How did you become a bookworm?

Tell us how you got into reading, what or who inspired you. Was it a book you read one day, a mentor, teacher? etc...

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Answers272

Readers110

Vote	Details	Readers Count
	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J. K. Rowling	4,066 reads
	The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien	2,650 reads
	The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan	1,520 reads
	Redwall Brian Jacques	214 reads
	The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins	2,985 reads
	Twilight Stephenie Meyer	1,407 reads
	The BFG Roald Dahl	309 reads
	The Bad Beginning Lemony Snicket	528 reads
	Dinosaurs Before Dark Mary Pope Osborne	47 reads
	City of Bones Cassandra Clare	743 reads
	Eragon Christopher Paolini	963 reads
	Alanna: The First Adventure Tamora Pierce	159 reads
	Princess Diaries Meg Cabot Patricia Cabot	123 reads
	The Andromeda Strain Michael Crichton	276 reads
	The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett	511 reads
	A Deadly Education Naomi Novik	412 reads
	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis	1,361 reads
	The Catcher in the Rye J. D. Salinger	1,655 reads
	Sideways Stories from Wayside School Louis Sachar	101 reads
	A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle	812 reads
	The Capture Kathryn Lasky	41 reads
	Dealing with Dragons Patricia C. Wrede	100 reads
	Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb	498 reads
	Beyond the Deepwoods Paul; Riddell Stewart	32 reads
	The Dark is Rising Susan Cooper	56 reads
	Tailchaser's Song Tad Williams	34 reads
	Skulduggery Pleasant Derek Landy	100 reads
	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J. K. Rowling	3,126 reads
	The Eye of the World Robert Jordan	953 reads
	The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller	1,224 reads
	Interview With The Vampire Anne Rice	465 reads
	Watership Down Richard Adams	346 reads
	Dragons of Autumn Twilight Margaret Weis Tracy Hickman	123 reads
	Search for Senna Katherine Applegate	15 reads
	The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson	1,314 reads
	The Long Walk Stephen King	261 reads
	The Outsiders S.E. Hinton	652 reads
	Off to Be the Wizard Scott Meyer	169 reads
	The Invasion Katherine Applegate	47 reads
	Into the Wild Erin Hunter	110 reads
	The Shining Stephen King	908 reads
	Night of the Living Dummy R.L. Stine	42 reads
	Quarter Share Nathan Lowell	30 reads
	Kristina Carolyn Meyer	4 reads
	The Blue Sword Robin McKinley	57 reads
	A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson	369 reads
	San Goku Akira Toriyama	41 reads
	The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky	924 reads
	Lioness Rampant Tamora Pierce	94 reads
	Storm Front Jim Butcher	695 reads
	Support Your Local Wizard Diane Duane	3 reads
	Kafka on the Shore Haruki Murakami Philip Gabriel (Translator)	534 reads
	Magic Kingdom for Sale - Sold! Terry Brooks	58 reads
	Study Bible-ESV-Celtic Imprint Design Crossway Bibles	0 reads
	Sister Light, Sister Dark Jane Yolen	7 reads
	Oliver Twist Charles Dickens	49 reads
	Welcome to Dead House R.L. Stine 노은정 (Translator)	49 reads
	Over Sea, Under Stone Susan Cooper	70 reads
	Ready Player One Ernest Cline	1,762 reads
	Magic Tree House Collection, Books 1-8 Mary Pope Osborne	0 reads
	Vampire Academy Richelle Mead	58 reads
	Marie Antoinette, princess of Versailles Kathryn Lasky	11 reads
	Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective Donald J. Sobol	29 reads
	Treasure Island Treasure Island Angela Wilkes	1 read
	Through Wolf's Eyes Jane Lindskold	13 reads
	Fallen Lauren Kate	178 reads
	I Am Legend Richard Matheson	383 reads
	Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted #1) Gail Carson Levine	198 reads
	Dawn Octavia E. Butler	160 reads
	The House on the Cliff Franklin W. Dixon	16 reads
	Le Morte D'Arthur Sir Thomas Malory	42 reads
	The Two Towers J.R.R. Tolkien	1,300 reads
	It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover	576 reads
	Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia Dan Sociu (Translator)	501 reads
	The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown	1,374 reads
	Les fourmis Bernard Werber	9 reads
	A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin	610 reads
	Heidi Johanna Spyri Eileen Hall (Translator)	21 reads
	Dragonsong Anne McCaffrey	73 reads
	The mask Dean Koontz	11 reads
	The Merchant of Death D.J. MacHale	61 reads
	Stay Out of the Basement R.L. Stine	26 reads
	Isabel Carolyn Meyer	5 reads
	And Then There Were None Agatha Christie	947 reads
	Lady of Ch'iao Kuo Laurence Yep	7 reads
	1984 George Orwell	3,169 reads
	A Little Princess Frances Hodgson Burnett	171 reads
	Shadow Castle Marian Cockrell	1 read
	Gardens of the Moon Steven Erikson	396 reads
	Monster Blood R.L. Stine	29 reads
	Throne of Glass Sarah J. Maas	789 reads
	Kushiel's Dart Jacqueline Carey	130 reads
	The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf Gerald Morris	8 reads
	Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl	142 reads
	The Golden Compass Philip Pullman	1,092 reads
	The Fellowship of the Ring J.R.R. Tolkien	1,976 reads
	Revelation Space Alastair Reynolds	184 reads
	The big big big book of Tashi Anna Fienberg	1 read
	The Witching Hour Anne Rice	71 reads
	Homeland R. A. Salvatore	142 reads

Vote	Details	Readers Count
	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J. K. Rowling	4,066 reads
	The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien	2,650 reads
	The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan	1,520 reads
	Redwall Brian Jacques	214 reads
	The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins	2,985 reads
	Twilight Stephenie Meyer	1,407 reads
	The BFG Roald Dahl	309 reads
	The Bad Beginning Lemony Snicket	528 reads
	Dinosaurs Before Dark Mary Pope Osborne	47 reads
	City of Bones Cassandra Clare	743 reads
	Eragon Christopher Paolini	963 reads
	Alanna: The First Adventure Tamora Pierce	159 reads
	Princess Diaries Meg Cabot Patricia Cabot	123 reads
	The Andromeda Strain Michael Crichton	276 reads
	The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett	511 reads
	A Deadly Education Naomi Novik	412 reads
	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis	1,361 reads
	The Catcher in the Rye J. D. Salinger	1,655 reads
	Sideways Stories from Wayside School Louis Sachar	101 reads
	A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle	812 reads
	The Capture Kathryn Lasky	41 reads
	Dealing with Dragons Patricia C. Wrede	100 reads
	Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb	498 reads
	Beyond the Deepwoods Paul; Riddell Stewart	32 reads
	The Dark is Rising Susan Cooper	56 reads
	Tailchaser's Song Tad Williams	34 reads
	Skulduggery Pleasant Derek Landy	100 reads
	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J. K. Rowling	3,126 reads
	The Eye of the World Robert Jordan	953 reads
	The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller	1,224 reads
	Interview With The Vampire Anne Rice	465 reads
	Watership Down Richard Adams	346 reads
	Dragons of Autumn Twilight Margaret Weis Tracy Hickman	123 reads
	Search for Senna Katherine Applegate	15 reads
	The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson	1,314 reads
	The Long Walk Stephen King	261 reads
	The Outsiders S.E. Hinton	652 reads
	Off to Be the Wizard Scott Meyer	169 reads
	The Invasion Katherine Applegate	47 reads
	Into the Wild Erin Hunter	110 reads
	The Shining Stephen King	908 reads
	Night of the Living Dummy R.L. Stine	42 reads
	Quarter Share Nathan Lowell	30 reads
	Kristina Carolyn Meyer	4 reads
	The Blue Sword Robin McKinley	57 reads
	A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson	369 reads
	San Goku Akira Toriyama	41 reads
	The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky	924 reads
	Lioness Rampant Tamora Pierce	94 reads
	Storm Front Jim Butcher	695 reads
	Support Your Local Wizard Diane Duane	3 reads
	Kafka on the Shore Haruki Murakami Philip Gabriel (Translator)	534 reads
	Magic Kingdom for Sale - Sold! Terry Brooks	58 reads
	Study Bible-ESV-Celtic Imprint Design Crossway Bibles	0 reads
	Sister Light, Sister Dark Jane Yolen	7 reads
	Oliver Twist Charles Dickens	49 reads
	Welcome to Dead House R.L. Stine 노은정 (Translator)	49 reads
	Over Sea, Under Stone Susan Cooper	70 reads
	Ready Player One Ernest Cline	1,762 reads
	Magic Tree House Collection, Books 1-8 Mary Pope Osborne	0 reads
	Vampire Academy Richelle Mead	58 reads
	Marie Antoinette, princess of Versailles Kathryn Lasky	11 reads
	Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective Donald J. Sobol	29 reads
	Treasure Island Treasure Island Angela Wilkes	1 read
	Through Wolf's Eyes Jane Lindskold	13 reads
	Fallen Lauren Kate	178 reads
	I Am Legend Richard Matheson	383 reads
	Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted #1) Gail Carson Levine	198 reads
	Dawn Octavia E. Butler	160 reads
	The House on the Cliff Franklin W. Dixon	16 reads
	Le Morte D'Arthur Sir Thomas Malory	42 reads
	The Two Towers J.R.R. Tolkien	1,300 reads
	It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover	576 reads
	Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia Dan Sociu (Translator)	501 reads
	The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown	1,374 reads
	Les fourmis Bernard Werber	9 reads
	A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin	610 reads
	Heidi Johanna Spyri Eileen Hall (Translator)	21 reads
	Dragonsong Anne McCaffrey	73 reads
	The mask Dean Koontz	11 reads
	The Merchant of Death D.J. MacHale	61 reads
	Stay Out of the Basement R.L. Stine	26 reads
	Isabel Carolyn Meyer	5 reads
	And Then There Were None Agatha Christie	947 reads
	Lady of Ch'iao Kuo Laurence Yep	7 reads
	1984 George Orwell	3,169 reads
	A Little Princess Frances Hodgson Burnett	171 reads
	Shadow Castle Marian Cockrell	1 read
	Gardens of the Moon Steven Erikson	396 reads
	Monster Blood R.L. Stine	29 reads
	Throne of Glass Sarah J. Maas	789 reads
	Kushiel's Dart Jacqueline Carey	130 reads
	The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf Gerald Morris	8 reads
	Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl	142 reads
	The Golden Compass Philip Pullman	1,092 reads
	The Fellowship of the Ring J.R.R. Tolkien	1,976 reads
	Revelation Space Alastair Reynolds	184 reads
	The big big big book of Tashi Anna Fienberg	1 read
	The Witching Hour Anne Rice	71 reads
	Homeland R. A. Salvatore	142 reads

How did you become a bookworm?

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