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By Marcia Brown. This was one of the books I taught myself to read with. I loved how the community came together to take care of each other, and I remember wanting someone to come and do the same for me.
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By Jack Kent. This was a frequently read book by me, and I now read it to my own children. (The same copy too!)
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By Gail Herman, and others by James Gelsey. I started reading these books at a young age because it was one of my favorite kid shows.
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By J.K. Rowling. I started reading this because my parent's had the first movie on one day after school and I wanted to know more about it.
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By Jenny Nimmo. I started reading this in 5th grade because my teacher refused to believe I could read books like that and understand them. I then read all the books, and wrote a 7 page essay explaining the plots, characters, and climax. Mostly to prove a point.
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By Ann Brashares. I read this when I started middle school as it was one of the books they had in the suggested pile.
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By Sharon E. Heisel. I read this in middle school because I had a crush on a guy with bright blue eyes.
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By Cornelia Funke. I read this in 6th grade because I was very interested in fantasy novels, and still has a whole year before the last Harry Potter book came out.
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By Kristin Kladstrup. I read this in 7th grade as a library book and it is a book I think about often today and I believe it has shaped my curiosity as an adult.
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This series was written by Jodi Lynn Anderson. I read this in middle school after discovering the similarities to the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
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By Raymond Buckland. I started reading this because it was my friend's book and she suggested it. This led to me having an overall magical outlook on all living beings and has altered who I am today.
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I had to read these in my 8th grade language arts class but I soon grew fond over the dark mood of the stories.
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By C.S. Lewis. A lady at church bought me this book for Christmas. It had so many stories listed that I read it for years.
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By Bisco Hatori. I watched the anime of this and then wanted to read the books because they only had one season of the show. Now my kids watch this same anime.
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By J. R. R. Tolkien. I started reading this in 10th grade because I would sneak up to the library and hide behind a bookshelf instead of go to lunch. Due to this I was only able to read books I could easily grab from my location and this was the first one I grabbed.
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By L.J. Smith. I started reading this because my boyfriend at the time enjoyed the series.
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I also started reading these because they were in easy to reach spots from my hidden reading nook in the high school library.
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By Stephenie Meyer. I jumped on the Twilight book series much later than my peers, and only bought it because my friend's wanted me to see the last movie with them and I wanted to make sure I understood what was going on. I read them all within the weekend.
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By Bishou no Marina. This is a fanfiction I fell in love with over my favorite video game series, Fable. I have a deep love for books/shows/etc that connect to previous installments or other shows completely. (Like a mashup with Scooby Doo and Johnny Bravo in the movie, despite not belonging together.)
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Collection of information from Nintendo. I started reading this because I wasn't aware all the games were connected and wanted to know more.
