my to-read list. That list, by the way, is overwhelming. I don’t know if you have a Goodreads account or not, but I began using it about a year ago and it has made it so much easier to keep track of which books I want to read and which books I have already read. Also, once a book has been rated on a scale of one to five, similar books are displayed in order to expand your reading horizons. If you don’t use Goodreads, I would definitely recommend trying it.
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