I honestly cannot remember when I first learned to read. My best guess would be when I was about 3 or 4 years old. I remember when I was in kindergarten and I was reading several short stories a week. I was reading small novels by the time I was in 1st grade. When I was in 2nd grade I was already reading at a 7th grade level! When I was in I think 3rd grade I discovered the Harry Potter Series. I read at least the first 5 that year. I had completely finished the series when I was in 5th grade!
When I was in elementary school and middle school, I was always reading trying to get the most A.R. points. It started in 3rd grade when my teacher bought McDonalds for the person with the most A.R. points every week. I won that about 6 times that year. I continued to read all the time until the end of middle school. By that time, I think I had read every good series I could think of. I read Harry Potter, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Maximum Ride, The Chronicles of Narnia, and a lot more.
I think the last really good series I read was The Hunger Games. I read the first 2 in 7th grade and the last one in 8th grade. After I read the 3rd book, I stopped reading almost completely, besides reading for school. I think having to read for school pretty much killed my love for reading. I have not read a book on my own in almost 3 years I think. Now I virtually hate reading because of having to read for school. Now when I read anything, instead of reading it and being interested, I immediately think of school. I really need to start reading again.
