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In college, I have very little free time to leisure read, but when I have the chance, especially over the summer, I take advantage of it. Lately I've been reading classic novels such as Emma, The Great Gatsby, and The Grapes of Wrath, to name a few.

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One of my favorite High School courses was AP U.S History. Since taking this course my junior year, I've been inspired to do more independent reading on certain time periods I find the most interesting, such as the 1960s.

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In high school, academic work intensified, and required reading was more stressful than it was enjoyable. I often focused on the quantity of pages read and assignment completion over literary understanding and enjoyment

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In Middle School, I started to have more assigned reading in my classes. One of the books I enjoyed the most in my school curriculum was The Outsiders. At this stage of my life, I also loved reading books in the realistic fiction genre such as The Clique series.

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Once I learned to read, I enjoyed choosing books for myself. Some of my favorite first chapter books were the Nancy Drew , Babysitter's Club, and Cheetah Girls series.

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My household had a plethora of Dr. Seuss books when I was a young child, and my favorite book was Go Dog Go. My parents told me that I had asked them to read it to me repeatedly, to the point where I had the whole book memorized.

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Growing up, my family fostered my interest in reading. My parents read to me often and I enjoyed it as an activity and as a way to spend time together.