A social book blogging meme hosted by Jennifer at Crazy-For-Books
Today's "Book Blogger Hop" question is:
“When did you realize reading was your passion and a truly important part of your life?”
When I was sixteen, I had to read a lot for my high school English class that year, but I didn't want to bother with it. I didn't really like reading back then and only did what I had to for homework. Although, that year, I didn't even bother to read for homework assignments! Of course, my grades started slipping dangerously too low and my parents got after me for it, so I decided I'd better just do as I was told and read those pesky books.
That was during Christmas break, which lasted for two weeks. I didn't have to read anything for school, thankfully, but my mother decided to buy me some teen paperback books written by a popular author who belonged to my church. I went ahead and read them--they were just fun fiction, after all. Nothing to analyze and brood over. But, I realized while I read them just how interesting the stories were, how much I liked the characters I read about. I was genuinely loving to read for the first time in my life!
After that, I always loved to read and decided to major in English when I was in college. I even realized I wanted to write novels when I was around twenty-one.
I had a similar experience except it was in third grade. It took until 7th grade to be completely passionate about reading for fun.
ReplyDeleteI realized how important books had become in my life in 1999. Come see what happened.
Third grade is still really young. Lucky you! I wish I had been younger when I had had my experience.
ReplyDeleteI have loved reading for as long as I can remember. Have a great weekend!
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@ Pepca: Thanx for stopping by! I wish I could say I've always loved reading.
ReplyDelete@ Pedantic Phooka: Thanks for following my blog! You have a great weekend, too.