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What hooked you on reading & what is the first book you remember reading?
Posted on 5/23/17 at 11:08 am
Posted on 5/23/17 at 11:08 am
It's kinda hard remembering that far back. I remember things like the Higlights magazines from grade school. And I think reading comics played a big role in developing my love of reading.
Also as a pre-teen/young teenager I remember reading things like Guinness Book of World Records and books on the Bermuda triangle and stuff like that.
I think first (or at least one of the first) actual novel that I remember reading was White Fang that one of my older siblings must have read that I found on this tiny bookshelf we had at the end of our hallway. The first novel I think I bought for myself was probably The Hobbit.
Also as a pre-teen/young teenager I remember reading things like Guinness Book of World Records and books on the Bermuda triangle and stuff like that.
I think first (or at least one of the first) actual novel that I remember reading was White Fang that one of my older siblings must have read that I found on this tiny bookshelf we had at the end of our hallway. The first novel I think I bought for myself was probably The Hobbit.
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Posted on 5/23/17 at 11:15 am to Methuselah
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Any number of Greek and Roman Mythology books
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Posted on 5/23/17 at 11:19 am to Methuselah
The first book I remember really liking is The Hatchet
But I'm going to be that guy... Harry Potter got me into reading much more regularly.
But I'm going to be that guy... Harry Potter got me into reading much more regularly.
Posted on 5/23/17 at 11:33 am to Methuselah
What really hooked me on reading? We were assigned Slaughterhouse 5 in the 9th grade. The parents freaked out and tried to have the book removed from the curriculum, which only pushed me to read it. Blew me away. I never realized stuff like this was in books.
The first book I read? Probably a comic or something. The full book I remember reading is probably Freckle Juice.
The first book I read? Probably a comic or something. The full book I remember reading is probably Freckle Juice.
Posted on 5/23/17 at 11:35 am to Methuselah
Treasure Island was the first real book I ever read.
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Posted on 5/23/17 at 11:36 am to Methuselah
Redwall and the other Brian Jacques books. I still have them all, waiting to give them to my nephew.
Posted on 5/23/17 at 11:45 am to Methuselah
The first novel that I read that led to my reading for pleasure as a habit was Dragon's Blood by Jane Yolen. I found it in the library at my school when I was in 2nd grade. It's part of The Pit Dragon series. It's the story of a slave boy who raises a dragon in secret to fight in the betting pits so that he can win his freedom. It's kind of a mix of fantasy and science fiction. It was probably a few years more advanced than where I was at the time. I think I found it wandering around a section where I wasn't supposed to be.
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Posted on 5/23/17 at 11:48 am to Methuselah
My grandma got me the 3rd Harry Potter book for Christmas in 5th grade. I remember thinking it was a dumb book for little kids and grandma had fallen off her rocker.
Got grounded a few months later for riding a scooter without a helmet and had nothing else to do but read that book. Was hooked from then on. Thanks grandma!
Got grounded a few months later for riding a scooter without a helmet and had nothing else to do but read that book. Was hooked from then on. Thanks grandma!
Posted on 5/23/17 at 11:53 am to Methuselah
probably these: 
my parents had the entire set
its probably also what got me into history in general
these are the earliest books i remember just sitting down and reading on my own
from there it became different sorts of books, i used to like the choose your own ending books when i was in 4th grade, read goosebumps alot, would read our summer reading list and whatever was assigned for school and usually enjoyed them
it probably wasnt until i got out of high school that i really just started going to book stores and picking out books based on tastes and topics
treasure island and three musketeers were also two of my favorites that i would reread as a kid
im sure as this thread grows i'll recognize more
my parents had the entire set
its probably also what got me into history in general
these are the earliest books i remember just sitting down and reading on my own
from there it became different sorts of books, i used to like the choose your own ending books when i was in 4th grade, read goosebumps alot, would read our summer reading list and whatever was assigned for school and usually enjoyed them
it probably wasnt until i got out of high school that i really just started going to book stores and picking out books based on tastes and topics
treasure island and three musketeers were also two of my favorites that i would reread as a kid
im sure as this thread grows i'll recognize more
This post was edited on 5/23/17 at 11:54 am
Posted on 5/23/17 at 12:28 pm to Methuselah
I struggled with dyslexia throughout my childhood. I hated reading especially the crap they were pushing in my school. Once I read the Hobbit, I was hooked. When the fellowship entered the Doors of Durin into Moria, the words started flying off the page. It's still my favorite set of books and I read them about once a year.
Posted on 5/23/17 at 12:49 pm to Methuselah
Tarzan of the Apes. My father got me into them because he was a big Tarzan fan growing up. He had a lot of the books, plus he got my sister and I watching the old Weissmuller films.
Posted on 5/23/17 at 1:07 pm to thatguy1892
First book I read on my own was Catcher in the Rye. First book that got me hooked on reading was The Tommy-knockers by Stephen King (1987).
Posted on 5/23/17 at 1:23 pm to Methuselah
My mom read to my 2 brothers and I every night. I can remember when she started reading Where the Red Fern Grows and how she cried at the end. I picked it up and read it again in 4th grade for accelerated reading program and I started to cry. To this day, it's probably the most memorable book I've ever read, and what hooked me.
Posted on 5/23/17 at 1:30 pm to MSMHater
Posted on 5/23/17 at 1:35 pm to Methuselah
First book I really remember reading, if it counts as a book, were the garfield books on the crapper. Used to read those over and over again, and use that time to read.
I liked some of the early goosebumps books when I was young, but probably the book that got me "hooked" was either Ender's Game or The Crimson Shadow series by Salvatore. That highway halfman still cracks me up. My older brother is 4 1/2 years older so i was reading them in my pre-teen years at the beach house in the summer. My mom used to force us to read (she didn't care what we read so it wasn't too bad)
I liked some of the early goosebumps books when I was young, but probably the book that got me "hooked" was either Ender's Game or The Crimson Shadow series by Salvatore. That highway halfman still cracks me up. My older brother is 4 1/2 years older so i was reading them in my pre-teen years at the beach house in the summer. My mom used to force us to read (she didn't care what we read so it wasn't too bad)
Posted on 5/23/17 at 1:55 pm to MSMHater
I can still remember doing "Fun with Dick and Jane" at a very early age. Encyclopedia Brown not long after that, and then the Hardy Boys series, Treasure Island, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and then every science fiction book I could get my hand on (7th grade for the start of my sci-fi era).
Posted on 5/23/17 at 2:00 pm to Tigris
My Dad had a huge Hardy Boys collection from when he was younger. It seemed to me that he must have had them all. Who knows. I think my grand mother used to give him a dime or quarter or whatever small denomination to buy them when they would go shopping on magazine st in the 60's. I remember reading one of them about I think it was some kind of Chinese pirate ship that the boys restored. This was probably like 20 years ago that I read it, so I guess I could be completely misremembering it. I wonder what ever happened to those books.
This post was edited on 5/23/17 at 2:01 pm
Posted on 5/23/17 at 4:52 pm to Methuselah
The Little House on the Prairie books by Laura Ingalls Wilder is probably what really got me into reading. Especially series.
As far as the first book I remember reading, I distinctly remember reading The Berenstain Bears books growing up.
As far as the first book I remember reading, I distinctly remember reading The Berenstain Bears books growing up.
Posted on 5/23/17 at 10:38 pm to Methuselah
I remember trying to read before I learned to read. I would look at the comics from the Sunday newspaper and stare at the letters trying to figure out what it said. Once I learned I read all the time but one of the first I remember was The Little Leftover Witch. I reread it as an adult because I couldn't really remember it just remembered that I enjoyed it. It was about a little witch left behind at Halloween and was adopted by a family. She was mean and ornery but they loved her until she slowly began to change.
My 3rd grade teacher read Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing to us a chapter at a time. That was my favorite part of the day.
My 3rd grade teacher read Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing to us a chapter at a time. That was my favorite part of the day.
Posted on 5/23/17 at 11:07 pm to Methuselah
Grade School Library:
Matt Christopher books
Encyclopedia Brown
Matt Christopher books
Encyclopedia Brown
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