Booking Through Thursday
When growing up did your family share your love of books?
Did my family share my love of books? Not quite. But, from the time I was a newborn, my mother did read to me. She reads more now, about 10 or so books each year, which does put her ahead of the average American, according to a recent CNN article.
If so, did one person get you into reading?
Not so much as one person, as my situation might have led me to love reading. I think the fact that I was an only child, and many summer days I was stuck going into my dad's office because they couldn't afford a babysitter (my mother worked with my dad), probably contributed to my bibliophilia. There wasn't anything else for me to do.
And, do you have any family-oriented memories with books and reading? (Family trips to bookstore, reading the same book as a sibling or parent, etc.)
Do the late nights hiding under the blankets with a book and flashlight count? :) I always loved the trips to the public library in the summer with my mom. I would marvel at the Adult section, with its high ceilings, wrought-iron railings, and really big books. Then I would scamper down to the kid's library to find a dozen books that appealed to me. I would inevitably be engrossed in one of them by the time we left the library. I was always one of the first kids to finish the summer reading program, and I loved collecting the stars on my little card more than the prizes they gave out! I also loved the fact that I had my very own library card!
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That CNN article blows me away. Maybe if more people read, we'd have less crime, lol.
And what is it about having a library card? I remember getting mine too. I think it's right up there with a driver's license.
One in four! That's actually scary. Even if people just read newspapers, what context - history, culture - do they have for the stories? Yow.
I was the same way about my library card when I was little. It was precious!
Under the covers with a flashlight... my daughter still does that! Funny the places we will read when we love reading so much!! Diane
I didn't love to read when I was a child. Then when I grew up, married, had 3 children I started reading nonfiction. Somewhere along the way I got into fiction. It is really sad that more people don't read.
That flashlight is one of my best memories. I saw that same article and blogged about it yesterday. 1 in 4 is a sad statistic.
I never did try the flashlight under the blanket trick, but I did have other tricks up my sleave for staying up reading late into the night. I got away with it most nights. :-)
I remember one night being so caught up in an intense moment in a book that I was up pacing back and forth in my bedroom. I couldn't sit still. Haha
I read that article too! Isn't it sad to think that people just don't read anymore?
I never had to use the flashlight. But I always read before bed. We didn't have a library in the small town I grew up in, but my kids know ours well! They are always the first to sign up for the summer reading programs!
Oops, too bad I missed this one on Thursday. I would have love to have answered it. I wonder if it's ok to post them on Saturday? ;)
Thanks for the link to that article! I can't really imagine how empty life woul seem to me if I were limited to 5 books a year. I'd have to keep reading those 5 over and over again! It's just too depressing to even contemplate.
@trisha - it does seem that for so many people a library card is a rite of passage!
@teabird - I know. It's amazing looking back to realize how much I have learned from fiction (even if that is just providing me the incentive to do further research on a topic).
@diane - your daughter sounds like she has the makings of a bibliophile!
@booklogged - that's great that you have discovered the joy of reading! It's one of the few things in life that can appeal to all ages!
@bookgal - Welcome to my blog (I haven't seen you before, right?). It is sad that so many kids lack a reading role model, especially in inner cities. But then, I have also seen adults in GED classes learn to read for the first time, and fall in love with it. It's never too late to learn.
@literary feline and
@stephanie -
I always read now to help me fall asleep. And there are many a night that I dream about whichever book I happen to be reading at the time.
@dewey - The rare weeks that I remember to do a post on BTT, it usually happens on a Friday or Saturday. :)
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