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As an elementary school teacher, my reading is even more diverse than it has ever been in my life!  I love (almost) all genres and am delighted by books written for all ages.  It is a joy to discover books to share with my students that we can love together.  I especially love forming book clubs.  This year I started a lunch bunch book club where we all read the same book and met during lunch time one day a week to talk about where we were. During class, I love to share quick excerpts from books that will get kids hooked and wanting to read it. I also have a very active professional Twitter account. At times, I will share what we are reading in class and how it is going. During our Fish in a Tree book club, the girls tweeted out to the author and she responded to us!
For my personal reading of fiction books, I prefer e-books on my Kindle or audiobooks through my Audible account.  I am almost always listening to a book in the car or when I am running - sometimes for personal or professional growth, sometimes just for enjoyment.  For non-fiction reading I like to have a copy in my hands as my brain shifts gears to absorb information that I may later want to reference.

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Oddly enough, it is difficult for me to remember what I enjoyed most in my readings during those years of my life. I know that I have always loved reading, however in high school there is so much required reading that it interfered with my choice and therefore my love for books.

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I was a GT kiddo who couldn't get her nose out of books.  I couldn't wait for library day each week to be able to get my hands on something new.  I absolutely loved to read from as early as I can remember.  Throughout upper elementary and middle school I was discovering authors, latching onto them, and finishing everything they had written.
A few favorites were Madeleine L'Engle, Beverly Cleary, Judy Blume, Joan Lowery Nixon, and R.L. Stine. I love having such a working knowledge of these chapter books from my youth because I am able to make recommendations to kids and then connect with them over our shared interests, likes, and dislikes.

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My mother has always been an early literacy teacher, so I was exposed to many books from the time I was very young.
I still see the covers of old books and remember the sound of her voice as she read them or the audio cassette I would listen to over and over.  I strongly believe that she planted the love for reading inside of me that still lives on today!
A few favorites include Robert Munsch (still a favorite today!), Steven Kellogg, and Chris van Allsburg.