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re: What hooked you on reading & what is the first book you remember reading?
Posted on 5/24/17 at 2:37 am to Methuselah
Posted on 5/24/17 at 2:37 am to Methuselah
Instead of an allowance my parents instituted a system wherein I received $1 for every 100 pages read. It worked really wrll to gey me into reading and pretty soon i stopped keedping track of pages read and was just doing it for fun
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Posted on 5/24/17 at 2:40 am to KamaCausey_LSU
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Redwall and the other Brian Jacques books.
5th grade ManBearTiger devoured those bad boys. Still have the whole collection, never went back over them. Wonder if it holds up.
Also grew up reading a very nice illustrated collection of the Narnia Series and that played a big role in my reading and ideas aboyt literature.
I read the Hitchhiker's Guide series by Douglas Adams the summer before highschool and it was my first experience with "adult" level humorous novels and to this day I think that style is what resonates and sticks with with me the most as far as how I tend to write or phrase anything.
This post was edited on 5/24/17 at 2:50 am
Posted on 5/24/17 at 6:22 am to Methuselah
My mom was an avid reader and took us to the library. I remember my first visit, actually. I started reading outdoor magazines at the library and checking out books at a young age.
I am still a regular visitor at our parish library, reading one to two books every two weeks.
I can't afford to buy all the books I read.
I am still a regular visitor at our parish library, reading one to two books every two weeks.
I can't afford to buy all the books I read.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 7:29 am to Methuselah
Posted on 5/24/17 at 8:12 am to LSUCouyon
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I am still a regular visitor at our parish library, reading one to two books every two weeks. I can't afford to buy all the books I read.
Same here. Mostly because I don't have more room to store as many books as I read. I do some reading electronically but still prefer the actual books.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 3:14 pm to Methuselah
The chocolate war probably affected me the most as a pre teen. The complete lack of fairness in the book was hard for me to process. It's the first book that made me angry. It wasn't fair it went down for jerry like that and Archie should have gotten his.
Before that encyclopedia brown.
Before that encyclopedia brown.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 3:32 pm to MSMHater
quote:i read this to my boy when he was 6 over the course of a summer a few pages a night. It got him into reading so much that he would sneak and read ahead.
The Hobbit
Doing the same thing this summer with my daughter (6) this summer (my boy listens in too) - last night she asked if she could read it some and she read aloud like 5 pages so I think I have her hooked too.
I'm a big believer in the Hobbit getting kids interested in reading.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 12:51 pm to Methuselah
My Dad never had the opportunity to go to college, but he was an avid reader. Unlike me, once he read a book, he didn't care what happened to it.
I would just scoop up whatever he had just finished, so I read a lot of stuff probably not appropriate to my age level (Reading Ball Four at age 11 was pretty eye-opening).
I would just scoop up whatever he had just finished, so I read a lot of stuff probably not appropriate to my age level (Reading Ball Four at age 11 was pretty eye-opening).
Posted on 6/6/17 at 8:47 am to drexyl
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I'm a big believer in the Hobbit getting kids interested in reading.
Yeah. It is structured well to serve as a bridge between childhood reading and adult reading.
Posted on 6/6/17 at 11:01 am to Methuselah
My love of reading started when I was a young child in the 70's and discovered comic books. I can't remember the first one but it was probably something like Superman or Avengers (which, to my lower-elementary, youthful logic was pronounced with a hard "g").
I got turned on to novels by a friend in college in the early 90's when he talked me into reading Salvatore's The Halfling's Gem.
I got turned on to novels by a friend in college in the early 90's when he talked me into reading Salvatore's The Halfling's Gem.
Posted on 6/6/17 at 2:00 pm to Methuselah
My father got me hooked on reading. I received and read (abridged) copies of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn after the second grade and got Swiss Family Robinson for Christmas in the 3rd grade. He then began getting me books by his favorite childhood author, Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan, John Carter, and Carson Napier pretty much sealed the deal for me.
Posted on 6/6/17 at 2:38 pm to alphamicro
My older sister read to me. (Where the red fern grows, etc). I didn't pick it back up as a hobby until later in life. I have been hammering the skill to my kids. Personally, I think it is one of the most important keys to future success. If you read well, there is nothing that can stop you from progressing.
Posted on 6/6/17 at 8:11 pm to Methuselah
Honestly, I was 14 when it came out but "Have a Nice Day" by Mick Foley was given to me for my birthday.
It was a great book. Read the entire thing on a road trip to and from Cincinnati. Have pretty much been a voracious reader ever since
It was a great book. Read the entire thing on a road trip to and from Cincinnati. Have pretty much been a voracious reader ever since
Posted on 6/6/17 at 9:18 pm to Methuselah
First one I read out of high school was "Bad Haircut" by Tom Perrotta. I wasn't much for reading during school but it was that book that kept me interested in his work, then discovering other authors.
Posted on 6/6/17 at 10:03 pm to boxcarbarney
Had to read for AR points in high school and a librarian suggested King or Torts by Grisham. Fell in love and read all of his books religiously, then read How to Win Friends and that brought me to the business and motivational type books
Posted on 6/7/17 at 9:02 am to Methuselah
The first books I can remember reading were Where The Red Fern Grows or Babe: The Gallant Pig
Posted on 6/11/17 at 12:52 pm to John Gotti
Hank the Cowdog
Posted on 6/14/17 at 6:44 am to ell_13
The Hobbit is what hooked me on reading when I was 10. I remember my mom telling me about this book series about magic rings and magic and pure awesomeness then I begged her to go buy me a copy. I devoured that book and Middle-earth is still my favorite book universe. To this day I still read the Lord of the Rings trilogy once every year/year and a half.
Posted on 6/14/17 at 9:11 am to Methuselah
In school I read the bare minimum bc I was always assigned to read crap. after I graduated from college I realized I would no longer have reading assignments so I could read whatever I wanted.
I read "Animal Farm" then "1984" and it was on. Haven't watched much TV other than sports and TWD since college
I read "Animal Farm" then "1984" and it was on. Haven't watched much TV other than sports and TWD since college
Posted on 6/15/17 at 8:53 am to GreenGrassnHiTigers
My Side of the Mountain
The Three Investigators - this series was my favorite. Read every one I could get my hands on
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