The Book That Made You Fall In Love With Reading

[Paul]

Enid Blyton got me into books , and my early adult years was james hadley Chase .

[Skye]

Kelly wrote: "Nancy Drew and Little House on the Prairie, as a kid."

Nancy Drew was my favorite as well as Cherry Ames; my girl friend's husband is related to Laura Ingalls Wilder.

[Skye]

Bill wrote: "One of the first books I remember was "The Yearling". I really liked it. I read a lot when I was young, still do. We had a "Lois Lenski Room" for kids at the local library. I was there every Saturd..."

I read it and saw the movie and cried and cried.

[Brenda]

I read a lot as a kid. Favorites were and . As a teenager, .

[Groovy]

Honestly, I don't think there was any one book that got me into reading. I think a lot of us are born with that trait. For as long back as I can remember, I read. People around me saw my love for reading and supplied me with lots of books. I didn't care what genre they were, I read them.

My favorite times at school were our trips to the library where I would go to the biography section and read the series on all the presidents and inventors. (that knowledge pays off when Jeopardy comes on)

[Luffy Sempai]

The first books I read in my life were all by Enid Blyton. I thought they were okay. But it was when I was 9 years old, when I was at a tuition class, when I became a passionate reader. Our teacher was reading a version of Beauty and The Beast. He was breaking down and repeating what were simple, unadorned sentences. But for someone with such limited perception, the words made an impact on me.

[Jessica]

For me the book that started me on my love of reading was The Runaway Robot by Lester DelRay. I read it for the first time in the 5th grade and I jusr kept reading it over and over. Today I have very eclectic tastes in books, but a good Sci Fi story still gets me every time.

[SUSAN *Nevertheless,she persisted*]

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

[Scott]

In high school I read a Scholastic book that was so good and don't even remember the title of it. But as a kid I bought a bunch of book from our monthly catalog. In high school we read most everyone of S.E. Hinton books that turned me to reading novels. In the early to mid 90's and in my early to mid 20's I was reading a lot of Star Trek:TNG novels. That got me into reading thrillers, mystery and suspense novels for the past 19 years. Since I was around 10 or 11 I had an interest in reading nonfiction books and biographies. Since 10 grade I still have a strong interest in reading about history.

[Kelly]

I also fell in love all over again with reading in high school when I started reading S. E. Hinton books. Still love The Outsiders to this day!

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The Secret Garden
I was six years old, I had just learned how to read by myself and I vividly remember the effort and excitement page after page after page. I will never forget that feeling. As much as I go on reading :).

[Maggie the Muskoka Library Mouse]

Jack London's "White Fang."

[Sirena]

I think it was Ramona the Pest and all the Beverly Cleary books. After that it was Nancy Drew.

[Ken]

Tom Swift Jr.

[Kirsten]

Brenda wrote: "I read a lot as a kid. Favorites were and when I was a kid. I vaguely remember also reading a book around the same time about a volcano.

[Rory]

SUSAN wrote: "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"

Never read that to be honest but I am familiar with the author's work on the 007 series.

[Rory]

Chandler's The Big Sleep & Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird

[Kirsten]

I don't know... was it ? Or maybe ?

[Anna]

Definitely Enid Blyton: Famous Five and/or Secret Seven.
I was devastated to read recently that publishers are considering updating the language of the books to make it sound modern. It was the oh so English argot that I fell in love with and still love to this day. Pleeeease leave it alone!

[Kirsten]

Anna wrote: "Definitely Enid Blyton: Famous Five and/or Secret Seven.
I was devastated to read recently that publishers are considering updating the language of the books to make it sound modern. It was the oh ..."

I hate it when they do that.

[Cosmos]

Lassie Come-Home is the book that started my love of reading when I was just a young boy.

[Kirsten]

Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard was a book I loved in middle school!

[Brenda]

Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard was a book I loved in middle school!"

That was a favorite of mine, too, Kirsten.

Cosmos, I never read any Lassie books, but watched the tv show.

[Lorrea - WhatChaReadin'?]

I realized that I never responded to this thread.

The book I can remember that really made me fall in love with reading would have to be one of the Shel Siverstein poetry books. I remember my best friend and I acting out the silly poems in them.

[Karen]

3rd grade the set of "Little House on the Prarie" books. Like it was yesterday. Also like Kelly said above the Nancy Drew book also added to my voracious appetite to read. We are on the same page.

[Jason E.]

Just discovered this thread. Cool topic. The Lord of the Rings saga. Once I got into the Fellowship, I became an avid reader. Gradually I tried other types of fiction; RA Salvatore, Clive Cussler, Tom Clancy, and eventually Brad Thor. Still discovering cool new fiction (to me) every few months or so.

[Joanna]

Enid Blyton introduced me to my lifelong love of reading. I posted about it at www.joannaelm.com/articles/ after reading that she was a favorite of author Paula Hawkins too. Writing about Blyton brought back all sorts of memories of her books. I think in some respects, Blyton was way ahead of her time : As I write in my blog, Georgina/George in The Famous Five appears to be the first ever transgender protagonist in children's fiction??? Does anyone else agree?

[Marie]

My parents bought me some Nancy Drew books for my birthday when I was young and that kick-started my love of books.

[Perri]

M wrote: "My parents bought me some Nancy Drew books for my birthday when I was young and that kick-started my love of books."

Ha, Mary and I were just saying how we loved Nancy Drew as well!

[Marie]

Perri wrote: "M wrote: "My parents bought me some Nancy Drew books for my birthday when I was young and that kick-started my love of books."

Ha, Mary and I were just saying how we loved Nancy Drew as well!"

They were thrilling, exciting, and I couldn't get enough of them!

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My first job at the wee age of 14 was working in a library shelving books. Huckleberry Finn was an absolute favorite but Judy Blume when I was a teen. At the library I think I read more than shelved, but got turned on to Stephen King, who scared the crap out of me. Which I loved, of course. He was the first author/books that I started to purchase.

[Kirsten]

"I must ... I must ... increase my bust!"

[Eileen]

I started reading Enid blytons the famous five at the age of 5 and this kick started my love of reading.i so envied the famous five their many adventures!

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Kirsten *Miss Misty is awfully sick... please send good thoughts her way!" wrote: ""I must ... I must ... increase my bust!""

LOL!!

[Linda]

Thought I would restart this discussion again, does anybody remember The Bobbsey Twins or Millie Molly Mandy?

[Gabriel]

For me it was Salem’s Lot and Flowers in the Attic. I read these one after the other when I was around ten. They not only made me fall in love with reading but made me fall in love with how a writer could leave me gobsmacked and mesmerised. This was also the moment I knew I wanted to tell my own stories. My only regret is that it took me so long to write my first.

[Sandy]

Black Beauty was the book for me. I couldn't get enough of that wonderful horse and it's story.

[Katie]

I can't think of just one book but when I was little Roald Dahl was my absolute favorite. I kept reading because I enjoyed him so much.

[Linda]

The Bobsey Twiins, Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, The Secret Garden

[G.J.]

The Famous Five books, but I just loved reading so devoured most books I could get my hands on , from a young age, my Mum was an avid reader, so she encouraged us !

[Ricky]

There have been a number of books that has deepened my love slowly. My younger reading days Bravo Two Zero and u went on to read all the books of the various soldiers from the operation. Dan Browns first four books in my early adulthood and then Time Travellers Wife was a big book for me. In recent years Nineteen minutes, Girl on a train and Gone Girl. Love a good thriller

[Stephanie Jean]

Mine was Tami Hoag - The 9th Girl and a few others in which she wrote; from there I’ve selected different authors but didn’t stray from the Thriller/Suspense genre. I am 100% a bookworm and that’s what I do with every spare moment. 📖😎

[Lisa]

I’d have to say the Little House on the Prairie books made me fall in love with reading.

[swatreads]

For me it was The Naughtiest Girl series by Enid Blyton when I was In 5th grade.

[Luvtoread (Trying to catch up)]

My book was Little Women. I was maybe 8 or 9 and found it in my basement and fell in love completely. I read it over and over and over. I think I found myself living in that book and wishing I was part of that family! I was hook, line and sinker forever with reading from then on.

[E.]

I learned to read very early. By 5 years old I had read most all of the Bobsey Twins books. But at 11 years old I read Stephen King’s “Carrie” and knew, even while reading it, it would change my life.

[Gabriel]

For me it was Salem’s Lot by Stephen King and Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews.

[Kirsten]

Dr Seuss, Nancy Drew, Dr Dolittle, Andre Norton

[Lynn Renee]

My mother and I were recently talking and I remembered some of the books I loved as a child. Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry and all other books in the series. My nephew and his girlfriend went on vacation to Assoteague (sp?) and were woken up to the wild horses trying to steal their food in the morning. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell and My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George (this one had me wanting to move out into the wilderness and live off the land - a recurring theme in my life)

[Aymen]

Not the first, but it definitely made me realize how powerful reading is, 22-11-63 by Stephen King, an amazing experience.