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Who/what made you read the book/series that got you into books?
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Apr 10, 2024 05:15PM
For me it was my brother, he tried to make me read a series he really liked when he was my age and finally convinced me to read it. I was in 3-4 grade at the time and the series was Wings Of Fire.
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I was going to school and bored in the car so i started looking for random audio books. I settled on Fairytale by Stephen King and ended up picking up the physical book halfway through and havent put down books since. Good question!
When I was very young, I saw a friend reading Narnia; and I thought that it was cool (very aesthetic). So, I grabbed a book from home and started reading. I wasn't finished with the first page I got bored. Turns out Pride and Prejudice is not for first time readers. (Also, english is my second language and was still learning it.) I haven't touched a book since then. I didn't also know there were genres. I thought there were only just classics. So, fast forward to highschool. Someone loved twilight so much she started an unofficial bookclub. it's just us during recess sitting in a circle while she tells us about it. I was hooked. A friend of mine introduced me to wattpad (back when it was new and cool) and I started reading. Then I found Sasha A. and she introduced me to books.
my nana got me into Harry Potter when book 1 came out mind you i had already been reading a little bit but it was my nana turning me onto harry potter which lit a fire in me and i still love reading to this day
for me i had to do a book report for my freshman english class in high school and i just happened to love the book i did it on
Starting your book life with Harry Potter.I respect your nana Jordan🫡 (I’m sorry I don’t know how to reply to things on goodreads)
born in blood mafia chronicles by cora reilly thats what made me addicted to books my first book for her was luca vitiello in 2019 and since then im a book addict
My fourth grade teacher read aloud to our class and I was mesmerized with The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe. I read that series as a new adult. I think the first series I would have read was Beverly Cleary's Ramona Quimby and Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley Twins.
I already read a lot when I was 6 years old. But those books were rather tame.What really turned me into an avid reader was the Famous Five series of books by Enid Blyton. So adventurous and fascinating, with castles, caves, underground passages, sunken boats and hidden treasures.
The three older brothers of my best female friend lent me their old Famous Five books and I was hooked.
my mom always encourages me to read she would give me Agatha Christie's books and I loved them. but the first book I've read was Around The World In 80 Days
Shatter me book seriesMy teacher had a classroom library and had the first two books of this series. I fell in love with the series and brought the rest of them.
This series didn't get actually get me into reading but, it made me love fantasy
I want to say one of my earliest memories was probably the first time in elementary school we had a class trip to the library, I was maybe in 2nd or 3rd grade and I fell in love. I also remember always getting excited when the teacher would hand out those scholastic order forms and I'd run home super excited to get money to order new books.
The first two series I got into were
Teen Witch by Megan Barnes
andSweet Valley High by Francine Pascal.
I actually felt nostalgic a while ago and repurchased The first 3 books of Teen Witch and my youngest daughter and I were able to bond over it. While tempted to do the same for Sweet Valley High, there are just too many, lol.As an adult I'd say the series that got me back into reading were
The Darkest Power Trilogy by Kelley Armstrong
andThe House of Night series by P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast
I got to share these beauties with my Oldest daughter and now my youngest also love the House of night series.
In my school, in 5th grade, we used to read this book together as a class called Shadow by Michael Morpurgo. I absolutely fell in love with his books, and for the rest of grade 5, I read practically only Morpurgo books. My favorite one is private peaceful which is in my opinion the greatest book of all time.
I didn't really read growing up other than assigned school books. But I recently have gotten into reading since becoming a mom and now it's one of my favorite hobbies! I am open to mostly all genres :)
My grandmother taught me to read, basic math, and and how to write before I went to kindergarten by 4 years old. It was our thing.
My parents got my brother and I to read a lot when we were kids. Read a lot of Goosebumps and Babysitters Club books. I always looked forwards to the book fairs at school.
Nancy Drew! Idk if anyone remembers but they had a series in the early 2000s where her and her friends are younger so I related a lot more to those when I was around 7ish but gradually moved up to the original series because my mom had the whole collection lol and I've been obsessed with mysteries since.Harry Potter would be my other one, I know I know thats every 90s kid's favorite book series but they also inspired me to write a lot more.
I’m not a 90skid but Harry Potter is still one of my favorites 😁❤️
My mother set strict bed times for us kids. We could go to sleep or read. I've been reading ever since.
The series I enjoyed were exciting and adventurous; I often recommend The Dragons of Pern by Anne McCaffrey and The Ðarkover series by Marion Zimmer Bradley. They are perfect for teenage girls as they feature strong female characters in situations and places you didn't often see back when I was a teenager, the 1980s!
Haha before my brother made me read I would have just slept lol You should thank your mom Jan
I don't even remember. Have been reading forever. Just know my Grandma taught all of us to read before we went to kindergarten, and she and my parents read to us all the time.
My mom taught me to read younger then most kids. I remember absolutely loving it and showing off to all my friends and cousins who couldn’t read yet. My mom loved to read as a child and still does. I love my mom for getting me into this passion 🫶🏻
I started reading when I was around 4, but what really got me into reading was Warriors. I absolutely LOVED those books, and I'd wake up early in the morning just to have time to read them before school, and then read them during school, and then after school... I have many fond memories :).
In my Grade school library I discovered Nancy Drew mysteries. I was instantly hooked!In Middle school I discovered Victoria Holt & Phyllis Whitney. I’ve been a Historical Mystery fan ever since.
My sister has lots of books and as i got older i really wanted to read some of them and i read the cruel prince and was hooked and then i read a court of thrones and roses and now i have turned completely bookworm:)
I love ACOTAR and Cruel Prince!
Twilight when I was about 11, then the Mortal Instruments series, and then AGGGTM when I was 19 <3
I've enjoyed reading for as long as I can remember so it's hard to pinpoint what got me started, but when a friend of mine recommended me The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater in freshman year of highschool it genuinely changed my life. I still love this series with all my heart
My dad use to read to me as a little kid all the time and is who got me into reading. He reads a lot himself. One of the books he read to me was The Hobbit (which is also one of his favorite books) when i was about 10. That was the first book i become obsessed with. I've since reread it several times.
I liked reading when I was i child. Then reading became "uncool" and I stoped. In high school I was struggling with english (not my first language) and a friend of mine started to read "The lightning theif" out loud for me and later i borrowed the book to finish it. Thats how I started reading in english. Now I pretty much only read in english 😅
my primary school best friend ♥️♥️
I read H. C. Andersen when I was very little and had just learned to read. I am 21 now, and I read like 4 hours a day.
My friend made me read Percy Jackson, and got me into reading. Now I love books, and I am a hardcore PJO fan!
The YouTuber Emma Blackery got me back into reading when she recommended The Humans by Matt Haig in one of her videos, absolutely adored it, and it's still one of my favourite books ever
Covid! Woke up hungover and didn't want to move or do anything and I seen an add on Amazon. It was Twisted Games by Ana. Went from zero reading to 211 books for 2022 and 372 books for 2023. I fell in love with audiobooks! If you like Romance add me.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
I loved reading as a kid, but I stopped reading as much when I got to high school and college. When I began my teaching career, I had a student tell me about the “Fablehaven” series. Every week that student, as well as other students, would talk with me about the books and I loved listening to them talk about the books. After a few months, one of the students bought me the first book in the series (I learned they saved up their allowance money to do so), so of course I read it right away. To this day, it is one of my favorite book series and every time I read the books they always remind me of that group of students. It is a very happy memory for me and got me to love reading books again :-) .
My school's library. Lol. It was Sweet Valley Kids and Goosebumps that got me hooked.
my class teacher in the 5th grade when we were reading percy jackson
It was my elementary school librarian. I honestly don’t even remember her name now. But I was definitely one of those kids that hung out in the library as much as I could just because I wasn’t really a social butterfly. She would bring me over books to help keep me company. And I’m thankful everyday because of her!
The school library was my favorite place to be in grade school. I loved reading because it transported me to new places. I can't recall the first book I read. The first series was likely to have been Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 exploits. I had a picture of Sean Connery in full color wearing only a pair of swim trunks in all his hairy glory sprawled in a lawn chair beside a pool. My father went ballistic and took it away from his little kid. He worried about my ogling such "pornography" and how I would be influenced. I guess in retrospect he should have been concerned.
I don't remember a specific instance. I didn't have the most loving parents, so reading was escapism for me. Luckily the mother had The Hobbit and A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, so I went from there, despite how complicated they were to read.I think I read Where the Red Fern grows at 8-10 years of age, and I uh...do NOT recommend that at all.
