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Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
Age 2: One of my mom's favorite storybook characters when she was little was Winnie the Pooh, so she read the books to me growing up. I remember her reading to me while putting me to bed. -
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Young Years
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Dr. Seuss Books
Age 3: My mom and cousins would read lots of Dr. Seuss books to me as a child such as the ABC book, Green Eggs and Ham, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish and The Cat in the Hat. They told me that I really enjoyed the rhyming and the funny voices they would make while reading the stories. -
Little Critter books by Mercer Mayer
Age 3: These were a collection of books that I grew up having other people read to me and I loved. As I got older, I started to read them on my own. -
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Age 6: During kindergarten, I loved circle time. My teacher at the time would read aloud to us and I discovered many books that I enjoyed. I would check them out all the time and just look at the pictures because I couldn't read yet. -
Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin Jr.
Age 6: During kindergarten, I loved circle time. My teacher at the time would read aloud to us and I discovered many books that I enjoyed. I would check them out all the time and just look at the pictures because I couldn't read yet. -
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
Age 6: I would grab this book and look at the pictures so much growing up. Reading this book also helped me to learn my letters of the alphabet. -
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Elementary School Years
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If You Give a Mouse A Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Age 7: This book quickly became a class favorite during first grade. We would all beg our teacher to read this to us at rug time. She knew that we all enjoyed it so much, she began reading the other books in the series. -
No! David by David Shannon
Age 8: During second grade, I saw this in my school library and chose to read it because the main character has the first name as my dad. Once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down. It was a favorite of mine for a period of time. -
Miss Nelson Is Missing by Harry Allard
Age 8: This was one of the books that we read together as a class in second grade. I remember it vividly and I remember that it was a great book. It made me laugh while reading it. -
Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park
Age 9: Around this age is when I started to read small chapter books. My mom bought the first book in this series for me, and I was hooked. I still continue to read them now for a bit of nostalgia. -
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Age 9: This book was a book that we read together as a class in 4th grade. I was so excited to read it because my teacher mentioned that we would watch the movie when we were finished. The ending made me really sad and I did not enjoy that. -
Animal Farm by George Orwell
8th Grade Year: I read this in my 8th grade English class, and I did not like it. I didn't want to read it so I would find a synopsis of the chapters we were supposed to read so I would not fall behind. -
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Junior/High School Years
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Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Sophomore Year: This book was read in my sophomore English class. This was a class favorite but I particularly did not enjoy it. I would love to read it nowadays to see if I would like it now, but I haven't got around to it yet. -
1984 by George Orwell
Senior Year: 1984 was the book that I read the entirety of senior year English. During my senior year, COVID-19 was actively happening, so I was not able to finish it, but I do remember not liking it. -
Twisted Love by Anna Huang
Age 20: This is book 1 in my favorite book series. When I first started reading it, I could not put it down. I read it in a span of 2 days. This book is so good, I read it twice. -
Twisted Games by Anna Huang
Age 20: This is book 2 in my favorite book series. I also have read this book twice. -
Twisted Hate by Anna Huang
Age 20: This is book 3 in my favorite book series. I have also read this book twice. -
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Age 20: I started to read this book series because I was watching the television series at the time. I struggled to read/finish this 3 book series because I did not enjoy it. I did end up finishing them but in a 2 month time span and I would not read it again, I prefer the television series. -
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Bookworm Years
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Twisted Lies by Anna Huang
Age 21: This book is number 4 and the last in my favorite book series. It just came out not that long ago, so I have only read it once, but I am on the verge of rereading it soon. -
Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter
Age 21: I picked up this book because of the synopsis on the back. It is about a small-town girl and her bad boy next-door neighbor falling in love. What also got me hooked was that each chapter title was a movie quote. -
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
Age 21: This was the first book that I read that started my bookworm years. I cannot remember when I first picked it up and read it, but I have read it multiple times and this is the most recent.