Twilight: The Award Winning...

One of the most popular stories of the past five years has been the Twilight saga. It was read by millions and then was seen by more millions when it was sent to the big screen. But other then debuting at fifth on the New York Times Bestsellers list, none of the books in the saga ever won a legitimate, literary award. (And no, teen choice and teen magazine awards are not legitimate.) Does that mean Stephanie Meyer isn’t of the literary caliber of other best selling authors? Well, maybe.

Why don’t these best selling books and their authors win more awards?

Fifty Shades of Grey, and its trilogy has recently become one of the most talked about books on the Times bestsellers list. But E.L. James and his Fifty Shades series has won zero awards. But then why is it so popular? Why are sales for Fifty Shades going up and up?
Answer: The big screen.

Recently, Fifty Shades of Grey has become very popular and one of the most talked of books on the Times. Recently, it was announced that Fifty Shades of Grey was being picked up for a major motion picture with a rumored cast consisting of Channing Tatum—which, much like the books, highly attracts women, who then read the books and talk the books out so they can see the movie.

And the same is said for the Twilight saga. Teenage girls became obsessed with the vampire-love story. Then a werewolf got introduced and the book had all the cliché plot structures needed to make a teenage girl obsessed. Then you send the movie to the big screen and cast so called, “attractive” guys as the main characters and the world rages for more Twilight and the movies become some of the most successful movies of all time. Thus, the books and Stephanie Meyer become much more popular, even if they have zero literary awards. Not to say they’re bad authors, but many best selling authors owe their fame to Hollywood producers, directors, and obsessed teenage girls.  

Why I Read

In the past, I haven't really been into reading that much. It wasn't a hobby of mine at all. I found it very tedious and time consuming and kept asking myself, "What's the point?" But I have always loved to write. Write short stories, poetry or whatever. A lot of people will tell me that it's weird I don't like reading when on the other hand I love to write. 
The more I write and the more I enjoy writing the more I read, and the more I enjoy it. Reading anything can give me an idea or an inspiration for a new story, poem or can help me when I'm in the middle of a story and get Writer's Block, which happens a lot. I read because I like telling stories and I like being immersed into a good story. I can't stand boring stories. They're the worst. And that's why I don't read sometimes. There are some books, some classics and some hardly heard of's, that have the most boring stories, in my opinion. To Kill A Mockingbird, for example, is one of the most boring books I have ever read and I hated it. It is one of the most loved pieces of literature ever written but I hate it. It is because of novels like To Kill A Mockingbird, that I do not read. So many novels are forced upon us in school and so many are un-enjoyable stories. Thus, students develop a hatred for reading. 
I read because I get to choose what I read and when I read it. But when books are forced upon me, I generally do not read.