Were you always a reader?

Kia · Post by **Kia** » 20 Mar 2016, 18:04

moderntimes wrote:Kia, I had few friends as a kid mostly because I was a dedicate reader and I suppose I outpaced the others. I was always reading science books and so I knew stuff my little pals did not, nor were they interested in.

I loved astronomy as a kid and built a telescope to look at the Moon and planets, was thrilled to see the moons of Jupiter and so on. My pals thought I was goofy because a telescope was "silly".

And thus began the separation.

Yup, that sounds familiar!

moderntimes · Post by **moderntimes** » 20 Mar 2016, 18:32

Kia, this sort of separation went on to other things... I devoured all the boy-stuff books at the public library and when I was about, mmm, 10 or so, my folks signed a permission slip for me to have an "ADULT" card, which meant that I could check out any book I wanted. The stacks were a delight to me.

When I showed my pals my "grownup" library card, their reaction was "so what?" -- Sigh. It was about then that we diverged.

CrescentMoon · Post by **CrescentMoon** » 20 Mar 2016, 18:50

I read a lot when I was in elementary school. But starting in middle and high school I didn't really read for fun much. I think I felt like I didn't have enough time. I think during the middle of college though I picked up a book after a long time and started reading a lot again. I've been reading a lot ever since.

littlebookworm · Post by **littlebookworm** » 22 Mar 2016, 22:29

I always have been. In my house we didn't have cable until I was in high school and no internet. My mom was a firm believer in creating your own entertainment, even if that meant sitting on the porch for 4 hours with my nose buried in a book.

My favorite day was library day. The excitement of being able to spend a couple hours lost on the rows that towered over me, reading the back or seeing eye catching titles. Gathering as many as I could carry back to where my mom was waiting so we could decide what to read there, and what to take home. I could never choose. I would always urge her to read another, and another, because I didn't want to leave any book unread, and I couldn't chance a book not being there when we came back next week.

It pains me when I hear my nieces and nephews say that they don't enjoy reading. I know my love of it stems from my parents, and I hope to pass that along to my children as well.

Mike_Lang · Post by **Mike_Lang** » 23 Mar 2016, 11:42

Pretty much. On the first day I started school I was the only one in my class who didn't know the alphabet or how to write my name so I kind of overcompensated by trying to be better at reading than any of them. I started with comic books (which is basically how I learned to read) then moved quickly from "kids" books to more grown up stuff.

We moved around a lot and almost always lived way out in the country, so I didn't have many friends my age, and we didn't get much TV reception so I just immersed myself in my "book friends".

missreaderSusie · Post by **missreaderSusie** » 23 Mar 2016, 11:45

I didn't get into reading books properly untill I was 17. Now I'm the biggest bookworm ever

jdy · Post by **jdy** » 23 Mar 2016, 14:03

I have always liked to read. I can remember even as a young child going to the library to get books.

bluemel4 · Post by **bluemel4** » 23 Mar 2016, 14:52

I wish I could say yes, but I did not start reading until 4th grade. I was peer pressured by a friend to start and once I did I never stopped. It got so bad that I would read while walking to classes and pump into all sorts of things: People, walls, doors, book bags... You name it I bumped into it. It didn't stop me from having my nose in a book though.

Kia · Post by **Kia** » 23 Mar 2016, 16:55

bluemel4 wrote:I wish I could say yes, but I did not start reading until 4th grade. I was peer pressured by a friend to start and once I did I never stopped. It got so bad that I would read while walking to classes and pump into all sorts of things: People, walls, doors, book bags... You name it I bumped into it. It didn't stop me from having my nose in a book though.

I used to do that too! I can't believe I never got hit by a car.

Akalashley · Post by **Akalashley** » 25 Mar 2016, 00:15

Yes!

I have always loved to read. Even when I didn't know how to read I was begging anyone and everyone to read to me. Now I enjoy reading to my children!

Sumaiyah963 · Post by **Sumaiyah963** » 25 Mar 2016, 01:41

Always.....I loved reading. My mom told me that I even used to read my elder sister's english literature to textbook (had lots of stories in It!) even when I was small. I remember hunting down Enid blyton books that my sister used to hide away from me while I was in first grade!!

Jolyon Trevelyan · Post by **Jolyon Trevelyan** » 26 Mar 2016, 05:22

Pretty much yes

janae811 · Post by **janae811** » 26 Mar 2016, 22:34

Yes.I could only read a book with a fancy cover until I got older and realized sometimes the plain ones had the best writing.

Ashlee · Post by **Ashlee** » 27 Mar 2016, 05:28

I have always been a reader, it is one of my all time favourite things to do.

read-by-Theresa · Post by **read-by-Theresa** » 29 Mar 2016, 07:48

Yes, I have always been a reader. I used to get in trouble from my mother for staying in my room reading when she thought I should be outside playing. As a child the sun gave me a headache and I would much rather read. As a parent and now a grandparent, I can't imagine not encouraging a child to read as much as they wanted.