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My relationship with reading began when I was about 3 or 4 years old. When I first started this journey with reading I did not really like it. I only read books because I was forced to in school and at home. I did not understand why people would get so excited when a new book was coming out, or why people would go on and on about how good a book was. I did not really take interest in reading books until I had finally found a book series that I loved: the Geronimo Stilton series written by Elisabetta Dami. I loved those books because they were action-packed, humorous, and captivating: I was so hooked on to that series. However, as I began to grow a little older I found that the Geronimo Stilton series was beginning to get a little too easy to

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