The Life of a Somewhat Casual Reader

My whole life I have been a somewhat casual reader. Even when I was relatively younger I enjoyed the books that average six and seven year olds generally enjoyed to read, such as Dr. Seuss books.  My older brothers have always been a huge influence on what I have read over the years. Both of my older brothers were HUGE nerds. They both geeked over The Lord of The Rings Trilogy. They would always watch the movies in front of me, which I still thoroughly enjoy to this day. They encouraged me to read good books like The Hobbit or Harry Potter, not the “trash” so to say. When I was in the earlier stages of my school career, I read books such as Captain Underpants and Junie B. Jones. When it came to literature, things got better when I hit the 3^rd grade. During the 3^rd grade, I read the first 9 Series of Unfortunate
Events Books. The hardships that Violet, Clause, and Sonny had to endure during the series proved to be the most amazing source of storytelling that my 8 year old self had ever read. Count Olaf proved to be a sinister character, solely due to his avarice. I steadily began to finish the series as the books were released.
As I grew older I began to read at a more advanced level. When I was just 10 years old I read J.R.R Tolkien's The Hobbit. The tale of Bilbo proved to be more of an amazing adventure to me. I spent alot of time reading the hobbit. After I read The Hobbit, I became very fascinated in the world of Middle Earth. I read the first book in the Lord of The Rings saga, The Fellowship of The Ring. The tale of Frodo, Bilbo's nephew, on a quest to destroy the one ring to rule them all with a fellowship consisting of men, elves, and dwarfes proved to appeal to me more than anything in the world. I have yet to read the remaining two books. The Lord of The Rings are a part of me now.
I hit a stump in 5th grade, where I read pointless childrens books. This category includes books like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Junie B. Jones, etc. Pointless childrens stories. I took a class in 7th grade called Advanced Reading and Writing. In that class we read stories such as Canyons, a story about a boy named Coyote Runs. In that class though, our teacher introduced us all to a incredibly famous book called The Hunger Games. The story of The Hunger Games appealed to all of us, mainly due to its violent nature. The things that Katniss Everdeen had to experience in that book both intriuged and frightened me to another level. Reading that book forced me to finish the stories VERY quickly. The Hunger Games Trilogy remains one of my favorites.
I did not read one book in my 8th and 9th grade years because of reasons I cannot remember. As I progress through Mrs. Harmons Pre-Ap English 10 class, I hope to be reconnected to reading as much as I used to be.