I hated reading until about fifth grade when I fell madly in love with it, and ever since then, reading has become a very integral part of my life.

One of the first book series that made a big impact on me and really added to my love of reading was the "Harry Potter "series, my mom read the first couple to me, then I started reading them on my own. With seven books in the series, there was always something to look forward to.

I love the feeling of getting so caught up in a book that you feel like you can’t even put it down and you have to know what happens next. There are nights where I will accidentally stay up into the wee hours of the morning just to finish a book that, at least in my case, I probably started that same day. I am an avid reader and, if I could, would read books all day long every day.

My favorite genre of books is Sci-Fi or Fantasy, I love books that are rooted in the reality of our everyday lives, but convincingly contain something that can’t possibly happen.

For example, a normal town with the character(s) living their everyday lives until they discover the existence of vampires or a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies or even a future North America that pits children against children in order to survive.

These are the kind of books that can take you on adventures; where you get to live out your dreams from the comfort of your own home. Books can take you to a whole other world whether you want to escape from your daily reality or just immerse yourself in another universe for fun.

Books are currently and will remain a very important part of my life for the rest of it and, hopefully, lead on into my children’s lives and their children’s lives.