I used to be, then I realized life is too boring (and my TBR is too long) to read books I don't like ;3

Oh, that is a great opening, no wonder it stuck with you! :D

I loved His Dark Materials, although I first read it many moons ago so I can't remember if I was immediately into it or if it was more of a slow burn. What I do remember was me closing the last book and staring into space for quite some time, thinking some part of me had been rewritten entirely. I was a very dramatic teenager, can you tell? xD