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What or who made you love to read!!and when did it happen?
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Tim (Mole) The Gunslinger
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Jul 08, 2008 06:04AM
i remember who and when my third grade teacher was the wonderful lady who openend the door and ive never looked back!!!
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My mum has always supported my reading habit from when I was old enough to look at picture books. She used to spend a lot of time reading with me when I was a toddler and then all the way through school. She doesn't really have much interest in books though.I have A LOT to thank her for - my 'sperm donor' (the name we use for my biological father... as opposed to my 'Dad', who was the guy who brought me up from the age of 4) didn't share the same enthusiasm. He sent my mum shopping once, and asked her to get him some cigarettes. When my mum was at the shops, she saw a picture book that she thought I would like. She got the book instead of the cigarettes. My 'father' beat her up when she got home.
Aside from my mum, I had some wonderful teachers. 2 of them especially - one at Primary school (around age 8), and the other at High school when I was doing my GCSEs (I think they're the equivalent of your high school exams). Both teachers really brought books alive for me, and their enthusiasm really inspired me.
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I also have to credit my mom. She used to buy me books all the time, and sit and read with me. Then as I got older, and braver, I used to sneak books off her shelf... The first one of hers that I remember reading was Stephen Kings IT.... and I was offically hooked!
Great question!I got my love of reading from my dad. He was a voracious reader. He mostly read military novels (WEB Griffin and the like) or detective/mystery novels. My mom really isn't a reader (she can't sit still long enough) but she always encouraged me to read. I know she was the one who always took me to the public library when I was a kid.
My mom always had books in our home when we were kids. As a teen I remember one summer being really bored and I went into her room and took one of her books to read. When she caught me reading it she was so angry, she thought the content was too mature for me. It was a mystery novel and someone kissed the main character. We talked about the book and she approved and then started giving me any book I wanted. We would talk about them and even started reading books together, which we still do to this day.By high school I was an avid reader and my teacher, Mrs. Hickey (really her name) introduced me to the classics and encouraged me to turn my love for reading into a career. I tell my students the reason I teach English is because reading was the only thing I enjoyed in high school.
I pray my enthusiasm for literature inspires my students.
Ahh Kirsty,it hurts to think of something that awful happening.How much your Mom obviously loved you though and how brave she was on your behalf.I have always loved reading.My earliest memories are of "reading" books before I actually knew how to read.
I loved the Nancy Drew mysteries.But my very first love was Anne of Green Gables.It was the first time I related to a character so thoroughly,in terms of situation and how the character responded to it.I can still picture her floating in the little boat hands folded like she was in a coffin.
I soon grew out of what was available to me and would read whatever my mom was reading(unknown to her!)It made for some interesting reading.Especially when she was reading The Adventures of the Happy Hooker.I thought she handled herself very well when I asked her at 13 or 14 about something I had read during a dinner party.
I also read about the holocaust at a pretty young age as well,a topic I am still frequently drawn to.
Lori, Sherry, thanks for the comments. Sherry, it does hurt to think about it, but my mum eventually found the strength to leave him and she's a stronger person now. I'm so proud of her. She remarried a couple of years ago and she's really happy - it all worked out ok in the end!Sherry, lmao at the dinner party thing. How did your mum explain it to you? hehe
I wish I could say I loved reading from a young age but I only started to love it in my 20's, I can thank reality for that. TV got so bad I didn't want to watch it anymore. I have to say I think the book A Find Balance was the book that really got me hooked. I cried all over those pages, after that, I couldn't stop reading.Books were always there for me, I just never took advantage. When I was young, we were pretty poor, the only place for us to hang out was the public library, where my uncle worked. He always gave us books as gifts, and we spent pretty well everyday there. I think becuase they were always visable I always wanted them around, and now that I love reading them too, I have it all.
I've always loved reading. Always. I taught myself to read. Then I would read with my mother, then I read beside her, then I could read silently, and it just went on from there.
Kirsty,she was cool as a cucumber,without batting an eye she said that we'd discuss later.She then pulled out the book The Joy of Sex and sat my sister and I down and proceeded to teach us using the pictures as guides.My poor sister was mortified and determined to be a nun but I was really fascinated.You gotta love books!!!
It prepared me for when my daughter of 14 asked me a similiar question though a bit more explicit. I confess I'm sure I must have batted an eye or two!
Yeah,paying on some kharma debt,I'm sure.
Most likely. The world showing you empathy.
I'm not sure. I found out last year that mom used to take us to the library when we were young. I went to a Catholic school & had to red about saints. I also had to do research for some book reports in 2nd grade.
Thought I should go back and edit my posts.I didn't take into consideration if we have some younger readers or not,Sorry if it causes confusion or earlier offense.
I too loved the Nancy Drew books - I remember the school librarian being concerned at first since I started on them in first grade. But he soon adjusted and would help me find other books to read. I've always loved reading - my parents taught me so young that I don't even remember learning. It was always a bond between me and my mom - we were both avid readers. I used to actually like being sick when I was a kid so I could stay home from school and read all day! We never had TV growing up (and where we lived we only got maybe one channel of public TV) so I always read for entertainment.
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I am a semi-silent member of The Haters Club, and that site is much raunchier than we could ever be here.. isnt that right Emma? I even created a post there to discuss how I felt about them allowing 'little haters' to join as most of thier topics are X rated at best.
That's very true. It's all x x x x. There we go! It's clean!
thank you all for sharing and posting on my little idea hope you enjoyed and good for you and your mom kirsty for that bum leaving and a real man stepping in it makes me mad that people would act in such a manner! if and when my wife and i have a child!!!please god let me have a little one as soon as the tyke can he or she will be introduced to the joys of reading!!!
i also need to mention i guess ive always had the reading bug my mom said when i was three id read my little books to her guess 3rd grade is when the fire really was lit tho!!!lol
My Mom read to my sister and I, Anne of Green Gables and other wonderful books. I have always loved stories and as soon as I could read there was no stopping me. I lived very isolated as a child with no other children nearby except my older sister who often didn't want to play with me so I had my imagination, the great outdoors, and my BOOKS!
wasn't sure,I didn't think that what I wrote was that bad but I'm not sure of some of the ages of our members.It put's me in mind of your dream Lori where we're all our avitar pics.So better to be safe then sorry.I'll have to go check out the thread on The Haters Club,to see how others feel about it.
Lori, your thread on The Haters Club cracked me up! I left the group though... generally it was getting boring!
Ditto. And you are right about the youngins, Lori.
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here is my thread about the kids :
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show_g...
Most of the posters in there thought the kids know what they are getting into and can choose to read or not to read what is there, but there really should be some sort of age limit...
I didn't read at all except for school required reading until I entered the 5th grade. I fell madly, insanely head-over-heels in love with Christian Slater. I watched all of his movies that I could get my hands on, wrote out all his lines from those movies in spiral-bound notebooks in my best handwriting, and would read them along with him as he spoke in the movies. After that, I bought all the magazines (People, Tiger Beat, etc) that had him in them.
From those magazines, I developed a love that has only grown for the written word.
My mother loves to tell everyone that story because she still thanks Christian Slater to this day for my avid reading habits.
I still have a secret (or not so much secret now) crush on Christian - pretty much only in his older movies, though.
That's awesome, Theresa! I always had a thing for him too - something abuot his voice. :) I'd say that's a pretty interesting thing to have triggered your reading habits!
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Ah. Corey Haim. Swoon. I must have rented License to Drive a thousand times back in the day.
Speaking of '80s Johnny Depp, I actually watched a little of Nightmare on Elm Street earlier. Wow, he looked young!
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The best Haim and Feildman flick of all times. Haim at his cutest...
I still have the soundtrack to that movie! But, I think Jason Patric was the hottest guy in the movie. Yum!!
I can't go to YouTube sites at work... is that clip for The Lost Boys?And, Suzann, have you seen Antonio in Assassins?
You didn't like Assassins? I thought he was pretty smokin' in it. :)
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I can't say who or what got me into reading - there was always a lot of books around the house and also at my nana's house. I think that it really started at School and I would sit in the quiet corner and just read whatever I could get my hands on and that hasn't chnaged to be honest. I can't walk passed a bookstore without going in and seeing what I can pick up.
My mom used to read to me and my brothers all the time when we were little. After that... my middle brother reads ALL the time and in high school i was re-inspired to start reading again from him. He got me into the Dark Tower series and its been downhill from there! :)
I think books always appealed to me but when I was very young (3-4) my grandfather used to read to me and I loved it. As I got older I would spend a whole afternoon listening to him read my library books. I'm sure he found my books very boring but he never complained. Eventually he gently pushed me into reading for myself and I've been hooked ever since.Dianne Ascroft, 'Hitler and Mars Bars'
www.geocities.com/dianne_ascroft
I would have to say my dad got me into reading. I don't ever remember a time not reading, but I do remember reading together (he would read a chapter, then I would, etc, etc). I remember specifically A Wrinkle in Time, but I know there were a ton others. We also went to the New Carrolton library all the time (I'm sure I STILL have outstanding book fees!!!!!!!) My dad's always in the middle of 3 or more books. My grandfather (Papa) read, too, but mostly westerns.
My sister's a huge reader, too. Together we three (dad, sis, me), make the book triad in our family. My mom reads magazines only, but is very supportive of our reading. My husband reads rarely, and then usually non-fiction.
So many memories............
Kirsty: Sorry about your "sperm donor". I thought our family was the only one to use that name. I guess there are a lot of them out there.
My Dad however got me hooked into reading. He read to me everynight for as long as I can remember. I especially loved the summer when we would lay on the back porch and he would read Sherlock Holmes or any other classic. Great Memories. Very Scary when we are both together in a book store, you can't get us out. As a matter of fact my mother refuses to go with us because she knows that she will be there all day.
My Dad however got me hooked into reading. He read to me everynight for as long as I can remember. I especially loved the summer when we would lay on the back porch and he would read Sherlock Holmes or any other classic. Great Memories. Very Scary when we are both together in a book store, you can't get us out. As a matter of fact my mother refuses to go with us because she knows that she will be there all day.
I had a huge crush on Christian Slater & Johnny Depp too. I still really liked Johnny Depp until I saw Libertian. That movie just grossed me out!
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Mrs. Jameson, 4th grade. She read "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" to the class, and I couldn't wait for after lunch every day for the next chapter. I read a fair amount before that, but after she read that book to us I've been devoted to reading ever since.
Reading was always a huge part of our daily routine growing up. We were constantly going to library and book fairs buying books. The very first book I fell in love with as a child was The Pokey Little Puppy. My mom and dad say that I wanted it read to me constantly. As a toddler, I had it memorized from having it read to me so many times.
Ohhhhhhh....great question!!I can't remember a time I didn't love to read. Seriously. I'm not sure how I learned to read (and neither are my parents...lol!). I just remember being able to read at a really young age.
My mom loves to read, so I'm pretty sure I got that gene from her. She always took us to the library when we (3 kids) were young. During the summers we'd be there at least once a week--sometimes more often.
I remember growing up, when I was in trouble (which was more often than I care to remember) and was sent to me room it was always with the reminder- "and I better not catch you reading!" Grin!
My love of Sherlock Holmes came from my dad. He reccomended those stories to me when I was in 6th grade. I still love Sherlock stories! My dad didn't read tons, but he had enjoyed Sherlock Holmes growing up and passed that along to me.
My husband says he can gage my mood by how much I'm reading. If I'm reading a lot I'm (typically) happier, more calm, more satisfied with life. When I'm watching TV rather than reading.....well....he knows I'm feeling blue.
About 9 months ago I started a reading "binge" that has yet to end. My husband is thrilled (well...not so thrilled about the cost and the never-ending shipment of boxes form amazon) that I've finally dug back into the books. Sometimes he just gets a big grin when he sees me curled up with a pile of books. He's so cute!
Several months ago I discovered I'm not the only "book freak" in the world. It was awesome to know there are others like me out there somewhere in the world. :-) A fellow bookworm publishes a summer reading list every year--it's an awesome list, gathered from all types of readers. It's full of great variety and amazing choices. I had to save up for it this year so I could place a huge order. (24 books I think.) And they are all so cool! Even the one I didn't like. LOL!
We are all book freaks. It's nice we can be together in TNBBC!
Johnny Deep was a hotty in Sleepy Hollow. I own it! I do like Pirates, Orlando Bloom is hot too!
Johnny Deep was a hotty in Sleepy Hollow. I own it! I do like Pirates, Orlando Bloom is hot too!
I am with you on Orlando Bloom...but somewhere along the line I missed out on the "I-Think-Johnny-Depp-Is-Hot" gene. I mean, he's a cute guy...but just regular in my opinion.::hoping I'm not banished::
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