How did you get into literature?

Peanut · 01-10-2015, 01:56 AM

So...real talk. The school I went to from K-1 was...pretty abhorrent. I can't recall ever even being handed a book or suggested to read at that age at school. My mom read to me and taught me to read at that age, but I never got out of simple reading in grade 1, which is absolutely f*cking ridiculous. I can recall having "reading buddies" in Grade 1, who were two much older girls who spent their time with me chatting and/or pinching and kissing my cheeks, which not only meant I was learning absolutely nothing, but that my interest in reading was pretty much nonexistent.

I moved before grade 2 and it was immediately brought to the schools attention that I f*cking suuuuuucked at reading. I took a special class instead of having lunch break for the majority of that year and by the end of grade 2 I was reading books meant for much higher reading levels. By grade 3 I was reading high school material and from then on I was just always way into reading.

I obviously read a lot more nonsense fantasy/sci-fi when I was younger, which is something I grew out of in high school, but I do still have a soft spot for semi-trashy fantasy literature like the RA Salvatore Drizzt stuff and Dragonlance, despite not reading any of it for a decade. That said, I find it hard to get into a lot of books people seem to love, even if I can tell it's well written and potentially interesting.

I've read a lot less in the past several years, because my fiance is an awful sleeper who needs absolute darkness and silence to sleep and she always goes to bed long before I can even begin to think about sleeping, so the option of going to bed and turning on a light to read without getting kicked out of the room are slim. I have an old model Kobo, which has no backlight and thus is impossible to read in the dark, so I'm thinking of investing in a Kindle to get me back into reading on a more regular basis.

01-10-2015, 01:56 AM	#20
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	So...real talk. The school I went to from K-1 was...pretty abhorrent. I can't recall ever even being handed a book or suggested to read at that age at school. My mom read to me and taught me to read at that age, but I never got out of simple reading in grade 1, which is absolutely fcking ridiculous. I can recall having "reading buddies" in Grade 1, who were two much older girls who spent their time with me chatting and/or pinching and kissing my cheeks, which not only meant I was learning absolutely nothing, but that my interest in reading was pretty much nonexistent. I moved before grade 2 and it was immediately brought to the schools attention that I fcking suuuuuucked at reading. I took a special class instead of having lunch break for the majority of that year and by the end of grade 2 I was reading books meant for much higher reading levels. By grade 3 I was reading high school material and from then on I was just always way into reading. I obviously read a lot more nonsense fantasy/sci-fi when I was younger, which is something I grew out of in high school, but I do still have a soft spot for semi-trashy fantasy literature like the RA Salvatore Drizzt stuff and Dragonlance, despite not reading any of it for a decade. That said, I find it hard to get into a lot of books people seem to love, even if I can tell it's well written and potentially interesting. I've read a lot less in the past several years, because my fiance is an awful sleeper who needs absolute darkness and silence to sleep and she always goes to bed long before I can even begin to think about sleeping, so the option of going to bed and turning on a light to read without getting kicked out of the room are slim. I have an old model Kobo, which has no backlight and thus is impossible to read in the dark, so I'm thinking of investing in a Kindle to get me back into reading on a more regular basis.