My first encounter with my favorite book of all time, The Godfather, came when my eleventh grade English teacher assigned a reading project for my English 3 Honors class. She first gave the class a list of books to choose from. We signed up in alphabetical order so I was one of the last people to get to choose. With only a few books left on the list, I chose the one with the fewest amount of pages. This probably was not the best factor to make my decision upon, but boy was I in for a surprise.

Later that day I journeyed out to the nearest books-a-million to purchase the book. It wasn’t difficult to find because I learned that it is a best-seller. Hmm might not be so bad after all.

My teacher wanted our books read in one week, so I hurried home to get a few chapters done. I really dread reading. I thought to myself, “I cant believe this witch is making me read 496 pages in one week!”

I started reading this best-selling book and barely got through the first chapter before falling asleep. What a boring book I thought. The next day I read a little more into the book and it began to get interesting. All the murder and scandals really started to grab my attention. Not to mention all the tales of sex! What teenager isn’t interested in that?

Before long I was on chapter 6 and I couldn’t put the book down. I read until I couldn’t hold my eyes open any longer on the second night. By the third night I was completely finished with the book. I couldn’t believe that I had read almost 500 pages in 3 days. This book really makes it tough to stop reading. There are so many twists and surprises that you want to keep reading.

The moral of this story is: Don’t judge a book by its cover, or the first chapter.

This book started out really slow and boring. A few chapters in it becomes enticing. You want to read more. You won’t be able to put it down.

See for yourself.