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re: What hooked you on reading & what is the first book you remember reading?
Posted on 6/15/17 at 11:29 am to Methuselah
Posted on 6/15/17 at 11:29 am to Methuselah
We didn't have cable or any type of gaming system until I was in high school, so I read alot at a young age. Shel Siverstein is what jumps out at me, and then as I aged it was RL Stine, Animporphs, and that swung up into Dragon Lance.
Posted on 6/15/17 at 3:47 pm to Methuselah
Henry Huggins, before Ramona took over the entire series.
Encylopedia Brown.
Ripley's Believe it or Not had a great series of paperbacks. That and the annual Guinness Book of World Records books were staples at our house.
I moved on to Edgar Rice Burroughs after that. From junior high through high school I read every one of his published works.
Encylopedia Brown.
Ripley's Believe it or Not had a great series of paperbacks. That and the annual Guinness Book of World Records books were staples at our house.
I moved on to Edgar Rice Burroughs after that. From junior high through high school I read every one of his published works.
Posted on 6/15/17 at 4:36 pm to bah humbug
I liked mystery books a lot. Hardy Boys and Sherlock Holmes were great page turners. Also enjoyed the Giver a lot when i was younger.
Posted on 6/18/17 at 6:36 pm to Methuselah
My mother read to me every night from the time i was an infant. She began teaching me phonics when i was 4 and gave me Fun With Dick And Jane. Then I found Green Eggs & Ham and the rest of Dr Seuss. Wish she was still around. I owe her everything.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 7:41 am to ell_13
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But I'm going to be that guy... Harry Potter got me into reading much more regularly.
Same here, I read because I had to in school, after I read Harry Potter, I started reading for fun.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 2:59 pm to Methuselah
For poetry, Shel Silverstein was top notch
As far as magazines go, I was always waiting for my next issue of Kids Discover
Every time my mother took me to the grocery, I begged for another Goosebumps book
C.S. Lewis's Narnia series was probably the first thing that got me into some more serious kids books when we read it in my 3rd grade gifted course
Then when I got to middle school, I couldn't put down the Harry Potter series
As a teenager, my favorite books were Nineteen Eighty-Four and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
As far as magazines go, I was always waiting for my next issue of Kids Discover
Every time my mother took me to the grocery, I begged for another Goosebumps book
C.S. Lewis's Narnia series was probably the first thing that got me into some more serious kids books when we read it in my 3rd grade gifted course
Then when I got to middle school, I couldn't put down the Harry Potter series
As a teenager, my favorite books were Nineteen Eighty-Four and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted on 6/21/17 at 2:25 pm to Methuselah
Been an avid reader since around 1st or 2nd grade when I read Superfudge. Read it one night, staying up way past midnight because I couldn't put it down.
A book didn't really grab me again until 6th or 7th grade when I read To Kill a Mockingbird. I've probably read it a dozen times since then. IMO, it's one of the best books ever written.
A book didn't really grab me again until 6th or 7th grade when I read To Kill a Mockingbird. I've probably read it a dozen times since then. IMO, it's one of the best books ever written.
Posted on 6/21/17 at 3:48 pm to Methuselah
Came out in 1991. I remember reading about it in cinescape magazine. I was 12 I think. Got my dad to buy me a copy. First book I read for entertainment.
Was hooked and read every Star Wars book until the stupid yuzon vong or whatever it was started. When I was about 14 I started reading Michael Chricton. Did john Grisham and Tom Clancy around 15-16. Read my first Stephen king at 17.
Continued expanding from there.
Posted on 6/21/17 at 7:00 pm to Methuselah
Blast from the past: Babysitter's club and Fear Street.
I most remember a book about a dog, but I cannot remember the name. And I remember reading The Firm in high school.
I most remember a book about a dog, but I cannot remember the name. And I remember reading The Firm in high school.
Posted on 6/21/17 at 7:36 pm to Methuselah
First series I ever read.
Posted on 6/21/17 at 7:44 pm to ManBearTiger
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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
That is a great idea. I just told my daughter I would give her $1 for every book she read this summer.
Posted on 6/23/17 at 11:22 pm to Methuselah
I loved the Little House on the Prairie books, Ramona, Nancy Drew, American Girl, and Boxcar Children. I would read almost every waking minute when I younger... still would if I didn't have my own kids. Now my reading consists of Dr. Suess and Fancy Nancy.
Posted on 7/6/17 at 7:44 pm to Methuselah
I remember reading books about Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, etc, when I was a young kid. Stopped reading for a while to smoke pot. Picked up reading again in the Navy and it's been pretty consistent ever since.
Posted on 7/6/17 at 7:54 pm to Methuselah
I wouldn't say I am hooked on reading, definitely wish I read more.
If I had to pick one it would be Where the Red Ferns Grow. I also read all of the Gary Paulsen books and read the Hardy Boys books.
My side of the mountain was another, didn't realize that wasnt a Paulsen book.
If I had to pick one it would be Where the Red Ferns Grow. I also read all of the Gary Paulsen books and read the Hardy Boys books.
My side of the mountain was another, didn't realize that wasnt a Paulsen book.
This post was edited on 7/6/17 at 8:02 pm
Posted on 7/6/17 at 10:14 pm to GREENHEAD22
I love these stories.
My parents didn't read. So when I went to my grandmothers I read her books.
My side of the mountain, little big man, the minds of billy Milligan, all quiet on the western front. All books I read at around 10. LOL! And they still remain some of my favorites.
At some point I talked my mom into bringing me to the library and waiting for me outside. That is where I discovered Steven king. I devoured every single book of his that the library had. I was younger than 12-but my parents didn't read so they weren't going to check for content.
I got my daughter to read my side of the mountain and she loved it. she's 12 so we will wait to introduce her to some of the above mentioned :-) my 10 year old hates reading but I still have hope. All it takes is a few good ones that they really like.
A bunch of you replied with Tolkien. I am embarrassed to say I didn't read him until college.
My parents didn't read. So when I went to my grandmothers I read her books.
My side of the mountain, little big man, the minds of billy Milligan, all quiet on the western front. All books I read at around 10. LOL! And they still remain some of my favorites.
At some point I talked my mom into bringing me to the library and waiting for me outside. That is where I discovered Steven king. I devoured every single book of his that the library had. I was younger than 12-but my parents didn't read so they weren't going to check for content.
I got my daughter to read my side of the mountain and she loved it. she's 12 so we will wait to introduce her to some of the above mentioned :-) my 10 year old hates reading but I still have hope. All it takes is a few good ones that they really like.
A bunch of you replied with Tolkien. I am embarrassed to say I didn't read him until college.
Posted on 7/28/17 at 4:29 pm to Allthatfades
My Side of the Mountain
I couldn't remember the name of the book until you just said it! Thank you
I couldn't remember the name of the book until you just said it! Thank you
Posted on 7/31/17 at 4:27 pm to Methuselah
The book that hooked me on reading - Slaughterhouse 5. It was assigned to us in the 9th grade. The parents flipped out, so I knew the book had to be good. Blew me away.
First book I remember reading? Euphonia and the Flood. My dad got me this book. Loved it as a kid.
First book I remember reading? Euphonia and the Flood. My dad got me this book. Loved it as a kid.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 4:53 pm to Methuselah
The Martian Chrinicles is the first adult novel I remember reading where at the end my mind was blown because my entire way of thinking had been shifted.
Sci-fi was forever my genre of choice.
The young adult novels that I read never changed the way I thought. I'd have to say I can thank Ray Bradbury for my love of sci-fi and Arthur C Clarke for my prolific high school library. The highlight of my year was the local library's yearly book sale/fundraiser where I would search through those stacks of paperbacks marked for sale at the price of 25 to 59 cents a piece.
I'd always leave with a box of material that would get me through at least a couple of months if not more.
I discovered Assimov's Robot series as well as his Foundation series (never did finish those).
Sad to say I have never revisited The Martian Chrinicles or Childhood's End.
Sci-fi was forever my genre of choice.
The young adult novels that I read never changed the way I thought. I'd have to say I can thank Ray Bradbury for my love of sci-fi and Arthur C Clarke for my prolific high school library. The highlight of my year was the local library's yearly book sale/fundraiser where I would search through those stacks of paperbacks marked for sale at the price of 25 to 59 cents a piece.
I'd always leave with a box of material that would get me through at least a couple of months if not more.
I discovered Assimov's Robot series as well as his Foundation series (never did finish those).
Sad to say I have never revisited The Martian Chrinicles or Childhood's End.
This post was edited on 7/31/17 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 8/1/17 at 11:05 am to Methuselah
A land remembered by Patrick Smith. Amazing book, probably have read it 4 times now.
As an audult, lonesome dove brought me back to reading. Didn't really get into reading until I completed that one at 23. I dont recall reading for pleasure from ages 15 to 23. Sure for school.... I'm a binge reader now, where when I do read, I may read 4 books in a month and none for a couple. Rinse and repeat. Usually reading series books like Michael Connelly's.
As an audult, lonesome dove brought me back to reading. Didn't really get into reading until I completed that one at 23. I dont recall reading for pleasure from ages 15 to 23. Sure for school.... I'm a binge reader now, where when I do read, I may read 4 books in a month and none for a couple. Rinse and repeat. Usually reading series books like Michael Connelly's.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 7:01 pm to Methuselah
My first books that I actually read were:
Mystery in Old Quebec
Dangerous Island
All About Dinosaurs
The Living Desert
365 Bedtime Stories
Treasure Island
Tom Sawyer
I got going in the summer between 1st and 2nd grades. Never looked back.
Mystery in Old Quebec
Dangerous Island
All About Dinosaurs
The Living Desert
365 Bedtime Stories
Treasure Island
Tom Sawyer
I got going in the summer between 1st and 2nd grades. Never looked back.
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