How long have you...

United States
March 1, 2007 6:29pm CST
been a reader? Did you enjoy reading as a child?
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19 responses
2 Mar 07
i have been a reader since i was real young...something like 7 or 8!! i got hooked to those boy-girl stories...and since then progressed to other good books...!1 though i only read fiction...i cant get through those fat motivational books or autobiographys...!! eww!!
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• United States
2 Mar 07
Lol you sound like me. I can only read fiction as well.
@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
2 Mar 07
I started reading at the age of 3 and have not stopped. I love to read and spend as much time as possible, I really have a hard time understanding how people can not like to read. I am also a compulsive reader, I read everything, I can't control it.
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@meme0907 (3481)
• United States
2 Mar 07
Hey RIML :D I've always loved to read since as far back as I can remember Reading is FUNdemental LOL +'s 4 U :)
@inked4life (4224)
• United States
2 Mar 07
Pretty much for as long as I can remember. I got it from my mum as she always had a book in her hands. I was real quiet and shy as a kid and would spend hours either at the library or in my room reading the books that I had got there.
@beaniegdi (1964)
2 Mar 07
I can't remember a time when I didn't read or enjoy reading and have read all sorts of different books. I know how lucky I am as my youngest son is severely dyslexic and although he can now read it is a big struggle so not a pleasure like it is for me.
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@Psychosis (356)
• United States
5 Jul 07
I have been reading as long as I can remember. I used to love to read encyclopedias and sports books. I don't read nearly as much as I used to, but I can occasionally find some time to flip a few chapters.
• Pakistan
2 Mar 07
I got used to going to the library when I was young. I loved to go to the library and read those glossy books with carttons and pictures all over them. Then it became a passion for me to read books, as I grew older.
• United States
2 Mar 07
I started reading around the age of 5. My Mom was always reading to me. I always reading something. I do most of my reading online, but I do love reading books offline as well.
@dopey22girl (3319)
• United States
2 Mar 07
I have loved reading for quite some time. Ever since I was able to read. But now I am really getting more into it. When I was younger however, I was absolutely in love with the Goosebump series and The Babysitters Club series. I also liked the Two Of a Kind series with Mary-kate and Ashley. It was a t.v. show and then they made books out of it. So basically all my life you could say I have been a reader.
@maribel1218 (3085)
• Philippines
2 Mar 07
I started to love reading at early age of 5 and from then on I was reading most of my spare time and my years of studying and that made me a fast reader lol!!! Reading is one of the best tool for learning for enhances not only your ability to reason out but also to write and to discover more on your life, society and the earth in general. I can say I will never be bored of reading anything of good value are really hard to stop.
• United States
2 Mar 07
I was practically born with a book in my hand. I don't know exactly how old I was when I learned to read, but I was a dedicated reader by the time I was six, and haven't stopped.
@Anakata2007 (1785)
• Canada
2 Mar 07
Yes I'v been reading since I could first read. My glasses are coke bottle lenses if that's any indication.
@lillake (1630)
• United States
2 Mar 07
I have always loved to read, Ever since I was a young child and I was given many books.
• India
2 Mar 07
I have loved reading since a long time. I loved books since my childhood. I usually read most of the genres in books my favourite one is 'Chariots of the Gods' read it if you ever get a chance. What about you raarimalion whats your favourite book?
@wayz12 (2059)
• United States
2 Mar 07
I have always been a reader. Officially, my mom said I started to learn how to read at 4 years and 8 months. She was my first teacher. She taught me how to read and would read to me every night. I was a very precocious child. When I was 7 or 8, I would be reading encyclopedias. (Trust me, I do not understand half of the things I read, but I was reading. LOL!) I started reading paperback romances and popular bestsellers by the time I was 10 or 11. By then, the habit was set. I was an only child, and books just became my new bestfriends. Now, as an adult, I still love to read, but current responsibilities have limited my time. I do not read as much as I used to. Furthermore, my tastes have expanded, including non-fiction, motivational materials into my choices. Still, once in a while, I still lose myself to a good book.
• Philippines
2 Mar 07
i've been reading since i'm a kid. my parents used to give me comics to read and i enjoyed it and since then i've been reading. my favorites are the harry potter series and mitch albom's
2 Mar 07
Yes, I have been a reader since I could start to read from my childhood favourites of enid blyton books to the novels I am reading now. It is something I enjoy and I could do on my own in my personal space and time. As a child, it spurred my imagination and allowed me escape the mundane and boring. As an adult, it allows me to relax and think out of the box, refreshing me and I really could learn a lot through reading. So, I felt I must instill the same habit into my kids and since there are v. young, I would buy them books, baby books, board books, bedtime books, whatever I find interesting. Eventhough they could not read yet. I just want to surround them with books and read to them whenever I can. Taking them to the library is also something I like to do. It is my dream to collect books and have a personal library of my own in my home. :-) I hope that would come true soon when I move into a house of my own... I will definitely dedicate a corner or a room as a home library.
@jbrowsin66 (1321)
• United States
2 Mar 07
Well, let's put it this way.... I was reading under the covers with a flashlight til my parents came in and yanked the book away, lol.
@Michele21 (3093)
• United States
2 Mar 07
I remember reading with my mom when I was really little, we would lay in bed together at night and read our books =) I was probably 7...not exctly sure though....I still love to read and hope my kids will too!!