The Love Of Reading : My Love For Reading

As I look back on my childhood, I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t fond of reading. I love the way a good book just draws you in and it is almost impossible to set it down because you want to know what happens next! Looking back to my earliest moments I can always remember my mom and grandma always reading me books for hours and hours at a time. My favorite saying when I was younger was, “just read one more!” I couldn’t go to sleep without my mom at least reading me five books! My favorite was “The Little Mermaid” but I loved all of the princess books and I had possibly every one you could think of!

One of my all time passions is reading. I credit my love of reading to my dad, who has spent a great portion of his life reading as well. Some of my earliest memories are of my dad reading Harry Potter to me and my siblings, though I was the only child listening. My love of reading has only grown since then. Through reading I have learned about countless worlds and thousands of stories. I have discovered myself in between the pages of many different books, and I have learned more about people and the world arund me. Of all the ways to spend time, reading may be my absolute

Most of what I can remember from my childhood is being read to by my mom and her teaching me how to read, alongside my older sister. During the day all that I wanted to do was have my mom read to me, so she would. And every night before I went to bed she would let me pick one book for her to read to me. It was my favorite part of everyday. It wasn’t just at home that people would read to me, my grandma would too whenever we went to her house. She had this book full of short stories that always had a good lesson at the end. I loved hearing my grandma’s soothing voice right before I fell asleep. My favorite book was “One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish” by Dr. Seuss. Since my mom read it to me at least once everyday, I began to memorize it. I wasn’t actually reading the words on the page, I just knew the story so well that I could recite it.

Even if I refused to read on my own, my dad still read to me every single night right when I would go to bed. That was something I loved, and would never turn down as a young child. He read many

Escaping from the severe reality of life helps a person get through their difficulties within life. Whether they have emotional or physical problems, or a person just needs a good story, reading can help a person explore new worlds through their imagination. I loved reading from a young age, and treasured the moments when my mother read to me. She helped me explore the unique worlds that authors try to portray through their writing.

Reading allows me to explore and go on a journey, and take part of myself on that journey. I can relate with characters in books whether they are fictional or real. We all read for pleasure, to explore, even to share all the same feelings we all share reading the book, and feeling the same feelings the authors of the books went through themselves. This is what makes a book fun to read. That is what I think C.S. Lewis meant when he said “We read to know we’re not alone” because books let us feel the experiences others felt, and share the same thoughts and feelings as others around us.

If I do not enjoy the book, I adore to think of other readers and their perspective on the book. I can easily change my perspective of how I see the book, and it seems to become a new book. While reading books I loved from early on, I will be locked in for hours. No matter how long, I will not stop the book until it is over. I often will lock myself in my room, and read until the sun is up. There are many reasons of why I read. As a child, I was hated reading, for all the books seemed to be boring or “girly”. I always wondered why our classes would read the Little House on the Prairie, instead of books of war and violence. My previous school really delayed my love for reading. We had a strange A.R where some students would read a total of six points a year, where I was required to read on an upward of 250 points annually as young kids. I was forced to speed read, and read books I didn’t enjoy just for the high points value. The change of schools caused my love of reading to excel. I learned about many amazing books that I could read without a nearly impossible deadline. I read more and more, and learned to love the books for the content, not the forced

As a kid I used to read a lot and my family use to read to me. Reading was my favorite thing to do, but as I got older I got out the habit of reading. I stopped reading because there were a lot of distractions, such as watching TV, and being on my cell phone all the time. Dr. Seuss once said, “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.” I absolutely love that quote it inspires me and motivates me so much. I have so many early reading memories, school reading memories, and some reading obstacles that I have had to overcome, all influencing my current approach to reading.

My dad was always interested in plays and poetry, as well as reading about history. My mom was a very good student in highschool and throughout college, so she read many books and appreciated the literature she was introduced to over the years. Naturally, when they had me, their firstborn, literature would soon become a part of my life. I had to ask my mother about how I first learned to read, or how I was first introduced to literature at all, because I don't remember something so long ago. She said "I read to you even when you were in my stomach, so maybe I was just reading to myself, but I know that I read to you every night. After you were born too, and probably even a few years or so after you'd learned to read on your own." So, the idea of literature has always been a part of my life, since I was in my mom's stomach. The older I grew, the more I loved to read. The reading of bedtime stories became a nightly routine. Although we had an extensive selection of children's books at my house, it seemed that we were always getting more. I was enthralled by the movie Beauty and The Beast, so one day my mom surprised me with the book version. I was only 2 or 3 at the time. I would make my mom read that book over and over to me every night. I made her read it to me so much, that I eventually memorized it. I was only 3, so my mom thought that I was some sort of toddler genius, until she

Reading has been one of my favorite hobbies since I was a little child. I grew up as a normal child should grow and eventually I had to start learning for me to fit in society. My literacy started many years ago, after I knew how to talk and communicate with people. Reading my alphabet was quite stressful and I had to be given a hand by my family members. I remember my parents reading with me and it was the most meaningful and memorable way to spend time with me. This is because I liked reading a lot and I was eager to learn so that I could fit in with my older siblings. My favorite books were storybooks taking about adventures and fairytales

Since I was a younger girl, I have had reading in my home. My earliest memory of reading was when I was about ten or eleven years old, I started getting to Lurlene Mcdaniel books. All of her books were about love and would usually end tragically is death. I still do not know why I loved reading these books, but I remember going with my mom to the library and almost finishing my book before she was ready to leave. I read almost every single one of her books at that time. I also had some stories being read to me when I was younger but that was rare in my family.

Reading is a great way to learn without being taught. It can teach you how to spell and even write. Over the years I have respected reading more and more. I first started reading in elementary school, High school has been a lot easier, and reading at home has been a challenge for me. Reading has improved who I am as a student.

The first time I ever fell in love with reading was when I was 10 years old. I feel like that maybe a little late in the game, but my parents never really read to my sister and me while we were growing up. I never truly had that, "wow" moment with a book just yet. My father was in the Army and was deployed a lot and my mom worked or tried to stay busy so she would not miss him. Reading wasn't on the top of their to do list and at the time, it wasn’t on the top of mine. We were busy exploring new cultures and new places that other people could only dream of. I had been to France, Italy, Czech, and many other European countries before I was old enough to retain where I was and what I was experiencing. Oh, but that faithful day in my 5th grade class when reading evaluations came through, I had scored an 8th grade reading level. I was so excited when I showed my parents the evaluation, not because I loved to read and was having one of those, "look what reading has given me" moments. I just felt smart. We went to the library the next day in school to find books that were in our reading levels. I was a little intimidated at first, the books for 8th graders were superior to what I was used to reading. I was going to "Soldier on" as my father said and check out one of those huge and almost frightening looking books. I mean just because I could read at an 8th grade level didn’t mean I had to, right? Yes, I had to, I had to see what was out there for me in the terms of literature. I

At this point in my life, reading would definitely not make a list of my favorite things to do, but this wasn’t always the case. Some of my youngest memories involve reading, and many of these memories are enjoyable. Every night before bed my mom would read to me, and I remember begging to read just one more before she tucked me in almost every night. This is when my love for reading sparked. Throughout grade school, I continued to read frequently and never found it to be a chore; however, once middle school hit I no longer included reading as a past time or found it pleasurable. Looking back now I realize this was when English class included more forced literature, and school consisted of reading extensive pages in textbooks. Reading

I haven always loved the things I love now. But one thing I can always remember is that my mother has always been a reader. Ever since I can remember, my mother has always had a book with her wherever she went. Well, when I went into the first grade, my mother was so excited for me to learn how to read. She wanted to show me the wonderful world of books and where they could take me. The only problem was that I hated reading. I had started to learn how to read in the first week of school and I couldn't do it. I just couldn't get the hang of it. I would try and try and try but never reach the goal. So, when my mother realized that I refused to read anymore, she became worried.