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This is a my own work and not fiction or worse, plagiarism. I like reading books. I've read many books over the course of 20-something years of my life. Most of them were fiction. A very few weren't.

President Obama's years of public service are based around his unwavering belief in the ability to unite people around a politics of purpose. In the Illinois State Senate, he passed the first major ethics reform in 25 years, cut taxes for working families, and expanded health care for children and their parents. As a United States Senator, he reached across the aisle to pass groundbreaking lobbying reform, lock up the world's most dangerous weapons, and bring transparency to government by putting federal spending online.

My first fictional friend was Matilda. She's a genius child prodigy with supernatural powers. Ronald Dahl created a masterpiece in the writing of this book. There's drama, sadness, happiness, joy, evil, great sorrow, jealousy and love. All woven together so beautifully, that it's hard to not be moved when you read it. Matilda was only the first of series of fictional friends I made. Artemis Fowl, Harry Potter, Holly Short, Robert Langdon, Albus Dumbledore - I met great friends who taught me to be brave, clever and funny.

My non-fictional readings were few, but as good. I read several volumes of Chicken Soup (for the Soul, for the Friend, for the Teenage Soul...). One of the most heart-rendering books I read at this time has to be "Last Lecture by Randy Pausch". It is the story of a man who delivers his last lecture as a professor, as a legacy for his children to inherit when they grow up. He's suffering from cancer and his days are numbered few. This is a true and inspiring story, one I feel all of must must read at least once in our lives. I also read a ton of books about Astronomy, this being a topic that greatly interests me.