How old were you when you found your love for books?

[Toritho]

I've always liked to read pretty much since I learned how, but when I was little I was pretty lazy about it. I didn't really start reading a lot until I was about 12 or 13.

[Books_are_Life]

It had to be very young because I have been reading good size books for my age when I was four.

[yogitranscend]

I *wanted* to love books when I was 9 or so but I would always go too big with my choices (Thoreau, Emerson, Tolkien, Dante) so I would never actually get through a book. I would get a few pages in and become overwhelmed but, even so, I still enjoyed what I could muster. I found my love for reading bloom to a normal speed at around 25 and ever since I can't stop reading! I find myself reading "harder" books like transcendentalism sporadically while reading lighter things every night to keep in a rhythm of enjoyment over wine before bed. I enjoy fantasy the most and am not afraid to take weeks on even a young adult book, as the pleasure of reading is at my own speed. No need to speed read.

[Lianne]

I must have been about 7 years old when I discovered Enid Blyton, and I don't think I have stopped reading since!

[Mschneider75]

Kindergarten. I do not remember the title, but I know the book was about Abraham Lincoln. Ever since I "read" that, I couldn't get enough of the printed word.

[Jess8702]

I read the minimum required books in school and it wasn't until I was 20 years old that I started reading for the pure enjoyment of it. The first book I read was Twilight. I was so engrossed in the book that I read it, cover to cover, in one day and ended up going to the store in the middle of the night to buy the rest of the series. I think I slept a total of two or three hours at a time during that series. Ive been hooked on reading every since.

[LSWS07]

I've always loved books. I don't really remember a time I didn't.

[tenb]

I think I was about three when I discovered books. I remember getting my first library card at 5 (you had to be in first grade to get one then). It was an actual paper card that they typed my name on with a typewriter. And the catalog was a cabinet with index cards in it. Very different from the key tag card to use in the self-serve bar scanner checkout they have now.

[melissaharmon]

Well its funny, I hated reading when I was younger and in school. But when I was about 22-23 I just picked up a book one day and had no idea how much I would love it and I've been an avid reader since then

[rssllue]

I *wanted* to love books when I was 9 or so but I would always go too big with my choices (Thoreau, Emerson, Tolkien, Dante) so I would never actually get through a book. I would get a few pages in and become overwhelmed but, even so, I still enjoyed what I could muster. I found my love for reading bloom to a normal speed at around 25 and ever since I can't stop reading! I find myself reading "harder" books like transcendentalism sporadically while reading lighter things every night to keep in a rhythm of enjoyment over wine before bed. I enjoy fantasy the most and am not afraid to take weeks on even a young adult book, as the pleasure of reading is at my own speed. No need to speed read.

I have tried Tolkien a few times but have still yet to finish the complete Lord of the Rings. I have gotten through The Hobbit but the big one is still giving me fits. But to answer the thread's question, I found my love for books at about 7 when I got hooked on the Hardy Boys and read the whole series in order from my school library. I have never looked back since. My love for books has been solid all the way up until now.

[Liot]

I was about nine years old when I read Dr Doolittle and got totally hooked on reading. I followed this up by reading a book (I can't remember the title or author's name) about an Edwardian gentleman's adventures in Africa and Canada. This stirred the quest for adventure in me and has stayed with me although I am not anywhere near as adventurous as he.

This feel for the strange and for action helped me develop as an author.

Fran Connor

[rajukc]

I was 10/11 when I found my love for books.

[BookWorm07]

I've always loved stories. My dad used to tell folktales before putting me and my sister to bed and I loved every minute of it. But it wasn't until I picked up a Children's magazine called Tinkle when I was around 6 or 7 years old that I started reading. Haven't stopped since then.

[gali]

I always loved to hear stories and I started reading by myself when I was around 7 years old.

[LivreAmour217]

I was about eight years old when I really developed a passion for reading. It all began at the beginning of third grade, when I brought home a book order from school, pulled it out of my backpack, and started walking toward the trash can with it. My mother stopped me and told me to give it to her, and then looked it over for a few minutes. Afterward, she handed it back to me and said, "Pick out three books." For some reason, the idea of being able to choose any three books was so exciting to me, and this became a monthly ritual. Now, as an adult, I am always on the lookout for something new and interesting to read