I was at a YA Librarian day a few months back and Teri Lesesne spoke about having everyone in her class create a reading history. It sounded like fun, so I thought I'd give it a try.
College reading and high school reading blend a bit...
College reading happened mostly in the summer, with the exception of my senior year. I took a children's writing course and we needed to go to the library. So I went to the public library and got myself a card - and wondered why I didn't do that my first year there. Stupid. I spent time reading books again, mostly on the weekends because I was an early riser. I have a hard time remembering most of the books I read, but there are few that stand out.
I also worked in my hometown public library during summer vacations. I remember my father reading an article in the paper about Harry Potter and asking me if I read the books. I hadn't heard of them. The third one was just coming out. I grabbed the first one from the library and started it. At first I wasn't impressed - until I got to the end of the first chapter and the Boy Who Lived.
![Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)](https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1361572757l/3.jpg)
From my summer readings, I also remember:
![The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)](https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388857089l/402045.jpg)
A friend recommended this fantasy series and I fell in love with it.
![The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain #1)](https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1405184012l/24780.jpg)
I went through a Meave Binchy phase - my two favorites:
![Tara Road](https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320466391l/421440.jpg)
![Evening Class](https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1368673760l/41967.jpg)
I read Rosamunde Pilcher
![Wild Mountain Thyme](https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388801787l/60465.jpg)
I read more LM Montgomery than just Emily. I finished the Anne series (including her daughter's books)
![The Blue Castle](https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1442108651l/95693.jpg)
![Rilla of Ingleside (Anne of Green Gables, #8)](https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1285712722l/433533.jpg)
I loved Little Women and read through the others and more of Louisa May Alcott's work
![Little Men](https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1344266428l/1329952.jpg)
![Jo's Boys](https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1344265161l/1329946.jpg)
![Eight Cousins](https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1420671509l/845828.jpg)
![An Old-Fashioned Girl](https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1186343996l/1649012.jpg)
I went to England for a semester abroad and read:
![Bridget Jones's Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)](https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1292060045l/227443.jpg)
Which fueled my love for women's fiction and I tore through several authors:
![Good in Bed (Cannie Shapiro, #1)](https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327936464l/14748.jpg)
![Welcome to Temptation (Dempseys, #1)](https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1312011677l/33727.jpg)
![Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married](https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1407707569l/9303.jpg)
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