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Post by devilishlybookish on Jun 8, 2011 20:26:42 GMT -5
I think it safe to assume that since we're all book lovers here that each of us picked up a book at one time or another that flicked a switch and made us all bookworms.
For me, I'd have to say it was Matilda. I picked it up in the library when I was six or so and I guess I just wanted to be Matilda. After that, I devoured as many books as I could as fast as I could.
How about you?
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Post by embonpoint on Jun 8, 2011 20:30:39 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure it was the Sheltie books. They were about a girl and her Shetland horse, who was, naturally, the hero all the time. There were about seventeen of them and I devoured them all. I remember the first time I managed to finish one in a single evening, I was so excited!
Those and Animal Ark books, which we had because my sister loved them, but I read them all, too.
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Post by andreaisabbbw on Jun 8, 2011 20:34:46 GMT -5
It was this book I found at the library about a Native American girl who was enslaved by the Spanish colonialists. I can't remember the title or the author to save my life, but it was an amazing book that made me want to find more books. I think I was in fifth grade when I picked it up. I also really liked the books about the blue cat (Were they named Felix the Cat? I can't remember) in kindergarten so I guess I showed a love of books at an early age.
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Post by devilishlybookish on Jun 8, 2011 20:38:48 GMT -5
Those and Animal Ark books, which we had because my sister loved them, but I read them all, too. |
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Post by Fuck Yeah Dion on Jun 8, 2011 20:38:53 GMT -5
I guess the default answer would be Goosebumps and Choose Your Own Adventure.
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Post by andreaisabbbw on Jun 8, 2011 20:40:42 GMT -5
I guess the default answer would be Goosebumps and Choose Your Own Adventure. Ha, I remember everyone would fight over the Goosebumps books when we were in school. |
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Post by KatjevanLoon on Jun 8, 2011 20:45:32 GMT -5
Danny and the Dinosaur. It's what I learned to read on.
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Post by cyanea on Jun 8, 2011 20:51:17 GMT -5
I read kids books when I was a young one. According to my mom, when I was two or three, I started reading a book to her when she was taking too long (she read me a book while I was in the tub. She was taking too long to come into the bathroom, so I picked it up and started reading it). Reading was never really a "thing" for me though. I never truly enjoyed it as a passion like I do now...until seventh grade.
My social studies teacher that year was a huge fantasy fan and had a collection of books she lent students: Tolkien, Robert Jordan, David Eddings, and others. She offered to loan me a book when I expressed interest, I had no idea what I wanted to read, and she handed me The Belgariad by David Eddings.
That was the beginning.
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Post by Fuck Yeah Dion on Jun 8, 2011 20:54:22 GMT -5
This is kind of weird, but I still don't really feel like a reader, I guess.
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jun 8, 2011 22:23:26 GMT -5
The first book that I read on my own was Oh, the Places You'll Go, and I've loved books ever since. What really hammered it in, though, was Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness Quartet -- that was what began my seeing books as a refuge, and brought my love to new levels of devotion.
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Post by Marina on Jun 8, 2011 22:25:47 GMT -5
Is it bad that I don't remember? I mean I read books in two different languages and as far as I remember I have always liked reading. But if we're speaking about English, it was either the Magic Tree House series that did me in, or Inkheart. Or both.
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Post by tastyink on Jun 8, 2011 22:48:34 GMT -5
Oh man, my mom used to read Miss Spider books to me since before I could read. That definitely fostered my love of reading and my love of spiders.
Also, I used to have a book of short stories that I loved to read which included an excerpt of Oh, the Places You'll Go .
Then, I went back to "real school" after being home schooled for a while and kids picked on me for being a bookworm. So, for years I wouldn't read because I didn't want to be a nerd (my anxiety was really bad back then so I blame that).
Now that you have my life story I'll leave. I really need to stop over-sharing.
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Post by pjthefey on Jun 9, 2011 1:45:35 GMT -5
All of Mercedes Lackey's writing.
She was the one that really got the ball rolling for me.
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Post by devilishlybookish on Jun 9, 2011 2:11:29 GMT -5
All of Mercedes Lackey's writing. She was the one that really got the ball rolling for me. |
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Post by Olive on Jun 9, 2011 8:03:49 GMT -5
I have no bloody idea... I know that the first book I read on my own involved chocolate chip cookies, but I don't remember a time when I wasn't a reader. I just... am.
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