Back when I was a bibbie, I believe The Cat in the Hat was the first book I read through all by myself. I remember thinking it was so incredibly long as the writing took up more of the page than the pictures lol.

My first full length feature film novel I read was Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. I remember first watching the 1943 movie starring Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine. I was devastated at the beginning and slowly began falling in love with the story. My mom had an old creased paperback that was halfway to falling apart. This was back when I first started getting into reading a bunch so I decided to give it a go.

Needless to say that awoke my love for darker (but wholesome) romances lol.

I definitely plan on re-reading it since I am about twenty years older at this point. Hopefully, I held onto the same level of enjoyment.