Book reader poll

I've loved it ever since I can remember. Started with comics, then whatever books I could find on the little shelf in my parents house - things like White Fang, Call of the Wild, Brothers Grimm stuff, etc.

When I was a kid I loved to read and learn stuff so much I'd pick up the Encyclopedia Britannica, pick a topic and start reading.

I've read as long as i can remember. Used to hate assigned reading out of spite, but looking back some of it was legit.

I’ve loved to read ever since I was a kid. I started reading a lot of classic novels as early as fifth grade. I did a Journey to the Center of the Earth themed float for my elementary school Mardi Gras parade.

My problem was with assigned reading. If it wasn’t a story I was interested in, I didn’t want to read it.

Not me. I come from a family of readers. I've been reading for pleasure since I learned to read, which was before I started Kindergarten.

In 3rd grade, Mrs. Mitchell was have the class go through a flip chart of five letter vocabulary words. I read my first word when it was my turn and quickly grew bored, so I broke out my current library book, put it in my lap and got back to it. By the time my turn came to read a word again, I was completely zoned out. Apparently, the teacher had called my name a couple of times before the kid behind me gave me a shove to bring me back to reality. Of course I've got no idea what word is next and looked pretty guilty. I'm trying to move the book out of my lap, which she notices. She says, "Come to my desk and bring what's in your lap." Now this is bad. It's Catholic school and even if Mrs Mitchell was nicer than most teachers, there's going to be consequences.

I slink up to her desk and she taps on it ... teacher code for "put it on my desk right here." I don't know what she was expecting, but I was reading a JFK biography. She looks at me and askes why I wasn't paying attention. I told her, "I already know all those words and my book is more interesting." She handed my a page of current vocabulary words and told me to go to the library and study it, because she was coming there at the end of class to give me a quiz.

I'm thinking, frick me my parents are going to kill me when they hear about this. And they always heard about even the most minor infractions. So I turn to head out the door and Mrs. Mitchell says, "Don't forget your book."

There was no quiz, but I got a lecture about disrupting class by not paying attention. I told her it would be easier to pay attention if it wasn't so boring. After that, she sent me to "work" in the library when they did vocabulary words. I got a list of that week's words and a library pass as long as I kept scoring 100% on quizzes. Mrs Mitchell was alright!

I read a lot less now. I was a huge reader through undergrad. I probably read 1500 books in elementary and junior high - I read everything I could get my hands on about World War II. In high school, in typical nerd fashion, I read a shite ton of scifi and fantasy books.

I've loved reading since the 9th grade, but always hated school assigned reading. Probably has to do with the fact that every English teacher I've ever had has been a dried up old bitch who would assign books like Pride and Prejudice or some shite.

I hated reading until post college. A lot of it (especially high school) had to do with the books they were making us read.

Mom took me to the library as soon as I could read which was very early even a little before I started school. She was a good teacher.
I read a lot and one of the greatest joys in life after graduating from college and going to work was that I finally had time to read Anything I wanted to.
I'd much rather read a good book at night than watch TV.

I read all the way through my senior year of high school but stopped almost all together during college. Dan Brown and James Patterson were mostly who I read during that time