As young children we each had something that each of us loved, whether it be playing in the sandbox, watching our favorite cartoon, playing with friends, watching our little brother or sister, or doing many other things. During my childhood, I liked to read. I was an avid reader of children's books. Fiction or nonfiction, I read them all. I read at school, at home, even in the car. I also liked to go to the library a lot. There was nothing better than lying down on the couch indulging myself into the newest book. I just loved to read. But as I started growing older my love for reading slowly diminished. .
Exposure to new things contributed to the banishment of my love for reading. During my childhood, technology seemed to boom and blossom. Video games were starting to get popular and like most kids around me, I got some. At first I really didn't get into these games, I just thought of them as one of my many toys, just used them for a short amount of time then put them away. But after playing these games for a while I slowly got hooked. I can remember a time when I was finished a book and had no other new books to read. I was bored and saw my video games on the floor. With no new books around what else was there for me to do? I spent hours in front of the television trying to get high scores, trying to reach the new level, trying to find secrets, while my books were just lying on the shelf and on the floor, dusty and dead. There was more motivation for me to perform these tasks than to read. Who would think small characters on the screen .
would be more important than exciting island adventures, mystery stories, and space voyages? .
These video games were something new like getting a new exciting book, an "Electronic Book" I guess you could call them. These "Electronic Books" were better than the regular ink printed books. You didn't have to use your imagination; it was already in front of your eyes.