Reading Timeline

• First books were Loser, Bud, Not Buddy, Holes, Caps for Sale, and The Cat in the Hat.
• I never really wanted to write a book because they were so many pages that it disinterested me in writing since I was lazy and didn't want to spend my time writing.
• Reading back then wasn't as bad because I would always want to read since those books were interesting to me, and it seemed like I had fun reading them.
• One of the greatest milestones was actually finish reading the first Harry Potter book, I believe in the 4th or 5th grade.
• That was a milestone because everyone loved those books back then and it was like the first book that was over like 200 pages long that I had ever read.
• I first knew I could read around the age of 5, when I started reading beginner books and street signs.
• I always would use my imagination even before 5 because I would go to Burger King with my mom and go in the playhouses, there I would imagine to be the king of the playhouse and beat other little kids up if they wanted to climb to the top of it.
• I always thought I knew complex literary concepts when I first began reading, but in reality I didn't end up knowing some by the age of about 12, when I read Harry Potter.
• Books that had an effect on me were Bud, Not Buddy and Jackie and Me.
• Bud, Not Buddy effected me because I didn't know how much slavery was a problem back in the old days, so it struck my attention.
• Jackie and Me effected me because Jackie Robinson was the first black player to play major league baseball and broke the baseball barrier that I didn't think was a problem since I see baseball now and there are a lot of African Americans playing.
• Books that I have read recently include: The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Hamlet, Beowulf, Macbeth, and Othello by William Shakespeare, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
• I read all those books because that is what we read during 11th and 12th grade, recently I haven't read a book.