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unboggling · 01-07-2011, 07:42 AM

My first purchase of a "grown-up" book at age 7 was A Princess of Mars. I stole the money, maybe 2 or 3 dollars, from my grandmother's cash-in-the-jar secret stash and walked 10 blocks to the nearest bookstore, all by myself, in a big city. I was so proud.

Until the theft was discovered.

But I aspired to be a grown-up reader because, as mentioned by others above, in my early childhood I noticed my parents reading whenever they got the chance.

01-07-2011, 07:42 AM	#11
unboggling Wizard Posts: 1,065 Karma: 858115 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kobo Clara, Kindle Paperwhite 10	My first purchase of a "grown-up" book at age 7 was A Princess of Mars. I stole the money, maybe 2 or 3 dollars, from my grandmother's cash-in-the-jar secret stash and walked 10 blocks to the nearest bookstore, all by myself, in a big city. I was so proud. Until the theft was discovered. But I aspired to be a grown-up reader because, as mentioned by others above, in my early childhood I noticed my parents reading whenever they got the chance.