How did you start reading? - Page 6

oboy · 03-03-2010, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by HorridRedDog

I've seen bits of it (Doc Savage) on YouTube. I would rather pull out my fingernails than watch the whole thing.

Definitely not the best movie ever made, but for a 9 or 10 year old, it was pretty good, and it got me started with a love for Doc Savage that I still have today.

ardeegee · 03-03-2010, 10:18 PM

Add another to the list of those who can't remember not reading. However I learned, it was long before I reached school.

cearbhallain · 03-04-2010, 05:43 PM

I don't remember learning to read either, but I do remember the first books that I read over and over again. My third grade teacher read 31 Brothers and Sisters to the class. It was about a girl growing up in an African village whose father has many wives and who wants to go on the elephant hunt with the boys. It had two sequels that followed her through to young adulthood. She eventually did some sort of nursing training and her boyfriend went to work in the diamond mines to earn money to buy the cows he needed for her dowry.

I vividly remember the teacher explaining to the class that people in "Africa" still lived like the characters in the books, in the 1970's. She was one of the worst teachers I've ever had for anything in my life, and it wouldn't surprise me if she really did think that no one on the whole bloody continent of Africa lived in modern cities.

seagull · 03-04-2010, 05:55 PM

I have been able to read since the age of 2 though as far as I can remember I never really actively read books of my own choice until the age of about 7, up until then I'd just read books my school provided for me as I was ahead of the rest of the class in my reading ability. At the age of about 7 or 8 I started reading books like Harry Potter and Eragon, books of my own choice. I have continued ever since.

cvkemp · 03-04-2010, 06:38 PM

When I was in school I hated to read. I even went to my first year of college and did very poorly due to not reading that much. I dropped out of college and ended up in the Navy and was put in to tech schools and was made to read and once I learned how important it was to read I have read mostly tech material ever since. Just this last year I got into reading novels and books that I should have read in my early days and found them very interesting. I believe that part if me being into reading now is due to my hearing I can no longer understand what is being said on the TV and or movies so I read for to keep from being borrowed. I am not a fast reader, it took me almost a week to read Steve Martini's Double Tap which is what really got me interested in entertainment reading. That was back last March and since then I have read all of the Steve Martini's books plus the 3 Lord of the Rings, and the Hobbit, plus about 10 Tom Clancy books.
I can not seem to put books down now.

Chuck

Billjr13 · 03-04-2010, 08:35 PM

Viv'La Reading! Reading is Fundamental! If you can read you can always teach yourself anything.

Jonimeesermann · 04-27-2010, 05:10 AM

The first book that got me hook is of course JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Being an eleven years old myself when I read it, somehow i find myself related with Harry's story (although my life is not as dramatic as his). And the whole thing is really easy to read. That is important for me back then, when my reading material consist mostly of comic books.

sunnysmiles · 04-27-2010, 11:45 AM

I was very young when I started reading Im not sure but I remember on xmas eve my mum giving me Pinkie and perkie and another book to keep me quite.
I used to read a lot of Enid Blyton, Heidi and Swallows and Amazons. Then when I was 12 I was allowed to take adult non fiction books out of the library .
Always had books in my handbag to read and now its a book reader .

HistoryWes · 04-27-2010, 12:28 PM

I learned to read at school, but I didn't learn to love books until I was ten. I spent the summer at my grandparents' house and discovered my uncle' Tom Swift Jr. books (he had died in Viet Nam the year before). I read them and loved them. From there I went on to Edgar Rice Burroughs, then other science fiction, and then other genres.

mike_bike_kite · 04-27-2010, 01:30 PM

I remember reading "Rogue Male" in school and suddenly thinking that perhaps it was possible to get into reading.

wayrad · 04-27-2010, 01:53 PM

Not quite sure how I learned either, but my mother told me it was from television commercials. Except for The Cat in the Hat and sequel (which I hated), the first books I have a clear memory of are Salten's Bambi and a few other stories, when I was 6. After that I started on my sister's old Weekly Reader Book club selections. By the time I was eight, I had a 4-5 book per week habit, and often resorted to encyclopedias to stave off withdrawal (I was a weird kid).

jabberwock_11 · 04-27-2010, 11:03 PM

I started pretty early, but the first books I really remember enjoying were the Encyclopedia Brown books and the original Hardy Boys books...I know cheese-tastic, but I liked them.

I remember my mom reading me these books called Mournful Mouse, but no one other than myself seems to have ever heard of them. I loved them and managed to track them down to a tiny independent publisher in northern Michigan, where I started out in life...

DoctorOhh · 04-28-2010, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by jabberwock_11

I remember my mom reading me these books called Mournful Mouse, but no one other than myself seems to have ever heard of them. I loved them and managed to track them down to a tiny independent publisher in northern Michigan, where I started out in life...

I came across two interesting articles on Helen H Schmock the author of the Mournful Mouse books. She was a fascinating woman.

Update: Here is an informative obit. It says her son lives in Georgia too.

jabberwock_11 · 04-28-2010, 12:20 AM

That's really cool! I loved those books when I was really young and have been trying to find any reference to them over the years. They aren't even listed in most book finding databases. I found one on ebay a few years back, but that was it.

Thanks for the info!

Shayne Parkinson · 04-28-2010, 03:24 AM

I think I started with cloth books, which have the virtue of surviving being chewed :-)

The first books I remember reading on my own were Noddy books - I had quite a collection. I moved onto the Famous Five, and one wondrous day our town's librarian gave me a whole box of Bobbsey Twins books that were destined for the tip.

My parents always gave me books for birthday and Christmas presents. And one of my dearest childhood memories is of walking to the library every Friday night with my father, each of us collecting a pile of books. The library had a rule that children were only allowed to borrow two books at a time, but the librarian (see above) waived it in my case.

04-27-2010, 11:45 AM	#83
sunnysmiles Addict Posts: 279 Karma: 1188010 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: London Device: I pad air, kindle pw2 and kindle touch , kindle had fire Nook pad nook	Book worm I was very young when I started reading Im not sure but I remember on xmas eve my mum giving me Pinkie and perkie and another book to keep me quite. I used to read a lot of Enid Blyton, Heidi and Swallows and Amazons. Then when I was 12 I was allowed to take adult non fiction books out of the library . Always had books in my handbag to read and now its a book reader .

04-27-2010, 12:28 PM	#84
HistoryWes Teacher/Novelist Posts: 632 Karma: 2274466 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Nevada Device: Nook STR, iPad	I learned to read at school, but I didn't learn to love books until I was ten. I spent the summer at my grandparents' house and discovered my uncle' Tom Swift Jr. books (he had died in Viet Nam the year before). I read them and loved them. From there I went on to Edgar Rice Burroughs, then other science fiction, and then other genres. Last edited by HistoryWes; 05-11-2010 at 02:31 PM.

04-27-2010, 01:53 PM	#86
wayrad Fanatic Posts: 551 Karma: 1121392 Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Device: HTC One M8	Not quite sure how I learned either, but my mother told me it was from television commercials. Except for The Cat in the Hat and sequel (which I hated), the first books I have a clear memory of are Salten's Bambi and a few other stories, when I was 6. After that I started on my sister's old Weekly Reader Book club selections. By the time I was eight, I had a 4-5 book per week habit, and often resorted to encyclopedias to stave off withdrawal (I was a weird kid). Last edited by wayrad; 04-27-2010 at 02:09 PM.

04-27-2010, 11:03 PM	#87
jabberwock_11 Addict Posts: 231 Karma: 1591305 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Savannah, GA USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, Aluratek Libre Pro	I started pretty early, but the first books I really remember enjoying were the Encyclopedia Brown books and the original Hardy Boys books...I know cheese-tastic, but I liked them. I remember my mom reading me these books called Mournful Mouse, but no one other than myself seems to have ever heard of them. I loved them and managed to track them down to a tiny independent publisher in northern Michigan, where I started out in life... Last edited by jabberwock_11; 04-27-2010 at 11:06 PM.

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ardeegee Maratus speciosus butt Posts: 3,292 Karma: 1162698 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-350	Add another to the list of those who can't remember not reading. However I learned, it was long before I reached school.

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cearbhallain Groupie Posts: 183 Karma: 1053258 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Fort Vancouver Device: nook	I don't remember learning to read either, but I do remember the first books that I read over and over again. My third grade teacher read 31 Brothers and Sisters to the class. It was about a girl growing up in an African village whose father has many wives and who wants to go on the elephant hunt with the boys. It had two sequels that followed her through to young adulthood. She eventually did some sort of nursing training and her boyfriend went to work in the diamond mines to earn money to buy the cows he needed for her dowry. I vividly remember the teacher explaining to the class that people in "Africa" still lived like the characters in the books, in the 1970's. She was one of the worst teachers I've ever had for anything in my life, and it wouldn't surprise me if she really did think that no one on the whole bloody continent of Africa lived in modern cities.

03-04-2010, 05:55 PM	#79
seagull Addict Posts: 247 Karma: 89950 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Amazon Kindle 2	I have been able to read since the age of 2 though as far as I can remember I never really actively read books of my own choice until the age of about 7, up until then I'd just read books my school provided for me as I was ahead of the rest of the class in my reading ability. At the age of about 7 or 8 I started reading books like Harry Potter and Eragon, books of my own choice. I have continued ever since.

03-04-2010, 06:38 PM	#80
cvkemp Loving life Posts: 1,430 Karma: 7991496 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hot Springs Village, Arkansas Device: PaperWhite 6 SE, Fire HD8	When I was in school I hated to read. I even went to my first year of college and did very poorly due to not reading that much. I dropped out of college and ended up in the Navy and was put in to tech schools and was made to read and once I learned how important it was to read I have read mostly tech material ever since. Just this last year I got into reading novels and books that I should have read in my early days and found them very interesting. I believe that part if me being into reading now is due to my hearing I can no longer understand what is being said on the TV and or movies so I read for to keep from being borrowed. I am not a fast reader, it took me almost a week to read Steve Martini's Double Tap which is what really got me interested in entertainment reading. That was back last March and since then I have read all of the Steve Martini's books plus the 3 Lord of the Rings, and the Hobbit, plus about 10 Tom Clancy books. I can not seem to put books down now. Chuck

03-04-2010, 08:35 PM	#81
Billjr13 Addict Posts: 357 Karma: 550002 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Colorado Device: Sony PRS 700 & 650	Viv'La Reading! Reading is Fundamental! If you can read you can always teach yourself anything.

04-27-2010, 05:10 AM	#82
Jonimeesermann Connoisseur Posts: 82 Karma: 12 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: Nokia e71, Ipod Touch, Sony PRS 300	The first book that got me hook is of course JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Being an eleven years old myself when I read it, somehow i find myself related with Harry's story (although my life is not as dramatic as his). And the whole thing is really easy to read. That is important for me back then, when my reading material consist mostly of comic books.

04-27-2010, 01:30 PM	#85
mike_bike_kite Digitally confused Posts: 500 Karma: 1500000 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: London, UK Device: KPW, K2i, Nexus 7 32gb, Kobo Mini	I remember reading "Rogue Male" in school and suddenly thinking that perhaps it was possible to get into reading.

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jabberwock_11 Addict Posts: 231 Karma: 1591305 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Savannah, GA USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, Aluratek Libre Pro	That's really cool! I loved those books when I was really young and have been trying to find any reference to them over the years. They aren't even listed in most book finding databases. I found one on ebay a few years back, but that was it. Thanks for the info!

04-28-2010, 03:24 AM	#90
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	I think I started with cloth books, which have the virtue of surviving being chewed :-) The first books I remember reading on my own were Noddy books - I had quite a collection. I moved onto the Famous Five, and one wondrous day our town's librarian gave me a whole box of Bobbsey Twins books that were destined for the tip. My parents always gave me books for birthday and Christmas presents. And one of my dearest childhood memories is of walking to the library every Friday night with my father, each of us collecting a pile of books. The library had a rule that children were only allowed to borrow two books at a time, but the librarian (see above) waived it in my case.