" Freakonomics "

Reading Freakonomics has been a weird but interesting road at the same time. I didn't enjoy the book at all because when I read, I like books to take my imagination to a peaceful place all this book does is remind me of all the basic problems I’m surrounded with every day. The reading process has been fine so far because I like how the book has several of different vocabulary words that are enhancing my mind and knowledge. The active reading strategies I have employed are whenever I come across a word that I don’t know such as “conventional wisdom” I look up the word within the dictionary, I find out what part of speech represents the word and I read the synonyms and antonyms as well to make sure I have a clear understanding on what I’m reading instead of just skipping the word like I use to.  Looking up each word helps me a lot because now it’s becoming a habit when I read anything I make sure I clearly understand what the whole concept is about. It provides me with a slight piece of joy to learn new words that most people in my community doesn't know and haven’t even heard of. I enjoy the fact that I could teach my younger cousins something new. The advice I would offer is not to over exaggerate the topics within the book with your own opinions, just read the book and take it as it is. The way I managed the reading is to split it up within a few days to read a few pages at a time to not overwhelm myself.