Venturing into the world of reading Lit

When Professor Corrigan instructed us to find a literary book and read it at first I was confused. I did not understand what the difference was between a normal book and a literary book. So I started my search by looking at the list he gave us online and looking the books up in the library. Soon enough I found out what all the books had in common, they were all hard to understand. It took me several books to finally find one that I felt I could read. I found the book, took it off the shelf and begin to read it, then five minutes later realized I had no idea what it was saying. After finally finding Lolita, a book that grabbed my attention in the first paragraph, I decided this was going to be my literary book to read.

Much to my surprise the book was nothing like I expected, or nothing like the reviews I had read for it. As I started reading I got about five pages into the book and realized I was already lost, this was not a good sign. I could not read this literary book like a normal book. I had to read it slow, and read and understand each word and what the author was meaning. I soon realized there was a lot more meaning and depth to this literary book that a normal entertaining read. At times it was really hard for me to understand and I would find myself lost in the words, but not like a good lost, like a confused lost. Many times I would find myself reading sentences more than once trying to understand what the author was implying.

I have a lot more to look forward in reading this book. One thing it does not lack is surprises. Many times I find myself gasping at what I read and looking around, hoping no one is watching me read this book. If you are not sure why I should be embarrassed about reading this book, maybe you should pick up a copy and read it for yourself.