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In Kindergarten I have a lot of memories of getting read too. One of the first books I can remember is If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Another book that I can vividly remember is The Rainbow Fish. I remember seeing the amazing illustrations and trying to understand what those words at the bottom of the page had to do with anything,

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I remember from grades k-2, I usually chose books which had a pretty cover,  in that time period I was introduced to some classic children's books like Where the Wild  Things Are,  The Dr. Seuss series and The Frog and Toad Series.

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In the Stockton School District we had a program which rewarded students for reading. You would read a book, take a quiz on the content and then you would be rewarded based on your results. So read enough books and get invited to a pizza party. Now in the mind of 7 year old me, I had a bigger incentive to read.

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I changed schools in the third grade and I think August School really pushed me to read more books. In this time I found the Berenstain Bears and I was hooked. I was caught by the cute characters at first but then I found it interesting how each book had its own moral. These books taught me how to be a better human and for the first time I started reading for the story.

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I started reading the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series at around the end of third grade and I fell in love with the funny Stories being told. At many times I found Greg(main character) to be very relatable and I think that's a quality that a lot of young readers appreciate.

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I found the Magic Tree house series of books by recommendation of my fourth grade teacher. These books take these two children around time and space, making you use your head to picture these great adventures. I remember breezing through these books. I would always research the content as I read along. I can attribute my curiosity as a child to these books partially.

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In fifth grade I saw a lot my peers read these colorful books which were the Geronimo Stilton series. I loved the witty humor and the grandiose stories of adventure which were housed in every entry of this series. I would check three of these out at a time and come back next week to pick up another three.

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in the 6th grade I grew lots of new interests. I remember the book fair would come by twice a school year and as I grew older it felt like I just wanted to absorb as much information as possible so I would gravitate towards these information books. I bought many Pokemon and Star Wars information books. It was cool to mix reading and my favorite interests at the time.

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I had a big gap from 6th grade to 8th grade where I didn't read much but wikipedia entries online. My media intake shifted from books to the internet. In eight grade I eased my way back into reading as my teacher stressed it on us heavily. I read the Hunger Games books as well as the first book from  the Divergent series. I think reading these books at this time soured my reading experience as I felt that they weren't really my type and I read them just because everyone else was.

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In my first two years of high school I began to read a lot of the classic high school books like The Great Gatsby and Beowulf. Throughout my in class readings I began to understand what genres I enjoyed reading. After reading Malala's autobiography, I noticed that I loved learning about other peoples life and I began to read a bunch of autobiographies. My favorite being Mark Kelly's who tells a heart warming story.

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I finished off High School reading some books that my teacher had considered classics. I breezed through the Harry Potter series. I think reading through those made me love reading just a bit more. I read The Outsiders which was just a really sad read. I think among the favorite of my books was Animal Farm which combined my love of history with great storytelling.

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In my first semester of college I was thrown into the wild. I usually always read what peaked my interest, I never really cared to read texts that were deemed to be. "what I should be reading". I was placed in a British Literature class which exposed me to so many texts. Reading has never been particularly difficult for me so thankfully it wasn't too much of a challenge for me but I had my moments of frustration. In that class I pretty much taught myself how to read again. I payed closer attention than ever, I would research segments that I didn't understand or that I found interesting. I loved reading the Canterbury Tales as I got a taste of what humor was in the 14th century.

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My second semester of college was spent mainly reading more British literature. I grew a love for that genre, I began to see the importance of reading historical texts and I got a softer spot for reading. It had become less of a burden and more of something that I wanted to do outside of school. I looked up books to purchase and I encountered the autobiography of Mick Foley, a historic wrestler. I read it and I loved the way in which he tells his journey.