Poll #79: When did you become an avid reader?

Shaun · 11-11-2010, 02:01 PM

Those of you who know me know that I didn't become an avid reader (or an English-y person) until I was college-aged. So, I'd like to know when you became avid readers (not someone who reads sometimes, but someone who reads a lot).

Feel free to leave comments here if you'd like to give more detail.

Majyk · 11-11-2010, 03:16 PM

I became an avid reader when I was about eight or so. Can't quite remember. Before that I used to hate reading. I don't know why. I loved it when my mom read books to me and my sister (does that count, or no? :p), but I didn't like doing it myself. Then my friend gave me the first two or three books in a series and I really liked them, so I started reading all the others.

Clawfire · 11-12-2010, 06:51 AM

I really liked reading since I ever learnt to read. I remember 'reading' books to my cat when I was three

. I would actually mostly make up some of the story, reading what I could but when I learnt how to read, I started reading to my mum...

FayGee · 11-21-2010, 06:42 AM

When I learned to eat -- at the tender age of four.
Brains just run freely in my family! Right, Claw?

lalodragon · 03-04-2011, 06:11 PM

I was 2 and a half when I actually became an avid reader (when I learned to read), but I was forcing my family to read books to me before that.

Quindora · 09-25-2011, 04:33 AM

Hmm... After I learned to read, but before middle school. Probably around 3rd-4th grade.

Julian · 10-18-2011, 08:01 PM

This is a very generalised question...

I started reading at 3, and from then on until 10 I would literally gobble all kinds of facts book.

Then we immigrated to Switzerland; then I had to spend most of my time learning a foreign language; so, from 11 to 12, I stopped reading.

After deeming (yeah..) my French as adequate, I started reading again, though to a much lesser extent than when I was younger. Blame distractions in developed countries -_-. Books are much more fun to read when you're bored

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Fact.

Dabs · 10-29-2011, 06:42 PM

It started when I learned to read, then waned during my middle school years, then kicked back up halfway through high school, and its persisted ever since.

AlextotheAndra · 11-14-2011, 09:33 AM

I bacame an avid reader when I was about 8, until then I enjoyed others reading to me. I remember distinctly that the school librarian gave me the Andersen version of the little mermaid, from then on I have been hooked

wutheringheights · 11-15-2011, 07:02 PM

I started really reading in 5th grade. My teacher had a huge book case full of Christopher Pike, so I read one and got hooked on any one I could find. I'm a reading fanatic now.

View Poll Results: When did you become an avid reader?
When I learned to read...	22	62.86%
Middle School (10-12)	7	20.00%
High School (13-18)	3	8.57%
College (18+)	2	5.71%
I'm not an avid reader...	1	2.86%
Voters: 35. You may not vote on this poll

11-11-2010, 02:01 PM	View Post #1 (Link) Poll #79: When did you become an avid reader?
Shaun Dead Person Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Gainesville, FL Posts: 5,581 Points: 11.33 Times Thanked: 136	Those of you who know me know that I didn't become an avid reader (or an English-y person) until I was college-aged. So, I'd like to know when you became avid readers (not someone who reads sometimes, but someone who reads a lot). Feel free to leave comments here if you'd like to give more detail. __________________ The Viking Amoeba Army is here! Run for your lives! Tumblr! Read my published fiction and non-fiction! And check out The World in the Satin Bag novel podcast. Help me become rich and donate! My Random Stuff: --The World in the Satin Bag: My science fiction, fantasy, and writing blog! --Check out Cheese & Crackers Original and Cheese & Crackers Superheroes --The Skiffy and Fanty Show --Duke and Zink Do America (Political Podcast) YWO Stuff: --Buy Survival By Storytelling Magazine (Issue One is available!) Support fellow YWO writers! --And don't forget to buy something from YWO's Zazzle Store! --Follow YWO on Twitter. Spoiler: This is a call to arms, gather soldiers, Time to go to war. This is a battle song, brothers and sisters, Time to go to war.

11-11-2010, 03:16 PM	View Post #2 (Link)
Majyk Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,416 Points: 29.02 Times Thanked: 347	I became an avid reader when I was about eight or so. Can't quite remember. Before that I used to hate reading. I don't know why. I loved it when my mom read books to me and my sister (does that count, or no? :p), but I didn't like doing it myself. Then my friend gave me the first two or three books in a series and I really liked them, so I started reading all the others. __________________ . Finished The Underhill Series, Book One: The Second Self (Collaboration Story) (10/21/12 - 3/18/13) at 77,000 words! The Underhill Series, Book Two: The Divided (Collaboration Story) (3/20/13, 54,000 words) Editing: Shadow of a Human (chapter 8 of 34 complete) “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” — Albert Einstein .

11-12-2010, 06:51 AM	View Post #3 (Link)
Clawfire Literary Artist Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: I am where I seem to be. Posts: 497 Points: 30 Times Thanked: 13	I really liked reading since I ever learnt to read. I remember 'reading' books to my cat when I was three . I would actually mostly make up some of the story, reading what I could but when I learnt how to read, I started reading to my mum... __________________ People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually, from a nonlinear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff. - The Doctor (David Tennant)

11-21-2010, 06:42 AM	View Post #4 (Link)
FayGee Aspiring Author Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: the home is where the heart is! Posts: 686 Points: 22.57 Times Thanked: 28	When I learned to eat -- at the tender age of four. Brains just run freely in my family! Right, Claw? __________________ YWO Awards 2011: Most Welcoming Member: FayGee Worst Spammer: FayGee Roses are red Violets are blue Some poems rhyme This one doesn't So ha. I collect thank points.

09-25-2011, 04:33 AM	View Post #6 (Link)
Quindora Novice Writer Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New York Posts: 13 Points: 5 Times Thanked: 0	Hmm... After I learned to read, but before middle school. Probably around 3rd-4th grade.

10-29-2011, 06:42 PM	View Post #8 (Link)
Dabs Aspiring Author Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Long Island, New York Posts: 614 Points: 30 Times Thanked: 68	It started when I learned to read, then waned during my middle school years, then kicked back up halfway through high school, and its persisted ever since. __________________ "Say all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will be sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words or he will certainly misunderstand them."--John Ruskin The best way to learn how not to write poetry is to look at DeviantArt's front page and read all the poems you can find.

11-15-2011, 07:02 PM	View Post #10 (Link)
wutheringheights Idea Scribe Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: a secret government base on the dark side of the moon Posts: 50 Points: 5.58 Times Thanked: 0	I started really reading in 5th grade. My teacher had a huge book case full of Christopher Pike, so I read one and got hooked on any one I could find. I'm a reading fanatic now.