What made you start reading?

I have always loved to read, which explains why I learned to read at the early age of three. I remember learning while watching my mom trying to teach my brother. It was one of those See Spot Run books, I was able to catch on very quickly. I already knew my abc's and 123's from watching Sesame Street. From there wasn't a book that I didn't want to put my hands on. Even today, I love to read. It hurts that I have two children of my own that started out hating the idea of reading. Now, I'm proud to say one of my kids (my oldest) has written 8 of her very own books. I had her go to a website called wattpad, it's a interesting link for aspiring authors to post their books online for others to see. I'm not into some of the stuff she has written, but there very good. Now I just wish my youngest would take up reading even more, instead of feeling she has to for school. I would love to read some of your work sometime.

Hi! As both of my parents were teachers, I was always encouraged to read and I just fell in love with biographies. I did try other types of literature but nothing really stuck with me as biographies did. Now if I can get my daughter to read better....she's 7 and knows Dr. Seuss quite well but struggles with others. I appreciate Dr. Seuss too but hearing the same story over and over again drives me a bit batty. Some stories she has succeeded with and enjoyed but with others, she seems that she drags her feet with. Anything I can do to get her over this? I do try to be positive an encouraging but....

I have been reading since before I can really remember to be honest. About the age where children can learn to read, I think that I was reading. It was way before the school system got their hooks into me with their belief on what enjoyable reading is and what I feel positive killed the enjoyment of reading for so many members of my generation but that is beside the point. What is the point is that I have always enjoyed reading, no matter what, since the beginning of my time of reading. I forgot the first book I ever read back in the day without my parents reading it to me. I think actually I did remember reading Charlotte's Web when I was in the first grade, asking my parents to buy my own copy, when the teacher wouldn't let me check it out of the school library because it wasn't "at my grade level." I completed the book without any problems once I bought them. I'll be the judge of what reading was at my grade level thank you very much. I'm certain there were books before that as well.

shameful but i guess what made me start reading is when i have my assignments and reports that needs to be done. maybe because reading i guess was never been my interest ever since.

I've always liked to read from the time I was very young, around 5 or so. There has never been a time when I disliked reading. Reading novels is one of my favorite hobbies, and I'm sure it always will be.

i started to love reading during grade schools.. as far as i can remember, the first few series that i read was nancy drews.. then a friend recommend me about works of RL which i loved a lot since im a suspense-thriller-mystery freak. there was also a time when i was addicted into romance novels. then came, harry potter, lord of the rings, and so on...

The story makes me read. Sometimes the story could make emotions within me to appear and make me carried away. he he

I started reading stuff from the time i learned how to read. Everyday i could see my father reading thick books and newspapers. There's not a single day he would miss reading his paper and his novels. I guess that's how i was influenced to read books. Those stuff are very educational and i learned a lot from them. REading books is like traveling at a lesser cost.

It was Dan Brown's controversial The Da Vinci Code that made me start reading. That was the first novel that I was able to finish. There were some pocketbooks before that I read but only to the middle part or the first 1/3 part, then, I stop reading. Next is the Twilight saga. It was really exciting as I advance from the first book to the next book. I also like the stories of Sydney Sheldon. They are nice, too. I hate reading textbooks though.

I think the traditional reading culture is fast dying. Now most people now have access to the internet, blackberry playbook, blackberry phone, Ipad, Ipod, and other technological gadgets. They have thrown away their books for this new technologies. I think I can not remeber when last I carried my books. If I read book it is always newspapers and my attention often focus on the vacancy section because I am still looking for a better job. I do not have time to read my book because the internet keeps me entertained all days.

I actually never liked reading too, except for comics, I have always loved comics. And one of the reason why I hated reading was because they were so grey and white with no pictures and it looked really boring. Anyway my sister is a book fanatic as she loves reading a lot! She used to bring books home from libraries an dused to buy books. So there used to be many books lying around which I had never even touched. It just made me feel bad that sis paid for something so it is kinda like free for me and I never even bothered. So I don't know there was just this burden kinda thing on me and I gave them books a try. So that is how I started reading books. haha might sound a bit silly to you but true story LOL

RL Stine!! the goosebumps books!! oh my god i love them!! i adore reading. lynda la plante is my favourite author. you have got to read her book, the red dahlia, its awesome. or karin slighter shes good too..!! jeffery archer isn't bad either! my mummy was my influence for reading for sure. she always had hords of books everywhere when i was growing up and the majority of the first books i ever read were hers.. even books like nancy drew books when i was a kid, had been hers as a kid :)

Reading is really a nice hobby. I especially love it whenever I get to learn something from what I am reading. But there are times when I am really not in the mood for reading anything. Well, people have preferences, either they love or hate reading. Some don't even read signs at all! Maybe those who hate it are the ones who get headaches whenever they read or those with poor eyesight or have eye strain problems. Some are just impatient in reading those little texts or just simply hate the smell of a book. I started my interest in reading really when I got a bit matured and loved learning to improve myself. That's why I am interested with a lot of self help books and books about money. Yes, maybe there can be people who can't stand reading but still reading is an essential thing whether they love it or hate it.

I enjoy reading from my childhood. When I was in school I loved to read comic books, and I had to read the text book too for the exams & marks. Still I read so many thing like newspapers, articles on the web, blogs, disscussions etc. Reading gives a boost to your thinking and imagination.

I've always enjoyed reading, ever since I was a kid. It was just something that I always enjoyed doing. I don't know exactly what made me what to read. It was just something that I wanted to do.

Reading is a gateway to life. It educates, encourages, rebukes, teaches, and mentors. Reading allows us to go places we haven't been and explore in more depth where we have already been.

Since I am pretty much an avid reader, I cannot really say what made start reading. I think it's because I am a curious person and reading satisfy my curiousity. I read any book that I can understand be it fiction or non fiction. I am also not picky when it comes to genres. I read from fantasy to historical fiction, thriller to steampunk, anything. Recently I started my book blog as well.

I feel that I had inherited this habit from my father as he is a real book lover and he bought me adventure series by enid blyton when i was around 14 years old. He usually gives me his books that he finds will be likely to be my interests especially the science fiction movies and I am now glad that I had inherited the same. The next very book which he directly recommended was "The Alchemist" and I consider is the book that motivated me further to read and now our collection of books can be considered as a mini library.. Have a nice day!

Reading starts when you are interested into it. Find what really interests you. If that what makes you happy, go for it. No matter how weird that topic it may be, so long as you enjoy every time you get into it.

As a child I am a reader. I started collecting story books and everybody gives me books as gifts. They think it is a healthy hobby for a child so at the age of 12 I almost have my own library at home with all the books I collected. That started my love for reading. I feel like leaving this world and entering another world when I read. My love for reading also made me a writer. But you know what, despite my love for reading, there are still books I can't stand reading, I get bored reading history books, I dont know why but I do. Unless I have something related that I have to research about I read at that time only.