Hi, I'm Samantha. I love reading. When I  was in fifth grade I was reading at about a seventh or eighth grade level. Now I'm in eighth grade and I'm probably in a high school level.  My parent always read me books and I had  tons of books always scattered around and by my bed.  When I was in first grade, I started reading little chapter books to my parents and that really helped me learn and expand my reading level. NowI tend to read bigger books that are usually fiction. I don't really like nonfiction books because I feel like I'm studying and have to memorize it for a test or something. I love reading series. Some of my favorite series are The Mortal Instruments, The Vampire Diaries,The Secret Circle, The Lying Game, and the Gallagher Girls books. My favorite author is L.J Smith, I have read almost all her books and I like The Forbidden Games, Dark Visions, And the Night World Series. I like mysterious books and ones about supernatural stuff like vampires and werewolves and that's pretty much all l.J Smith writes about so that's why she's my favorite. I also like love stories mixed in the plot, which L.J Smith always has, almost every book I've read has a love triangle. The new book I love is The Mortal Instruments and I am on the second book, City of Ashes. It is amazing. I read the first book in one day, probably a couple of hours because I couldn't stop reading it. The plot was mysterious, it involves supernatural stuff like shadowhunters and warlocks and there is a big love triangle. Reading is one of my favorite things.