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When I was a child. I hated reading. I avoided it like the plague. When ever the teacher would give us the option to read I would pick a dinosaur book and look at the pictures.

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I tried to read with a picture book with my mom. She bought a guide book about a show that I used to watch and was helping me read it. It was called the "Bakugan Official Handbook" and we ended up disagreeing on how a word is pronounced. it was a small step into enjoying reading.

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it was in sixth grade when my love for reading began. It was at the end of the school year and I decided to read a book for once. I ended up picking up "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" when the librarian asked if I read the first through fourth ones first. I did not and she suggested I start with the first book instead. I am thankful to that librarian for helping me appreciate reading more.

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This was the year, when I expanded on what kind of books that I read. When ever a Harry Potter book was unavailable. I would pick up a book from the Percy Jackson series. The series has made me fall in love with Greek Mythology and helped me learn about the Greek myths. It was also when I picked up the "Kane Chronicles." furthering my love for different myths besides Greek. I ended up finishing the "Kane Chronicles" around this time too. Since then I have been a fan of Rick Riodan

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During this time I joined a competition between anther student and the teacher of who could finish read the "Hunger Game" series the first. I remember the teacher and the student, Aden Rodimocker, talking about the book. I ended up asking them about it and decided to join the competition. When the movie for the book was announced. Our Teacher got tickets for all three of us to see the movie. I still remember since it was the first and last time I have met people who have a love from reading until 2023.

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2013 was the year where I bought a book to read instead of looking at the pictures. The books that I bought were the "Lost Hero" and "Son of Neptune" by Rick Riodan. Furthering my love more mythology, although I did not like the Roman mythology in the story. I thought it was a rip off version of the Greek myths. Over the years I have begun to appreciate the books more.
This was also the year when my love for reading manga began with the "Naruto" and "Bleach" series kicking it off.

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At this point in time I have been reading the manga "Soul Eater" off an on. This was the first series that I have been skipping around certain volumes and only reading volumes that I found enjoyable. Unfortunately, I continue to do this for certain manga series that catch my eye. This is one of the first manga series that I have not complete read even though I did read the last volume.

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This was the year when I  finished reading the Harry Potter series. This year was also when I started to read the series over and over again. This year also started with me looking for more books to read. Since in the past I have plenty of books to read due to it being a series that was already finished. It at the point where I did regret reading those books so fast. I was beginning to get bored with looking for more books.
Although I did read the Divergence series and then finished the series too.

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This is the year when I first got a library card from my local library. I never did that before until this year. I remember getting the book called "Infinity: Chronicles of Nick" and finished reading the book the very same day. The "Chronicles of Nick" is a book series that I never finished. it one of the book series that I have never finished. This year also reminded me of how I never properly finished the "Mortal Instruments" series too. I was on the last book too I think. However, this was the year when I let someone's opinion stopped me from finishing a series. Someone told me that it was like the "Twilight" series. I allowed their opinion of the book to influence my decision to stop reading the series since. This was also the year when I finished "Naruto" when it came out this year.

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Another year when I pick up a book and never finished the series. I begun to read "The Throne of Glass" series. Something That was different from what I am used to since it was a completely fantasy that is not based on our own world or the future. It captured my imagination with how the world worked and it left me wanting more. I never got around to finish the series since I what the next book was called. This was also the year when I stopped reading for enjoyment at school. It was due to the fact that I wanted to write stories so I started to jot down notes about possible story ideas instead of reading.

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This was the year when I graduated high school. This also marked the beginning of the end for me reading at school. I would most of my free time writing notes of story ideas or working. Although I still read manga although I only read certain parts of a manga series and did not start at the beginning. I did buy the second book from the series "Trials of Appollo." However, I never did read it.

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My friend, Lauren, got my some comic books for me. I was a skeptical about the comics, but I did enjoy reading them. Her present also sparked my interest in comic books.

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This marks the my losing interest in reading. I had just moved to California and I had stoped reading in my spare time. I would occasionally go to Barns & Noble and look at the manga section. I did find out about a Godzilla comic book series that I did buy and then read. However, after that I stopped reading for pleasure at this point.

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This was when I started to read more pleasure once again. Although, I did read more Godzilla comics. Those comics did get me to enjoy reading for pleasure once again.

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I have begun to read more again. On Christmas, I received more comic books to read and even went to get more comics to read. I even found a Ghostbusters comic series. It reinvigorated to want to read more again. Something that I have not done ever since 2018. I have rediscovered my love for reading once again.