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My parents looked at picture books with me
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I loved interactive books
My parents would read me interactive or touch books. I especially remember ones about Barney. -
I recieved my first see-and-say
Mom or dad would pull the level and the arrow would land on a specific animal and make the animals sound -
I tried to read the Disney Baby books
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Grover made me laugh in "The Monster at the End of this Book"
I remember begging my mom to read this book over and over again. Once my little brother was born I loved to read it to him. -
Anything about animals!
My sister and I would read the zoobooks, and try to learn anything we could about animals -
Hank the Cow Dog was my best friend
In 3rd grade, Hank the Cow Dog played an important role in my AR points! I probably read almost off of that series. -
The Nancy Drew Series
On the day before my families garage sell, I was looking through an old box from the attic and found about 4 Nancy Drew books. I started reading them and couldnt stop! -
I found out about Bill Wallace's "A Dog Called Kitty"
I LOVED this book. I read it at least twice and myy mother ended up buying it for me -
Reading "Speak in 6th grade
Speak forever changed the way I picked books. I absolutely loved it, and the way I connected to the main character. I felt as though I gained something after reading it. -
Crime novels
Around seventh grade, I started reading crime novels, such as Mary Higgens Clark. I saw we had some of her novels around the house, and my mother told me I would enjoy them. -
"Death and Dying Books"
In seventh grade, the peer who sat behind me in English class was reading "Baby Alicia is Dying" by Lurlene McDaniel. I asked her how she liked it and she said I had to read it. For the next year, all I read was Lurlene Mcdaniel books. I would cry in my room while reading the "Death and Dying" books, as my mom called them. -
Classic Literature beginings
9th grade marked the time I remember reading classic literature such as Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet. -
Decipering and trying to understand Greek Mythology.
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World Literature in College
World Literature was a great class. We read things like Dante's Inferno and compared parts of the Koran and the Bible. We also read the Epic of Gilgamesh -
Fun Reads
Over the past year I have read a lot of books. My mother seems to always have a book under her nose, and I think I have followed suit. I have recently enjoyed, the Dragon Tattoo Series, The Hunger Games and other dystopic novels
