Indoctrination
When growing up did your family share your love of books? If so, did one person get you into reading? And, do you have any family-oriented memories with books and reading? (Family trips to bookstore, reading the same book as a sibling or parent, etc.)
You can reply to this book meme here or play the game at the home of the weekly Thursday meme: BTT . Here’s my reply:
I have fond memories of my mother reading to us around the kitchen table when we were already reading independently. My fondest memories are of: The Hobbit and The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe series. I have vaguer memories of the learn-to-read books like Amelia Bedelia but I know we must have read them all. I think we took ten books out of the library every two weeks during the summer months. The set number was so that we would know how many to search for if one got lost!
Happy memories. I’ve always been a “lucky kid.”
I like the set number idea. I always worry one is missing.
Bless your mom! I used to be the only bookworm in the family. My siblings weren’t much of a reader when they were young. Even now, they read but not as much as I do. I’m almost ‘chronic’. LOL.
I definitely remember reading Tolkein and CS Lewis books as a child! I have no idea how I avoided losing library books as a child, but nowadays my library not only gives me a receipt with all the books listed, but I have an online account that I can check. How cool!
Yes you were! The set number idea was smart. I used to carry stacks of Little House home from the library. Ahh, those were the days.
Oh, Heather, how I miss my big city library! My little town library, yuck, is not online nor is there anyway to renew a book nor check what I have out. Just the other day, I had to pay a $3 fine!
My mom did the same thing with the number of books that we checked out of the library when we were kids! I think we had a limit of six. Oh, the memories of the library when we were young…. Diane
You know. I honestly can’t ever remember my Mom reading to me. Isn’t that sad??? I know I sometimes balk at reading the SAME books to my girls over and over again. BUT they want to read, so I just sigh and do it!!
Hi Alice. I know what you mean about chronic. I’m supposed to be getting ready for back-to-school and I’ve been reading 5 minute mysteries!
chris
Thanks for the comment. I’ll come visit your blog.
heather
Maybe that explains a lifelong thing for fantasy novels, eh. I wouldn’t be surprised in my case.
What a lot of comments!
I will be checking out Bookinhand and Stephanie. I think this is the first time you’ve commented on my blog… So thanks!
That is a great memory of your mother reading to you in the kitchen like that. 🙂
My grandmother encouraged me to read The Chronicles of Narnia and I loved them. I wasn’t introduced to Tolkein until way into my adulthood, but I sure do love those books.
I like having a set number. That would greatly help with my scatter-brained daughter and I.
Literary Feline
Neither of my grandmothers were readers like yours, but they did teach me to knit.
Booklogged
Aha, another reader-mom. That’s what we like to see.