Which author started it all for you?

mar_mendes · Post by **mar_mendes** » 26 Aug 2016, 11:51

To me it was Enyd Blyton. Started reading at a very young age and got super excited everytime I received a new book to continue the collection. Sadly I'm also a quick reader and had to wait to receive a new one

Silvermoon · Post by **Silvermoon** » 26 Aug 2016, 19:16

I have loved to read ever since I can remember, so I guess, Dr Seuss is going to have to be my answer.

Leese09 · Post by **Leese09** » 26 Aug 2016, 20:48

Who started me off.... Enid Blyton. I absolutely loved the secret seven series. However I have many authors who I feel have changed my genre of reading for various reasons. I loved Stephanie Meyers as well. I have enjoyed reading Terry Hayes only novel. After reading his I found it difficult to get into a book for a while. He moved the benchmark way up in writing.

joriemae · Post by **joriemae** » 26 Aug 2016, 21:18

Louisa May Alcott would be my reason why I learned to love reading in the first place. I was mostly into movies until I happened to watch the 1994 film Little Women and fell in love with it. Ever since then, I've been enjoying the company of books, usually children's classics, whenever I'm feeling bored. Afterwards, I decided to try reading romantic novels, and good thing, the first one I read was 'Lily' by Stobie Piel. And I think, that was the time when I really started to become interested in the various genres of literature.

Rose-0116 · Post by **Rose-0116** » 27 Aug 2016, 00:22

For me it was To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee. I love that book and have reread it many times, it never gets old.

sayan sahoo · Post by **sayan sahoo** » 27 Aug 2016, 00:53

I believe goddess exists, and she is JK Rowling. Why? Because Harry potter is not just magic, but few other important things like life lessons, morals, friendships and love. The first book of the series starts with the epic journey of a 11 year old boy Harry Potter, the boy who lived! And it was the start of a journey to a new world, the world of which other kids, teenagers and some adults dreams of (including me). With a very intriguing plot and classy writing, JK Rowling finished the first book and kept the readers waiting eagerly for the next releases. With the next installments of the series, I got so much attached to the world of Harry Potter, his friends and his life that I for once thought that the world exists in real. And its the power of JKR. The books went on towards the main plot, teaching us a great deal of moral values, friendships, power of love and bravery along with it. And all these things helped Harry and his friends to throw the evil which marked the end of the epic journey. But it's not the end, because the world exists, and Hogwarts, the school of witchcraft and wizardry still teaches other small children to become great human beings in future, as it has done since thousands of years.

XIFireheartIX · Post by **XIFireheartIX** » 27 Aug 2016, 06:43

For me, I think the author that started it all was Harper Lee. I've read books before, but very rarely. Now I read a lot of books, way more than I would before. After reading Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' I was driven to read as much books as I can get my hands on. It was the first time I was really engulfed in a story, and I learned that books have that power to engulf the reader and take them to a whole new world with colorful characters, and that's what I never understood, or felt until I read 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.

lily_kh87 · Post by **lily_kh87** » 27 Aug 2016, 14:36

For me, it was Agatha Christie. I used to read stories written for young adults until my first encounter with one of her novels. And from that day I just couldn't stop reading for her.

Yonit · Post by **Yonit** » 27 Aug 2016, 22:26

I always enjoyed reading, The first book that 'got me' was ' Mara, Daughter of the Nile'. I just checked and was surprised to find it still in print and popular. I love Dickens and Shakespeare, Gabriel Garcia Marquez (100 years of solitude), George Orwell's 1984, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Nevil Shute, Albert Camus, and Edgar Allen Poe. Among contemporary writers Ann Rice, Edgar Keret, John Scalzi and Jack Engelhart are my favorites

Shabellabook29 · Post by **Shabellabook29** » 27 Aug 2016, 23:28

Cathy Cassidy would have to be the first author who really engaged me and motivated me to read. Her books are written in 1st person which really helped involve me in the story and her plots are relatable and provoke the imagination of young minds. I was able to communicate with her via email, where we spoke about the industry and she even inspired me to begin writing my own stories.

Laurencbosch · Post by **Laurencbosch** » 28 Aug 2016, 08:58

I read all the time when I was young but I never truly understood what genre was my favorite until late middle school when I began reading John Grisham. Then in high school I read Jodi Picoult and later moved to Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and I was hooked on crime and true crime books.

Always reading89 · Post by **Always reading89** » 28 Aug 2016, 12:50

For me it was Stephen King, the King of Horror. I was in the 5th grade and staying over at my grandmother's house. She needed me busy while she dealt with some house issues so she told me to pick a book from her bookcase. I walked over and noticed "The Shining" so I took that down and opened it up and LOVED it.

sadikmon · Post by **sadikmon** » 28 Aug 2016, 16:02

Surely, that was Napoleon Hill.

Haygoodnichole · Post by **Haygoodnichole** » 28 Aug 2016, 16:04

For myself it was Ellen Hopkins, I was a teenager at the time and I loved her story lines and how real the characters were.

Deneale · Post by **Deneale** » 28 Aug 2016, 16:35

Seriously? Dr. Suess. I was a kid. I couldn't get enough of his books. After that, when I was a teen, I was never allowed out of my room, and I found my Dads hidden adult books. Or maybe they were my moms? I don't know. But they were paperbacks. I never seen Mom read, she just always crocheted. Dad was always the one reading. But these books were on sex, so who knows maybe she read at night? But they made me feel things and I didn't know what it was I was feeling either. I was a virgin, and a closet child, literally and physically. They were pink books about Doctors and their mistresses. Oh they were amazing. Once they learned I found them they vanished. After that I found the Amityville horror books, and got the crap scared out of me. Then came Stephen King. I love to read! LOL