My Reading Autobiography

My life as a reader has been a little bit up and down.  I started pretty early like most kids and I was in an accelerated program by the 1st grade.  If I can remember correctly, I was at least into "chapter books" by the 1st grade and I would read a little bit at home, mainly the "Junie B. Jones" series and other books like that.  I do not remember much about later elementary school readings, besides one series called "Chasing the Falconers" which I read twice.  As I got into middle school I began to slack with my school reading and never read outside of class as I got more and more involved with sports and other activities.  That extended through 8th grade and I got into high school a little under-prepared.  There were sometimes during my freshman year when I did not open the book we were supposed to read once.  I have been getting better about it though and I hope that continues.


I still do not read much for pleasure, but I do enjoy autobiographies by the athletes I look up to the most, such as Tim Tebow and David Ortiz.  Those are the only kind of books I read for pleasure.  I feel like reading these books help me with my habits as an athlete and learning what it takes to make it big, and the hard work necessary for that.


I do not feel like reading has helped me much in my life besides what I said above.  That is probably because I don't read enough for it to have that big of an impact on me and my daily life.