The next question came from my good friend Melonie. I've "known" her for a while now. I think I was introduced to her by Sharon, but I digress, which is a bad habit of mine. My mind wanders and I'm wondering if perhaps there isn't some type of leash I could use to make it heel.
Melonie has six children. SIX CHILDREN. But wait! There's more. She's is currently attending college full time. She also has a husband, father-in-law, and a bundle of animals to take care of. Excuse me while I go take a nap after thinking about that. The laundry alone would be enough to kill me.
She is my hero. I won't even go into the whole confronting the drug dealer scenario. You'll just have to read her archives (January) to figure out what I'm talking about (I need to talk to her about trackback or permalinks; don't let me forget, mkay?
The question:
Okay, Pam has you started on Sue Grafton, so now I want to know when you started reading, how often do you read, do you love reading and if so when did this love of reading develop?
This is an awesome question Melonie. Very easy for me to answer.
I started reading when I was pretty little. I read when I get the chance, albeit, it's not nearly as much as I would like to. I love to read because I'm the type of person that becomes the character. It's a complete escape for me. I get so into a book (if it's good) and the characters that I'm quite often disappointed when it ends.
My mom is the one who started the spark, and it's now built into a huge inferno. She used to read with me every night. She made it fun by making up games. She would read a page, and then I would read a page. Then she would read a story, and get stuck on the hard words, and I would figure out the words. If I went to bed and read instead of watching TV, she would let me stay up a half an hour later.
So as you can see, I have always loved to read and I'm looking forward to a time that I can do it more.
Comments
Wow! I love you! You are so good for my ego. I am glad your mom instilled a love of reading in you at an early age. I have always loved to read and to be transported to another place or time. I try to get my kids to love it as much as I do but so far I am only batting 3 out of 6.
Posted by: Melonie at February 23, 2006 8:31 PM
Melonie's great, isn't she? So are you, Moogs. :-)
I remember the exact moment when the words on the page made sense to me. I haven't stopped reading since. I used to read anything I could get my hands on: books, magazines, newspapers, recipes, phonebooks. I will basically read anything if given the opportunity.
Posted by: Heather at February 23, 2006 10:05 PM
I remember the fist book I ever read (or was read to me). My Dad took me to a strange place called a Library and the book we checked out was about pioneer Daniel Boone. Now, over 60 years later, I still enjoy reading biographies.
Posted by: john cowart at February 24, 2006 9:17 AM
I love to read too and hate when I finish a good book...
Posted by: debby at February 24, 2006 11:28 AM
Yeah, how about that Melonie? Six kids -- I'd cut my beanbag off before I had that many.
But God bless her and her blog! BTW, nice blog here. I wish I could make mine like this!
Posted by: bugsbutt at February 24, 2006 12:14 PM
Is she for rent? I need someone to clean and cook for me, my wife is lazy.
Posted by: Catfish at February 24, 2006 1:52 PM
Yeah Reading is fun, that's for sure I have to stop myself reading so I can get sleep sometimes - really hard if it's like the latest Harry Potter or Kinsey Milhone though real hard.
Okay time to show us the breadth of your reading scale so to speak, name so your favourite authors and the "genre" of the books they right.
Posted by: Gopher at February 24, 2006 4:11 PM
