Xyantha Reborn
- Actually Very Tame!
I was an avid reader from a young age (before people roll their eyes at my reading age, I needed remedial math to get into college, and still can't do long division...just how my brain is wired).
I was ready Nancy Drew detective stories at about four to five. When we were six, we moved to a new house and my mother read me the hobbit. About 50 pages into LOTR, she kind of puttered out, so I sat at the kitchen table and read it myself, pausing every few sentences to ask what that word meant.
After that, I quickly moved onto Terry Pratchet, Piers Anthony, Mercedes Lackey, and other similar types. I got into a bit of a loop for some years; breaking into new authors and books just seemed so hard!
Recently, I've been going back and reading the classics; and I have to say some of them may be classics...but I still hate them. I'm struggling to get through the audio book of Moby Dick - I find myself making bicycle motions with my hands, because it is so heavy handed and pedantic. My hubby raises his brows like how can you not like Moby Dick? It is a classic and has life lessons/tropes/etc...and all I can do is sigh because I can't get past the writing style.
So - where/when did you start reading? What genre/authors...and has your taste changed over time?
I was ready Nancy Drew detective stories at about four to five. When we were six, we moved to a new house and my mother read me the hobbit. About 50 pages into LOTR, she kind of puttered out, so I sat at the kitchen table and read it myself, pausing every few sentences to ask what that word meant.
After that, I quickly moved onto Terry Pratchet, Piers Anthony, Mercedes Lackey, and other similar types. I got into a bit of a loop for some years; breaking into new authors and books just seemed so hard!
Recently, I've been going back and reading the classics; and I have to say some of them may be classics...but I still hate them. I'm struggling to get through the audio book of Moby Dick - I find myself making bicycle motions with my hands, because it is so heavy handed and pedantic. My hubby raises his brows like how can you not like Moby Dick? It is a classic and has life lessons/tropes/etc...and all I can do is sigh because I can't get past the writing style.
So - where/when did you start reading? What genre/authors...and has your taste changed over time?
