Why do you love reading and how did you get interested in reading?

@amadeo (111948)
United States
June 21, 2018 9:58am CST
Hello everyone. Mike and I love to read. We set a time for us reading in our quiet time. Books are a must for us. We support our library etc. Most of the books here are ours. Do you have a collection of books. This is only part of it.
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
21 Jun 18
My husband and I are both readers, but he is more than I. We have tons of books and gave away tons of books also as we did not have room anymore.
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
22 Jun 18
@responsiveme , If you had never given away books, I think that the house would look more like a library.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
21 Jun 18
@marlina same here.
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• India
22 Jun 18
Nice to see tons of books...I too have away quite a few because of space constraints
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@Icydoll (36717)
• India
21 Jun 18
Books are like house of knowledge..lots of inspiration we get while reading.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
21 Jun 18
@Icydoll that is for sure.So much knowledge to learn
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@Icydoll (36717)
• India
21 Jun 18
@amadeo yeah my dear friend
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
21 Jun 18
@Icydoll Have a good evening there.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
21 Jun 18
I love to read and I read many different books. I have many books in my home and I use the library a lot. There is a small library in our village. they don't have many books, but I still visit it sometimes. I also use the big library in a nearby city.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
21 Jun 18
@amadeo That is great. I hope that our small library is going to survive and I would be willing to donate books and money.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
21 Jun 18
@Porcospino I see we donated a lot of books to the library plus checks
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@marguicha (215189)
• Chile
22 Jun 18
I have so many books that I thank my best friends and family for not returning my books. If they did, I would have to live elsewhere. I started to read very early and my parents bought us books for birthdays and Christmas.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
23 Jun 18
@marguicha that is great and it was a very good learning thing.I did the same with mine
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
21 Jun 18
I also love to read, but now I seldom or I don't have time to read. I still have books here on pending.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
21 Jun 18
@JustBhem I see there.What type of books do you read
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
22 Jun 18
@amadeo Anything that catches my eyes, I like the most is a love story, mysteries, I even like Vampires too.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
21 Jun 18
Reading is a good hobby and it can sharpen our minds.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
21 Jun 18
@Jessabuma yes it does sharpen mind but does not last long
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
22 Jun 18
@amadeo haha!!! Okay
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
21 Jun 18
I am reading a book called Caroline right now, it is Ma Ingalls, so the Little House story from Mom's perspective.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
23 Jun 18
@BelleStar sounds interesting there.
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@jstory07 (134319)
• Roseburg, Oregon
22 Jun 18
Those are good books that you have in your library. I got rid of most of our books when we moved. We could not afford to move everything.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
23 Jun 18
@jstory07 I see.Where did you send your books there.
@LadyDuck (457426)
• Switzerland
22 Jun 18
My husband and I both love to read. We have hundred of books, we are running out of space where to store them.
@LadyDuck (457426)
• Switzerland
24 Jun 18
@amadeo I have to make a selection and get rid of those that are less interesting.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
23 Jun 18
@LadyDuck Maybe time to move them ther.
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• United States
21 Jun 18
I do love to read from my early childhood. I always have a book on hand
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
21 Jun 18
@Marilynda1225 good for you.
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@just4him (305561)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 Jun 18
I have four bookcases of books and a box that needs a bookcase. I've been reading since I learned my ABC's. My favorite place was the library, though the library and me didn't see eye to eye. I always had overdue books. Now, I buy them rather than pay the fine for them. I like a variety of books, most of them are Christian, but I also have a good collection of other authors as well. For instance, I've read all the Harry Potter books, a trilogy on witchcraft, Lord of the Rings, John Grisham is also a favorite, and my favorite Christian authors.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
21 Jun 18
@just4him John chrisham is my fav..
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@just4him (305561)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
22 Jun 18
@amadeo I haven't read a lot of his books, though the ones I've read, I've enjoyed.
• India
22 Jun 18
@amadeo I read a lot of John Graham too
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@aninditasen (15719)
• Raurkela, India
22 Jun 18
I love reading when the topic is interesting. I first started reading story books like 'Enid Blyton' when in school.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
23 Jun 18
@aninditasen I see.Very nice to meet you.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
24 Jun 18
@aninditasen Have a good evening or morning there.
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@aninditasen (15719)
• Raurkela, India
24 Jun 18
@amadeo My pleasure.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
22 Jun 18
Reading is great! Patterson is a great author. I like reading - started when I was a kid reading horse novels. :-) Now I listen to a lot of books on audio. Sometimes a good hard copy book is nice
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
23 Jun 18
@FayeHaze nice to see you.Been awhile.Yes he is and with a little help from his friends.lol
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
26 Jun 18
@FayeHazel I am sure you will liked it.Starts off slowly but pick up fast
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
26 Jun 18
@amadeo Thanks! I missed you, too while I was away. :-) "President is Missing" sounds interesting. I want to get it. Or listen to it rather :-)
@WriterAI (5373)
• Bulgaria
22 Jun 18
I love reading too. I have a great collection of books: my heritage books together with those bought by me are three generations books collection. My books are in different languages. Books were in my education from my early childhood to my university education.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
23 Jun 18
@WriterAI Wow this is wonderful.Different languages.I have enough problem speak english
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@WriterAI (5373)
• Bulgaria
24 Jun 18
@amadeo Thanks for sharing.
@caopaopao (12395)
• China
22 Jun 18
Reading brings us happiness. I like books of literature. Two bookshelves in my family are full of books.
@caopaopao (12395)
• China
23 Jun 18
@amadeo I am reading now, not as much as I used to.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
23 Jun 18
@caopaopao wow that is a lot.Hanging on to them are you?
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• United States
21 Jun 18
I downsized my collection and use my kindle to read more. If I find a book I think I will read over and over? Then I buy it. If I don't read something within a year? I donate it. I see these are all James Patterson. I haven't read his in awhile, I want to read The President Is Missing though.
• United States
23 Jun 18
@amadeo I've never thought to donate to the library. I give them to goodwill. I may give some of the books I need to get rid of to the library though. I know they sell them and get money towards buying newer books.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
23 Jun 18
@ScribbledAdauseum so have we and yes we do donate to the library.
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@Hannihar (129379)
• Israel
22 Jun 18
@amadeo To tell you the truth Alfredo I do not remember how I got started to want to read. I love reading. If it is a really good book I get really into it and hate to put it down but have to.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
23 Jun 18
@Hannihar Good for you there.Reading is good for the mind.
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@Hannihar (129379)
• Israel
24 Jun 18
@amadeo Alfredo, I cannot tell you when I decided I liked to read but now I cannot put books down.
• Cuddalore, India
22 Jun 18
I used to read free e-books online. During my college days, I used to read a lot of novels but now I am not reading any.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
23 Jun 18
@Lignitcityabsihek96 why are you not reading any more?
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• Cuddalore, India
24 Jun 18
@amadeo Now I read only blogs.
@porwest (78761)
• United States
21 Jun 18
For me I think it is a quite simple answer. At least it is the only answer I can find. I ALWAYS remember wanting to write. It seemed natural to want to read. Both really came naturally to me. I remember as far back as eight years old writing novels. And I remember as far back as I can remember wanting to learn how to read. I knew how to read before I went into kindergarten.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
23 Jun 18
@porwest Wow that is great there Jim.at eight good for you. What kind of novel did you write at the age?
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
30 Jun 18
@amadeo Believe it or not, I was always a horror writer.
@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
21 Jun 18
Hi Alfredo. Yes, I do. I have a small nook for all my books. My nephew would ask who read all those books and I would say, its me. My late grandmother was the one who motivated me to read.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
21 Jun 18
@mighen good for her.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
22 Jun 18
@amadeo Yes. I miss her a lot.
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