I started reading in first grade because I skipped kindergarten, so I was a little bit behind in my reading in the beginning. I learned to read in an ordinary way just a little later than most. I remember coming into my first day of first grade and sitting next to a girl who was already miles ahead of me in reading, reciting the alphabet and reading smaller words off the whiteboard, and my mom told me later that she was extremely worried for me after that, although it all turned out fine. We started out very simple by reading many simple books, I specifically remember reading tons of Magic Treehouse books as a little kid. My reading throughout first grade progressed well, but I remember always having trouble pronouncing Es probably the most confusing letter in the English language, after the first grade I had basically become an independent reader.
The first and probably most memorable books I’ve ever read by myself was called Busytown by Richard Scarry, my favorite part was finding this little yellow bug that was hidden on each page. During elementary school, my fondest memories of books were reading all of Rick Riordan’s greek mythology books, I loved those, and reading the entire Harry Potter series. Now that I am older I have read a lot less than a used to, and almost never recreationally, and sadly I think it is mostly to do with my phone. When I was in 4-6th grade reading was one of my favorite activities, I would read almost every night, staying up past my parents which was a big deal at the time. Overall, my favorite books I’ve read would have probably been The Boy at the End of the World, and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. We had to read the Boy at the End of the World in school, but I loved it so much and I was so disappointed that there was no sequel, and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was just my favorite book of all time, I really have no preference when it comes to Harry Potter, but if I had to I would pick Order of the Phoenix. These books greatly improved my views on reading, but as I get older I’ve really just been less interested in books because I have never really found anything as interesting. School was a place where reading was an enjoyable thing, but now I am impartial to it.
Reading has always been seen as beneficial to me, but not always interesting. There will be times where I may not like the book I am reading, but I know it is improving learning. Although, I do feel that if book is very hard to read it may be good for me but much less interesting. Reading is a very crucial part of my education, if it were not for reading I would definitely not be able to do so many of the things I do today. My life would be severely different essentially. I have always been a relatively enthusiastic reader, and I never considered myself someone who hates reading, but I hope that as I get older I enjoy reading again as much as I used to.
- Night by Elie Wiesel
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Sixth Man by Andre Iguodala
- The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan
- The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan
- The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan
- The Outsiders by S.E Hinton
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- Hit Count by Chris Lynch
- Genius by Leopoldo Gout
- The Assassin’s Curse by Kevin Sands
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
- The Mark of the Plague by Kevin Sands
- The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
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