What made you start reading?

[Passant]

basically there is probably a reason, motive or book that made you start reading, share it with us and you will be surprised by how common these reasons are!!

i started because of curiosity, i was curious of why my making a big deal out of a book, thank god for my curiosity !!!

[Stephanie (Bookfever)]

I started because when I was 6-7 we started going to the library every month (or so...) with school in first grade. So we had to read the books and I pretty much fell in love with reading right away. I was one of the few people who actually loved going to the library and read the books! ♥

[Jennifer]

When I was little my mom used to tell me a story at bedtime or read to me. I think that the imagination behind books and beginning school made me enjoy and come to love reading. :)

[Elena]

I started when I was around five or six. When I didn't know what to do at home, I'd pick these little books and start reading them. Or ask my dad to read them.
At about six-seven years, even though I'm Italian, my mom started buying me English books, because I was already attending an English school here in my hometown. I loved them, and I used to read them four or five times each.
So I kept on reading both Italian and English, and I guess that's why now I'm on English full-on. (:

[Waqas]

I studied in a hostel away from home since I was 6 yrs old. The distance from my hometown to my hostel was a lot & the journey took around 23 hrs through train. I started buying comics to pass the time during the journeys & gradually I moved on to storybooks with pictures & then novels. It's been 16 yrs since then & my love for books has reached new heights. I remember once stealing an Enid Blyton book from the school library. In my defense, we were not allowed to borrow a book & were only allowed inside the library 30 mins a day!! Don't worry, I returned the book without anyone knowing :)

[Passant]

looool Waqas :D was the book worth it at least??

[Waqas]

hahaha Oh yeah totally :) It was my best book for a long time!! The book's name was The Wishing Chair.

[Emilie]

I'm a late bloomer here I see xD I was around 9-10 years old and hated books. In my defense my mom picked books up like "Princesses Don't Play Soccer". So when we stumbled over a Harry Potter book that didn't cost anything at all, I told my mom to buy it so she would shut up. It was a coincende I went to the theater with my bro and dad five days later to watch the 5th Harry Potter. And I remember sitting when the movie was over thinking, "I have that book." So I went home and started reading.

[Stephanie (Bookfever)]

"I have that book" *lightbulb goes up* something like that, Em? xD

[Emilie]

You know me too well xD

[Elena]

Haha the same happened to me with Narnia.

I'd seen The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe book in my school library and decided I wanted to read it. (I was in Primary school, can't remember the year.)
Then one day I went with my mom to watch Chicken Little at the cinema, and just before the movie started there was a promo. And I was like, "hey, mom! it totally sounds like the book I'm reading!", and then, "hey, mom! I'm sure it is!" Then the title of the movie came out and I was like, "HEY MOM! I WAS RIGHT IT'S THAT BOOK!!"
In the mean time my mom had almost gotten her arm broken during my several attemps of catching her attention, but I was content with my geniality at having accidentally picked a famous book.
hahaha

[Emilie]

Did she seriously break her arm? xD

[Elena]

Haha no, but I think it hurt. x]
I would've had to be a Hulk-girl to break her arm at nine haha

[Emilie]

Oh well, it gotta be the book that made you violentxD

[Elena]

LOL

[Passant]

Waqas wrote: "hahaha Oh yeah totally :) It was my best book for a long time!! The book's name was The Wishing Chair."

well the title seems quite interesting!! and at least it was worth it ;D

[Nidhi]

Not proud of it...maybe a little but....the reason I started reading was because of....Twilight......It was such a good book and I loved I felt while reading it! I was just so absorbed and I felt all high and light headed...Loved the feeling! so then I started to read House of night series and then so on! Just the feeling you get is just argh! brilliant!

[Passant]

Nidhi wrote: "Not proud of it...maybe a little but....the reason I started reading was because of....Twilight......It was such a good book and I loved I felt while reading it! I was just so absorbed and I felt a..."

you should be, i also loved the twilight series when i started reading!! the only thing that makes me now just like the series is that i found more better written and better plotted books! and house of the night is an amazing series :D

[Valencia]

I didn't start until I was like in 6th grade. I read one of the Redwall books and was instantly hooked!! I read a couple stand alone books, but didn't get really hooked until I read Twilight!! =)

[Passant]

Katherine wrote: "When I was young my mother used to read me tales before I went to sleep, I have always loved stories so when I learned to read I could read on my own and then I started going to the library... :)"

the library's they are heaven who said heaven where not on earth!

@Valencia i think twilight was a big start for reading books for a lot of people, i know it made me look into more paranormal books :)

[Waqas]

Twilight was the first paranormal book I read. I don't know why some people hate it.

[Malin]

not me either :) i think Twilight is good ;P

[Emily V]

My mum tells me that I was reading by the time I was 4 only books like winnie the pooh and the lion king though. When I was about five I got bored of baby books and (believe it or not) progressed onto classics. I have no clue what made me want to read old dusty books on my mums shelf but she said she came into my room one and I was halfway through Heidi . I was one strange child. When I was about seven I read Jane Eyre and little woman over and over again. It wasn't till high school I discovered PNR. Yes my first was twilight and now I'm obsessed (with PNR not twilight). I thank you O sparkly vamps! So there you have my life story :)

[Valencia]

Waqas wrote: "Twilight was the first paranormal book I read. I don't know why some people hate it."

I know me too!! I love Twilight for what it was to me. Looking back yeah the writing cold be better and some parts of the book could have been better too. However, that was Stephine's first book. Of course it wouldn't be that picture perfect. That book got me really reading and had me head over heels for vampires. Also I try to never compare books to others. I let the work stand for itself

[Passant]

Valencia wrote: "Waqas wrote: "Twilight was the first paranormal book I read. I don't know why some people hate it."

I know me too!! I love Twilight for what it was to me. Looking back yeah the writing cold be bet..."

i wish i was like you, but i cant help it and compare them to other books, but i think each book has a special place in my heart and mind even books that i dont like :D

@Emily: i dont think you are weird i think ur awesome i actually like reading shaekspeare but unfortantely i started reading me when i was about 12 only so i m alright i guess, but ur a geunis for reading such books at such an age!!!

[Tash]

I've been a bookworm of a kid since I was four and used to flip through books I found lying around without actually being able to read properly...or so my mum says ;) heheh

[S.B.]

My mother. When I was about 6 and failing first grade because I wouldn't finish any homework that had to do with reading XD

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....well... my reading legend starts whwn i was 12... since i was born overseas and moves to aussue when i was about 7 i disnt have a basic learning of english so it was hard to read...but i do remember this one book me my read ne in hebrew thay i remember was my favourite....anyways.. my book feaver really started when i was 11 turning 12. i dont quite remember but i started reading this book calkes 'rowan of rin' and i was really into it and i loved the fanrasy genre... and from then on i devouered one book after the other...