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

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I was about 11/12 when I found my love for books, how old were you? :)
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I went to a private elementary school, and had to be interviewed in order to attend Kindergarten. At the interview, I said that I wanted to go to school so that I could learn to read. I thought that just by showing up I would magically be able to read, LOL.

It was a couple of years later that I read my first chapter book, so I was 7 or 8 when I really got hooked.
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Post by Happily Candied »

I was seven or eight when I first fell truly in love with books. I read Black Beauty in one day when I was in third grade and realized how much I adored reading. The very act of having a book in my hands seemed to make life perfect. I haven't been able to live without books in my life since then.
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I was about nine or ten when I found my love of books and the desire to read has never decreased.
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20 y/o just 2 months ago
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I was about 14, the first book I ever read outside of school was The Forbidden Game by L.J. Smith. I been in love with reading since.
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I was about 6-7 when I started to develop a love for reading.
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Post by gali »

TrishaAnn92 wrote:I was about 6-7 when I started to develop a love for reading.
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I should about 9-10. I loved reading greek mythology and julεs verne books. But then at high school i stopped reading to concentrate on school exams. i resumed reading after university and i never stopped since then.
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Post by CuriousJorgi »

I as long as I can remember because my parents read to me, but I have to say that when I truly loved reading was the summer my dad and I read "Little Women" out loud together, I was 9 all most 10. I remember us both crying too. Best reading memory ever for me!
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Post by katliegh »

From the moment I learned to read. I remember being in Kindergarten, and reading road signs aloud as my family passed by.
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Post by sazerterus »

I started reading pretty early. I was a bit of an introvert, so reading came only naturally to me. But, after middle school, my social life had begun to pick up. As a result, I could not devote enough time to reading books. Now, as a high school graduate, I feel that I should start reading books again. That is why I became a member of this site. After all, it isn't everyday that you get free books to read. :)
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Post by randomcheerio »

I was about 8 or 9. I remember being so bored that I picked up a book and discovered that I could escape whenever I turned a page.
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In elementary school I would read upwards of 5 hours daily, but it wasn't until I was about 11 or 12 when I read Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut that I really got inspired and loved the book I was reading.
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Post by gargi_pandey »

I was about 7-8 when I found my real love in the form of books and I know that they are not going to deceive me throughout my whole life.
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