What was the book that turned you into a bookworm?

I got hook on reading books when I was in college already. The professor gave us an book report assignment. The book I choose was "The Thorn Birds". After that I got hook. I read all sorts of books from Daniel Steele, JRR Tolkien, Stephen King etc.

I used to LOVE Roald Dahls books as a child so I can see where your coming from.
I wouldnt class myself as a bookworm though. I tend to go through phases where I read all the time and then I wont read again for months. I tend to go for womans books (chick lits) and easy reads. I like a book to keep me hooked but not where I have to think alot about it!!!!

Though this is a very good question, I am really not able to remember what was that particular book that made me an avid reader. I can rack my brains and strain my memory to remember not one but a special family of books that were called " Ladder Books". They were able to explain great concepts through an English Vocabulary that was not more than 2000 words! Though at the time I started reading these books my vocabulary was much higher than this, what I liked in those books was they cared to carry a message across to the reader. This made me an avid reader wnating to master several subjects.

OH what a good discussion and a good way to get new ideas for books. I remember one afternoon when I was 10 or 11 and I had nothing to do. It was storm day or something but it was sunny out and We had a copy of Heidi. And I picked it up and I enjoyed it immesely, but i don't think that was the book...I remember reading after that but not until I read tommyknockers By stephen king.....OH my what a difference...I was 13 or 14 and I loved how it sent shivers up my back. I was in my basement room and it was dark and I only had my light on....I was soooo scared that night I wouldn't even go upstairs.....Then I read almost anything I could get my hands on. Esspiecial by stephen king. And he still does it too me....If i'm really into one of his books and someone sneaks in or just startles me i will give a little scream!!!!

well now, i mostly read anything that has to do with history but when i was younger, i also used to love to read but for me it started when i was reading little house on the prarie books by Laura Ingalls. they are great for young girls even now.

The book that got me hooked on reading was "It" by Stephen King. I first read it when I was 11 and I had nightmares for a month after that, but since then I've now read every Stephen King Book I can get my hands on (as well as just about any other book in reach!) I've also re-read "It" at least 20 times since then and it still never fails to scare me!

Ooo, when I first thought about it, I thought "The Giver" in 8th grade is the first book I can remember LOVING. But after seeing Roald Dahl, I remembered the BFG, and still love that book to this day. It's so great to have children's authors like that who can get kids into wanting to read. I can remember a select few books I read at a young age that really hooked me... The BFG, The Giver, Night, To Kill A Mockingbird.

The book that was my hook was Little Women by Louisa May Alocott - I loved that book and couldn't put it down. It belonged to my mother and she let me borrow it when I was nine. Now it's on my bookshelf and, when my step-daughter turns nine in a few months, I'm going to let her borrow it - hopefully it'll have the same impact on her.:)

Actually I use to read alot of Judy Blume and sweet valley high books when I was in grade school thru high school, then after high school I just stopped reading. When I turned 18 my mother would buy me 2 books a year for christmas because I loved to read, but I never found the time to pick up the books between classes and working and friend time. I have been married going on 13 yrs this year and we bought a house, a fixer upper a few yrs ago and when I was unpacking I found the box of books I had. Well it was spring time and we were in between projects and my son loved to play in the back yard so I started by taking a book out there and reading it. It was Johanna Lyndsay Defy not the Heart. It was so good I couldnt stop reading, I read every book in my box and havent stopped buying them since. That was three years ago. LOL

Our family always love to read books. My mom love to read romance novels and father love to read spy novels and thick ones at that. As far as I can remember my dad signed me up in a bookclub called Bookworm. I started with the high school thing book ( i can't remember the name now). From there I really got hooked into reading books. I often would read in the jeepney, the bed at night before I go to sleep which sometimes ends in sleepless nights and even while I'm in the LOO! I can remember the first thick book that I started was a book called On wings of Eagles by Ken Follet. Absolutely loved it! Unfortunately, I can't seem to finish reading one short book because of my son who needs my attention. Plans to finish one thick book soon.