Zaynab Akbari - 7

What type of reading do you enjoy most?

Use specific reasons to support your response.

To be honest, I am not a real book lover or one of those who get immense pleasure from reading novel books. I prefer reading things that contribute to my knowledge. Therefore, the main book genre that I usually enjoyed reading was self-help books. However, at the moment I am trying to read books from different genres because you never know what you like without experiencing it.

The only book category that I started reading beside my school books was self-improvement books. That was because I am a perfectionist and I used to have some negative behaviors coming with it. I struggled with time management and procrastinated everything till the last minute. It was the reason why I first began reading self-help books. The first book I read was Goals written by Brian Tracy. Then, I started to be into this kind of books since they truly help you improve as a person. Unlike some other books you can see the positive effects of them on yourself that is why I think they are worth the time you put in reading them. Among them my most favourite one is The Secret, book by Rhonda Byrne.

Nowadays, I have more leisure time that I can devote to reading. Thus, I started reading categories other than spiritual ones. Currently, I am reading a novel; Forty Rules of Love by Elif Şafak. Despite the opinion I had about novels, it touched my heart. I was uplifted by the Sufi wisdom contained throughout it. I thought that reading novels is pointless and time-wasting since you gain nothing at the end. Nevertheless, as I read this book, I see that there are many great life-lessons that one can learn from lives of the characters in a novel. Thus, I am determined of reading more books from different genres.

To sum up, I am convinced that reading book regardless of its classification is always beneficial. At this time, the books I enjoy reading are limited to the self-help and novel, but I am sure that the new ones will be added soon.