When dinosaurs roamed the Earth, my reading journey began to take flight. It feels as though just yesterday I was anxiously waiting for my mom to have our nightly reading time. I can distinctly remember getting so angry at my mom for taking so long doing the dishes or whatever she was doing because it was delaying our nightly reading time. We would read I Am Sam books, which had no more that 15 pages per book, and classic Dr. Seuss books. I cannot recall if I did a lot of reading in or out of school during my early years but I do remember sentimental moments that I shared with my mom while she read me bed time stories. These stories hold very dear memories to this day. Overall, I would say reading was a positive thing. It gave my mom and I bonding time and also made me appreciate good stories.
Reading has always been a very roller coaster ride for me. One year I'm into it, the next year I hate it. It's rather funny, actually. I can remember the exact moment when my reading adventure began. I was in third grade and I was at a parent, teacher, and student conference meeting in October of 2003. I had asked my teacher if she knew a good series that I should read. Without hesitation, she suggested A Series of Unfortunate Events. My world was changed. I got hooked into those books and loved every page of it (Hostile Hospital was my favorite). Those books consumed my elementary years. However, in middle and freshman year, I was all about the romance and books about drug addiction. Polar opposites, right? I read a lot of James Patterson, Jodi Picolt, and Ellen Hopkins. Middle school I was very much into it and read the Twilight Saga (original, I know) and countless other books. I began to get into the drug addicts in my freshman year of high school. I read Go Ask Alice (loved it!) and numerous Ellen Hopkins books (Impulse is my favorite). I don't recall reading a single book my sophomore year. Not only did I find reading to be more of a chore rather a place to escape and relax, but I also never had time to squeeze it in! School takes over your life and I had barely any time to enjoy a good book.
If I were to read, I would defitinley hop back into the romance genre. I would like to branch out and try new things, however. I am currently reading Running with the Buffaloes. It's a different book for me because the main focus is a true story about a late 1990's Colorado University Buffaloes men's cross country team.
I'm very much hoping and praying that Etymology will get me back into the love of reading. I want to be obsessed with it. I just began a book for the first time in a very long time. I am envious of hearing people reading book after book after book. I don't know why I can't seem to get myself to read for hours on end. Perhaps I hate sitting there for long periods, that feeling of your eyes getting sleepy, or my lack of attention span. I'm happy to be surrounded by other people within the class who love reading and I'm very much anticipating their book suggestions.
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