Take a look, it's in a book!

I used to read a lot as a kid.  Like, a lot!  My parents usually didn’t let us watch tv during the school week, but they encouraged us to read as many books as we could get our hands on.  I made lots of trips to the library and my parents were always happy to buy me new books.  In third grade I read a short kids book and wrote up a book report on it for class credit each night.  I became a big fan of The Animorphs and read a lot of Harry Potter, though that’s another blog post entirely.

Flash forward to high school and college, and I stopped reading as much.  Sure, I still enjoyed it, but I was usually pretty burnt out from reading for school that I rarely read for leisure.  It’s unfortunate, because I’ve heard over and over to read whatever you can to get far in the film business.  So now that I’ve got internships in Los Angeles, I ironically find part of my job to be reading tons and tons of books!  I can’t reveal what I’m reading, as that’s confidential within my internships, but the point is I’m reading interesting stuff again!

You’d think I should approach reading a book for an internship like I did for school: begrudgingly.  In high school or college I’d put off reading a book as much as possible, but in an environment where sometimes your task for the day is to come in and just read in a comfortable chair, it’s fun!  I’ve noticed it doesn’t matter if the book is good or bad; I enjoy the experience of imagining something new.  But if the book is good, that’s icing on the cake.  Really delicious icing that makes me sad when the cake, or book, is over.

So now that I’ve rediscovered how much I like reading for fun, I’m hoping to get back into it permanently.  Not only is it a relaxing way to pass the time, it’s super enriching.  But everyone knows that.  As of right now, I’m mainly reading books on management and film practices, but I’ll be diving back into narratives too.  I’ll do my old routine of browsing the shelves of book stores and libraries until something catches my eye.  I’m more of a physical media guy, so I prefer to thumb through an actual book in my hands.  What about you guys?  What's a book or series you loved reading as a kid?

And on a side note about books and stuff, does anybody miss Reading Rainbow?  Great show.