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In First Grade, we had reading logs that we had to get signed by our parents after every week. We had to go home and read for 20 minutes each night. I didn't look forward to this because at the time I did not like to read and I didn't think that I was good at it. -
In Second Grade, our teacher read us a story about a pig Poppleton who always ate grapefruit. The book stuck out to me because I remember that my teacher brought in grapefruit for the class to try. I thought it was so gross, which made the book always stick out to me. -
In Third Grade, I discovered the "Junie B. Jones" series and I absolutely loved it. At the time I still didn't really enjoy reading, but when I had to I would always choose to read one of the books from the series. I remember enjoying them and thinking they were so funny. -
In Fifth Grade, I remember we read the book "Chains" as a class. This was the only book I remember around this time that I actually enjoyed reading and discussing as a class. Normally I would get nervous reading as a class, but I really understood this book which was different for me and I really liked it. -
In Seventh Grade, I picked my silent reading book to be "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton. I took it from the few books my sister had in her room because I didn't have any to read. I had already watched the movie with my sister because she loved it, so I already knew what the book was about. I ended up loving the book more than the movie and sometimes still reread some chapters from the book. -
During the summer going into Eighth Grade, my sister bought the book "Alex Approximately" by Jenn Bennet. I had never really been interested in reading outside of school, but I read the back of the book and decided it sounded interesting. I ended up reading it in two days and I absolutely loved it. It is the first book that really got me into reading and made me think of it as a hobby and not a chore. -
Freshman year I got injured and was out of my sport, so instead I spent most of my time reading. "The Things We Leave Unfinished" by Rebecca Yarros really stuck out to me. I enjoyed how it went back and forth between the lives of the grandmother and granddaughter telling their stories. It told the story of the grandmother finding love during a war and the granddaughter finding love with the man meant to finish her grandmother's book. -
For my summer Reading I chose to read "Beautiful Boy" by David Sheff. I had already seen the movie and I really enjoyed it. This wasn't a book I would normally pick to read, but it was very interesting and I really liked it. I liked how it went so much more in depth compared to the movie and I really think it was beautifully written given the story it tells.