re: What hooked you on reading & what is the first book you remember reading?

The first novel that I read that led to my reading for pleasure as a habit was Dragon's Blood by Jane Yolen. I found it in the library at my school when I was in 2nd grade. It's part of The Pit Dragon series. It's the story of a slave boy who raises a dragon in secret to fight in the betting pits so that he can win his freedom. It's kind of a mix of fantasy and science fiction. It was probably a few years more advanced than where I was at the time. I think I found it wandering around a section where I wasn't supposed to be.