[mike05450]

Most anything I could learn from. Driving was an obsession so naturally the DMV handbook haha. Generally I skim for info too much to read fiction, have always been this way.

[alwayscurious]

Did any of you who read a lot now NOT read much as a child?

[Beric]

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I read a variety of things, however, I had limited exposure to fantasy—thanks to my parents. Anyways, as child, I remember reading: Non Fiction King James Bible (Maybe I should list this as historical fiction? * shrugs *) Nature handbooks - I learned that humans are, in fact, primates. Geology books Space books Archimedes' Inventions How stuff works Illustrated History Books Maps! I loved maps. I just wish I could remember everything. :D Illustrated Human Physiology Early American History fiction Choose-your-own-adventure books Adam Raccoon Dr. Suess, not for the stories, but for the grammar. I was fascinated by the phraseology. Any Historical Fiction I could get my hands on (Anne of Green Gables type stuff) G.A. Henty's books for boys Military-themed fiction - Rainbow Six anyone?

Wow, I read almost every book on your list as a child. GA Henty and all historical fiction included (my username is taken from Beric the Briton). Add in some Sci-fi that my Dad had stored away. And yes, limited exposure to fantasy, though I would have loved it.

	Originally Posted by alwayscurious To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Did any of you who read a lot now NOT read much as a child?

I've pretty much stopped reading since discovering computer games and the internet (around age 14). Of course, those also involve a lot of reading.

[vaeran]

I've never thought of myself as much of a reader, but I do read more than the average student in the health field, I suppose. I also bring my Kindle wherever I go! As a kid I loved prowling in the library. In elementary school, I remember:

- Greek/Egyptian mythology books... lots, and lots, and lots of them
- Adventures of Tintin comics
- Books about animals, dinosaurs, geography
- Ramona books
- Children's Dictionary
- Encyclopedias
- Goosebumps, etc.
- Doraemon/Dragonball manga (lived in an Asian country 'til I was 8; they're staples)

Didn't like the Boxcar Children books, and never got into Narnia.

Then when I was 12, I picked up The Three Musketeers and fell in love. I didn't quite catch the romance back then--who cares about kissing and sex when you're twelve, and there's swash to be buckled? Heh. It's still one of the books I love to read over and over again. My next big obsession was Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird.

[Silwin]

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I loved reading when I was a kid. I read the Lord of the Rings Trilogy by the time I was 10 and pretty much everything by HG Wells and all the Sherlock Holmes books by the time I was 13, along with a a lot more. Whenever I asked my dad for something to read he would always give me some enormous book, never really bothered with the childrens' books. I think it really helped me with English as a kid. (I grew up with it as a 2nd language) I also loved the Adventures of Tintin and Asterix and Obelix To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

I also loved Asterix and Obelix. I still read them when I find them around.

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When I was a little kid, my favorite books were Pet Sematary and Carrie by Stephen King, and A Little Princess by Frances Hodges Burnett. Also The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, almost all of Judy Blume's books, and Anne of Green Gables. I would also check out anything about haunted houses, ghosts, folklore and the occult. At some point in my tween years I was fascinated with The Winchester Mystery House and Sarah Winchester. And anything I could find regarding the sinking of the Titanic.

A Little Princess, and all the Anne of Green Gables books I read through in grade 4. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe series was ok but I found them too young for me. I was annoyed at the way the reader was addressed. Esspecially in the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. I read a few Judy Blume books but didn't care for them.

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	Everything and anything. I devoured books from a very early age.

Yes, I would deffinitly read anything I could get my hands on. At one point I was given a large box of books by an older couple I knew who were cleaning out some stuff from thier kids. I pretty much locked myself in my room and read for a week until I ran out of material.


In the nonfiction category we had a book called Where there is no Doctor which I read/studied starting at about age 9 pulling it out frequently.

[PRBori]

I was a total Nerd....

I spent a lot of time in the library researching for science projects and enjoyed reading about medicine, space, Egyptian history, and found it fascinating to read book in other languages, not sure why. But all in all if I didn't learn anything from it, it wasn't worth reading.

This days I do a lot of reading for work related items, but still enjoy casual reading on topics outside of work, althought they are specific to medicine, languages, science, and business.

In over 21 yrs I only read one fictional book for myself, actually it was recently. It was from the American girls collection entitled Leyla, the black tulip. Stories about the middle east seem to intrigue me a lot, gladly I haven't found many fictional books about it, most have been non-fiction.

But I have read quite a few for my little one.

[HarleyQuinn]

As a kid, initially anything on dinosaurs and snakes and sharks growing up non-fiction wise.

In terms of fiction, I largely got interested in juvenile horror fiction thanks to my mother's love of horror.

- R.L. Stine (Goosebumps series primarily before briefly transitioning into the Fear Street series)
- Bruce Coville (Mainly his compilation books with various authors since I'm a complete sucker for anthologies)
- Christopher Pike (Started with The Last Vampire and transitioned into most of his works. Also picked up the book "Thirteen" largely because it had stories from him and Stine)

I was also heavily into Matt Christopher's series of sports books along with the Animorphs series by Applegate.

As I became a teenager, I transitioned from them to authors such as Stephen King (The Shining, Thinner, Carrie, etc.), Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park and The Lost World), and mainly other horror focused writers such as Owl Goingback, Jeff Rovin (Vespers), Tamara Thorne, and Edgar Allan Poe. Also stumbled onto "Vertical Run" by Joseph Garber.

[deconspire]

Literally everything I could get my hands on. Topics didn't matter. My mom says I was reading encyclopedias when I was eight. Figures since I have so much useless knowledge.

[waba1098]

Science books, Encyclopedia's, Comics and Andy Mcnab novels.

[hamlet9]

My mom read to me from the time I was born. By the time I was eight I was bored with the kids books we were reading. I felt a kind of hunger for "the ideal book," a book I could really love, and I each time we started a new book I hoped it would be the one, and I was always disappointed. I was homeschooled, there was no internet, and I depended on my parents for all my information about the books available to me. Finally, after talking to my mother, we started reading the classics. Dickens. The Brontes. Twain. Austen. And I fell in love. I had to beg my mom to read Wuthering Heights to me when I was 10, because she thought I was too young. It wound up being my favorite book as a child. (Of course, I usually read ahead in the books when my mom wasn't around, but I never let on I was doing it.)

[Hugh]

fiction- E.Nesbit books, Harry Potter Nonfiction- kids science magazines, How stuff works

[NeverWhere]

Mostly fantasy/adventure novels and books about history.

[Silverity]

	Originally Posted by Seablue To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Ah, the same. Dinosaurs, animals. Also, but to a lesser extent : astronomy, space, planets... Geology, rocks, minerals... History, mythology, Ancient Egypt*, the Roman empire, prehistoric men... That was the non-fiction. I mostly read fiction, lots of it, of all kind. (*But mummies scared me to death.)

I was all over the place too, still am. My fictional books tended to run along the theme of 'man surviving in nature', and lots of fantasy/sci-fi. I read field guides too, learning about the local flora and fauna. Definitely was into mythology and ancient civilizations (fascinating!!). I read 'girly' books too-- faeries, unicorns.. there was a GREAT series by Patricia C Wrede, her characters are almost all NTs, her Princess is very rational, very no-nonsense, as a budding INTJ it was so refreshing. I still have the quartet of novels and like reading them over because they are an absolute stitch.

[Selene]

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	Dinosaurs

Yes, dinosaurs. I was rather fascinated with them at one point in primary school.

Grew up on a random diet of Enid Blyton, classic Disney, illustrated encyclopedias, then non-fiction crime as I entered my teens.

[chromatic]

I read pretty much anything printed. I particularly liked science/science fiction, as well as history/historical fiction. I've always needed a complex story world to sustain my interest in a book.

Around 13/14 I became more interested in philosophy and psychology. I enjoy stories with a great deal of psychological depth and at least a few philosophical layers. That said, a nice long novel works well too. Sometimes I just want to stay in book world for a while.

[Bicycle Irish]

I remember checking out every eyewitness book that the school library had in kindergarten. I liked all the pictures of artifacts and animals and the short captions were easy to read. When I was older, I read/listened to a lot of classics: A Wrinkle in Time, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Ann of Green Gabels, Call of the Wild, Journey to the Center of the Earth, etc..

It took me a while to finally learn to read. I think it was because most of the easy reader books were so boring. Instead, I listened to books on tape from the library or brought home books for my dad to read to me.

[Zsych]

Read a lot of different stuff.

From 5-7, I remember Tarzan, Robinson Crusoe, other stuff like that
Around 10-12, the Dune series by Frank Herbert. Foundation series by Isaac Asimov, etc.
13-ish... Fountainhead, Wheel of Time series, etc.

... bunch of random stuff later.

[rednegativity]

I read just about everything I could find. I got into Asimov at an early age, and really liked etymology and history. I read the Economist and Newsweek as well.

[linstiks]

cam jansen mystery novels
The Face on the Milk Carton, caroline b cooney

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I loved unicorns also