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My first memories of reading come from bedtime with my mom and younger sibling. We would read chapter books together and the first two I remember are Harry Potter and The Chronicles of Narnia. This was one of the first series I remember reading and transported me to a new world.

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This is one of few picture books I remember from my childhood and my mom used to read it to me. I even read this to my 1st graders last year and we used it throughout our year to talk about not needing to be perfect.

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In elementary school I read a lot of Beverly Cleary, Judy Blume, and Ingrid Law. I also read the Dork Diaries series and whenever a new book came out we would go to Barns and Noble to get it.

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I very quickly fell in love with reading. I would read before bed, in the car, in class, and anywhere I could. There are a handful of authors and books that stick out to me from my elementary years.

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Middle school and high school reading for me summed up was escape. I spent almost all of middle school reading all of the dystopian young adult books I could get my hands on. I also loved non-fiction in general.

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This book was the first to truly make me feel something. I remember finishing this book (having read ahead of my class at home), and crying in my bed.

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Wendy Mass was a staple of late middle and early high school for me. I am fairly confident I have read most of her books, but this one takes the cake for my favorite. Another book that made me feel all the feelings and I remember fondly.

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In high school, my sibling and I would read books together. One of the series we did this with was "I am Number Four." We would go to Barns and Noble to get the newest book and would take turns reading the books.

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As high school picked up and I got busier, I lost my reading for fun and was absorbed into academic reading. I spent all my time reading textbooks, articles, and books for school. My relationship with reading became contentious as it focused on analysis of the text (which I was never very strong at).

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In the later years of my undergraduate experience I began to read to gain knowledge and explore a lot of my relationship to the world. Most of the books on my shelves now are focused around religion, social policy, urbanization, race, and everything in between.

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Colson Whitehead opened me to adult fiction. I highly recommend this book as well as "The Intuitionist," which I read recently.

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I read this book for a class and it is changing the way I see science and indigenous wisdom. This book has also kept me connected to one of my friends because she took my copy with her when we graduated and I finally got it back recently.

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I read this book at the recommendation of my boss and it increased my passion for building communities and families that support each other. If you want to know more about brain development in children and the importance of belonging I would highly recommend it (with some very strong trigger warnings).

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This book recently revived my drive to read fiction and I am happy to say I have read a lot since the beginning of the summer! :)

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A good history of redlining, how districts are drawn, and its implications on communities of color.