How did you start your love for reading
By sunbeams
@sunbeams (232)
Philippines
June 6, 2016 10:48pm CST
Can you remember when you started your love for reading?
Ever since I was young I have always loved reading. I don’t remember how this passion for reading started. But what I do remember is that when I was in elementary (primary) school, “Reading” is one of my favorite subjects. In the Philippines, back then Reading and Writing are compulsory subjects for students from Grades 1 to 4. (ages 7 to 10 years)
I distinctly remember back then, after enrollment (usually two and a half weeks before classes start), we were issued books that will be used for the entire school year. I will pick out the Reading textbook, which is filled with short stories and then read them. By the time school starts, I have finished reading the entire textbook.
This passion for reading continued on to high school, where I borrowed books from the school library, then until college, when reading was a self-prerequisite and very indispensable to get good grades.
Reading for me is not even a hobby, it is a passion. I will never get tired of reading. I think this passion will never end until my last breath.
How about you, do you like to read? ^_____^
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@MGjhaud (23240)
• Philippines
7 Jun 16
i started young too. my mom would always tell me that i always open my textbooks and read it myself. i remember taking a break in highschool because i was an athlete then resumed in college. i didnt like reading textbooks at all by then but its when i started collecting fiction books.
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@sunbeams (232)
• Philippines
7 Jun 16
Another big reader like me, Yay! Nice of our parents to encourage reading at a young age.
Like you, there have been times when I had been in hiatus in reading. I was hooked in cross-stitching for a time, so I lessened my reading. But, I when I saw a book that interests me, then I pick up where I left off and start reading again. ^___^
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then there's writing when i first bought an organizer. i did a lot of things i considered as a hobby but i always go back to reading.
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
7 Jun 16
When I was in grade school, I hate reading but teacher always call me and have me read in front of my classmates. When I was in high school, a classmate of mine let me borrowed her pocket books. I was amused by the cover because it's a handsome guy. Until I'm fond of reading books that has a good story. Don't care if the author is not a known author as long as the story makes me forget the reality.
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@jumpinjack00 (3054)
• United States
8 Jun 16
Ah reading. Feeding the mind. It's never been so much fun to overeat. My first remembered experience with reading is choosing to stuff myself with several short stories by Edgar Allen Poe when I was around seven or eight. I don't remember the stories that day, many many years ago, but I do remember not wanting to go to sleep that night. Well actually it wasn't the sleep part that I feared. It was being in my room alone in the dark. I wanted to stay up in front of the TV with my parents but they wouldn't have it. My dad did leave my door open with the hall light on. I don't recall how long it took to fall asleep. To this day Edgar Allen Poe is still one of my favorite authors.
I stopped reading several years ago after a major life change which mostly preoccupied my mind but I'm back at the dinner table again. Eating lightly but preparing to gorge again.
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@sunbeams (232)
• Philippines
8 Jun 16
So glad you shared your first reading experiences. I do not remember if I have read Edgar Allan Poe stories. I may try them one of these days.
I am sure that major life change has been a blessing for you, albeit in disguise or not. Nice to know you are back to reading again. ^____^
@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
7 Jun 16
I started before going to school. My mother bought me comic magazines and read them aloud while inside the comfort room. Lol
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
8 Jun 16
@sunbeams hahaha yeah, it might seem awkward but we're used to it. My mother has her own magazines and prayerbooks there and I used to have my comics.
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@itsmejing (606)
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8 Jun 16
i remember when i was in the third grade we had this reading subject its called SRA we read and we answer question, and we are color coded as Gold is the highest color. this SRA is until the sixth grade 
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
7 Jun 16
I have always loved reading too. I didn't have a great childhood so my books made me feel like I was in a better world and it made me feel better.
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@sunbeams (232)
• Philippines
7 Jun 16
Nice, another kindred reading spirit. Yes I agree with you. Reading is an escape to a far better world (unless its a horror or crime/suspense story). My childhood years are good. Sorry to hear yours wasn't that great. But, at least reading provides a diversion or a leisure only you can cherish and enjoy.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
8 Jun 16
@sunbeams Of course,I remember when and how my reading habit developed.I think I will post a discussion about it.
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@1creekgirl (41424)
• United States
8 Jun 16
Books are some of my favorite things in the world! If I let myself, I could spend all my time reading. But then comes those pesky things like cleaning the house and cooking and all that needs to be done.
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@sunbeams (232)
• Philippines
8 Jun 16
I absolutely agree with you. If I had a wish, I would also like to just spend all of my time reading. But, I have to live, so I need to work, and do household chores too. Anyway, after doing all of these, I reward my self with reading my favorite books. ^____^
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@sunbeams (232)
• Philippines
7 Jun 16
Ah another book lover. Yes, bookstores are a great place to start reading, and spending haha. It's good that you like non-fiction books. You learn more from them rather than fiction stories, which are my preference. I have just posted another discussion on my favorite books. You may care to share your faves. ^____^
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
21 Jun 16
I don't remember but my mother says I started around age 3 and 50 years later i'm still at it.:) What are your interests in reading? Of course they change with age.Now I wouldn't pick up a Mills and Boons except for Betty Neels
