I’m really excited about my series. The thing that excited me initially was the author, I’ve been a fan of Chris Colfer’s since I began watching Glee. I also found out my cousins attended high school with him so I have to admit that my book choice was sort of swayed based on author but I should also say that it seemed sort of reminiscent of The Chronicles of Narnia Series, just based on the title alone. ( I know, I know, you should never judge a book by its cover but that was an honest initial hook.

When I opened the book I have to say I didn’t expect to start reading the book in Kurt’s voice, Kurt is Chris’ character on Glee and thanks to the directors creative choice he did a lot of voice over style narration on the show, hence me beginning the book in a voice different than my head voice, this honestly made getting immersed a little more difficult which I did not expect.

That being said, I absolutely loved the first chapter, how it started in a Post-fairytale ending world  with Snow White already having her happy-ever-after and the evil queen having long since been locked away. They had this sort of heart to heart that one would never expect having heard the children’s fairytale. The central characters so far are Connor and Alex Bailey.  They are twins and it seems like their supporting characters are going to be the characters we all know from fairytales.  Children and I also think young adults would love these books (s0 far). I feel like the main assumption right now is that children are often sort of whimsical in their beliefs and choices. I haven’t looked up resources on these books yet but I do know that it is on GoodReads and I will have to read further in to assess how I might use it in the classroom other than enhancing reading skills.

So far I like Millers outlook on reading. It is really frowned upon in a society where we are simply, “too busy” for it. But the truth is, it’s all about prioritizing. We should make time for reading, the same way we make time to brush our teeth or have a meal. It should not be viewed as a secondary priority. Reading enriches our lives from the moment we learn to read our first word and it continues to show the world in wholly new and ever-changing perspectives constantly.

Unfortunately this ‘world’ is only open to some, as it can be said the the world could appear a  lot more flat and honestly rather drab if you don’t have the world that reading opens up to you zooming around in your mind. I am constantly looking at nature in the form of poetry, constantly looking at people in the form of poetry and constantly looking at life itself and our very existence in the form of poetry. This would not be possible if I never developed my love for reading at a young age and from Miller’s words I sort of drew that reading is almost presented as this dreadful chore we have to work our minds through.

Really I look at reading as an adventure, I prefer that in place of the word challenge and in that way I am not afraid of teaching others to read, rather I am excited because if I can open up this vastly amazing thing called reading up for for children the way it was opened to me, then I just know I can instill this thrill for it in them and hopefully they will carry it through life the way I do, always with a book or a notepad in hand, ready to write how I see the world and read how others perceive it. It is going to be truly inspirational.

There is no fish to grant a wish,

no dresses the color of the moon, or cakes to eat with a spoon,

no cats in the cradle, nor sign of a broken ladle,

just blood in a shoe, rook di goo!

My name is Kaysea Chevi Eckel. I am 25 and I grew up in the sleepy little mountain town of Grass Valley, California. I have 3 siblings, my oldest brother Jesse, my older step-sister, Brittany and my baby half-sister Jayme. They are my absolute favorite people on the planet and have influenced me in a  myriad of ways. I have absolutely always loved school, which is why I hope to make it my career to teach it someday. I have lived in Chico now for 8 years off and on. I love the area, it reminds me of a slightly more city-esqe Grass Valley, though I think in the coming years I will be journeying to other areas, I’ve found I don’t tend to stay in one place terribly long.

I would say that being a “reader” could mean a lot of things, there are code-readers, research readers and then there are my favorite, the leisure-readers. I would count myself among the final group. I wasn’t always an avid reader and I must say I really don’t enjoy textbook reading but there are those books that sort of choose you and they are the books that become your favorites, allowing you to read them over and over again while never getting bored. Some of my favorite series have been: The Series of Unfortunate Events (I read these more when I was younger). I also loved Harry Potter (this one for me I grew up reading even into my adult life so it more or less transcends age for me). I have, in more recent years, really become taken with books such as The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Fault in Our Stars, Love Does,  and Tweak. If you know any of those books you may summarize that my reading style is all over the place.

I would definitely say that I read differently outside of school and that I never would have chosen books such as 1984, A Brave New World, or The Great Gatsby to read outside of school, that being said: I loved them all and looking back I’m happy they were apart of the required readings. I think all the reading you do in school connects with the reading you do outside of school because its all just that: reading. The more you read the stronger you become at it, whether its coming across a word you didn’t know before or just gaining speed in how you read, it all works for your benefit.