Summer wasn t just a big break from school for me. My parents made me and my sibling read for at least one hour each day of our summer break. It seemed like cruel and unusual punishment that I would be stuck staring at a stupid book while my friends were outside playing. Looking back, it wasn t such a bad idea.
When you aren t given a book assignment or made to do a report about what you are reading in front of a classroom, books can be much more fun. My mom used to take me to the library every week of the summer to pick out another book or two. She didn t care what I read as long as I was reading something, so I went out of my way to find the creepiest, weirdest, and most entertaining books to pass the time with.