I must confess
that I have never been a good reader. Probably because of my teachers never
encouraged me to read for pleasure, therefore it was out of obligation. In
spite of this, I divided my Reading Map into 4 different periods, trying to contextualize
with different covers and drawings the most significant facts.
In the first
place, when I was a child and before start the primary school, I didn't like to
read books too much, because I preferred play football or ride my skateboard
instead of stay at home reading. Actually the only book that I had read for
pleasure before start the primary school was “The Fat book of Petete”, because it combined short stories with
many different games such as mazes, drawings for coloring and so on.
Then, when I
start the Primary School, I also start to read different kind of books, but no
because I want it. However, my parents gave me a book for my 7th
birthday, called “The Mon Witch”. It
was of the series of Barco de Vapor and I love that book. I
remember myself sitting on the couch reading the book and trying to imagine the
story in my mind as if it were a movie. During the first two stages, I also
started to take more interest in comics. My favorite were The Mutant Ninja Turtles because it were quite funny and also easy
to draw. Nonetheless, reading still wasn’t one of my passions.
Thirdly, during my
time in High School, I read many book and I remember books like “The Hive”, which was a terrible odyssey
to read because, as far as I’m concerned, my teacher didn't know how to work
with it in a correct way. Along this period I read without any motivation, just
to pass the subject. The same happened with books written by Ortega y Gasset or
Escohotado. That's why I tried to read by my own other genders, and I remember “The Hound of the Baskerville” as one of
my favorite book at that time. Nevertheless, I was more focused on sports and
teenager things.
Lastly, when I
started to study electronic design at the age of 20, I also start to learn
German and read many books in this language, which some of them were quite
difficult to read and understand but it could be the first time that I was
really interesting on read books without any kind of duty. Then I move to
Berlin and I met the person who transmits me the habit and passion for read,
she was a turning point. In fact the first present that she gave me was a book
in English called “The Curious Incident
of the Dog in the Night-Time”, this book was amazing and very touching.
After that, I read different genres and also in different languages (German,
English and Spanish).
Last
but not least, currently I’m quite hook with the books of “Game of Thrones” (in Spanish) written by George R.R. Martin. I’m
reading the third volume called “the
Storm of Swords” and I have the fourth waiting, and I must say that are incredibly
addictive and dazzling. Besides, I have finished in English “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”,
and I will start as soon as I can “The
Day of The Jackal” by Frederick Forsyth. Nevertheless, this is not the end
of the story because to be continued…
