picking books

Everyone always has their favorite books, and least favorite books that they could name, but this year during reading I've been trying to think deeper then that. I've learned that I like books with characters that I can relate to easily, with not realistic plots exactly but realistic characters, solutions to problems, and actions made by characters. I thought that this had been a recent interest of mine however recently I've proved my self wrong

I have recently been reading a child hood favorite of mine called "Nicholas And His Gang," My mom mom used to read it to me in elementary school. I thought these stories were absolutely hilarious they are about young kids doing things adults are meant to do. These things include talking in high class formal words, acting like they know everything, and creating rules to life like "glasses make you smarter." The book plays a joke on how kids these days act so much higher then kids in the "olden days." While reading this book I had multiple flash backs to my elementary school reading days. I like "My Side of The Mountain," "winnie the poo" and "the box car children"along with of course Nicholas and the gang. In all of these books i realized a common connection that connected to my current favorite books, they all have realistic characters. Although its hard to relate to a run away boy, talking stuffed animals, and homeless children Its easy to Imagine this and to relate to deeper meanings in the books.

When i realized this I thought of another realization all these things can be "stolen by me in my writing. I promised my self that from now on i wont write about unrealistically made characters but instead write about connectable characters that can be related to other world and personal issues.