Thread: Seniors driving increase in television time at the expense of reading
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Old 06-27-2019, 08:48 PM   #62
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Originally Posted by crich70 View Post
I'm sure I got it from my mom. She got me my first library card when I was just 3 yrs old. She created a monster when she did that because I have had a life time love affair with books. I'm now 48 and still reading some 45 yrs after I got that first library card.
Mine started when I was given a gift of an ongoing series* of children's books. At the time I got the first one, I treated the books like trophies rather than something to actually read. My mom got angry and said if I didn't start reading them, she'd cancel my subscription.

I picked up book one...and never stopped reading again. Often wondered if she regretted that gift. Especially ironic because she never has been much of a reader.

*The series was called "The Happy Hollisters". We let a neighbor's grandchildren borrow them, and we never got them back. I always wanted a change to revisit them as an adult. Ah well.
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