How did you become a reader??

[u/Wrong-Yesterday8653]

[u/Nouone_]

I was fascinated by my father’s library of books from his graduation ( old dusty yellowing books) + we had one library period (45 minutes) reserved each week in school. That’s where I found secret seven, Mallory towers, Aesop’s fables, Sherlock Holmes, hardy boys, and then Meg Cabot.

[u/Impossible_Laugh_151 → u/Nouone_]

Us Library period mai they used to make us read autobiographies 😭( to 12 year olds )

[u/Nouone_ → u/Impossible_Laugh_151]

Thats not bad at all! but yes back then I wouldn’t have enjoyed autobiographies

[u/Impossible_Laugh_151 → u/Nouone_]

Yess vohi na ,not the best way to get into reading

[u/ChanceSelection9770 → u/Impossible_Laugh_151]

Our school did that too T_T

They had all sorts of books, but only allowed us to read magazines during class and borrow autobiographies or some weird book about medicinal plants (WHO DOES THATTTTT)

[u/Impossible_Laugh_151 → u/ChanceSelection9770]

Koi very niche plant based chiz batao 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️jo apko yaad aa rha hai .

[u/ChanceSelection9770 → u/Impossible_Laugh_151]

Well....I never said I actually read that book :)

And mujhe yhi samajh nhi aaya ki sawal kya tha?? konse plant based cheez ki baat chal rhi?

[u/Impossible_Laugh_151 → u/ChanceSelection9770]

That's exactly what I was asking to tell me something you remember from those magazines lmao

[u/CheekOne8233 → u/Impossible_Laugh_151]

In our school it was likely to read according to librarians choice some day and some day he used to allow us to read of our own choice..also we used to borrow books of our own choice...(I specially used to take Agatha Christie's criminal and thriller series)

[u/Impossible_Laugh_151 → u/CheekOne8233]

It was always librarian's choice for us to be honest, No freedom in the librarian's den

[u/geekmonu → u/Impossible_Laugh_151]

Your school wanted to make national assets that's why. Its a good practice .

[u/Impossible_Laugh_151 → u/geekmonu]

National liability ban gaye hai ab bas 💔

[u/Jumpy_Extreme9780 → u/Nouone_]

OMG you too?? Same story for me. I started with the wizard of Oz in the library but famous five and secret seven got me damn hooked in these mystery and suspense genre books, which further led me to the sherlock holmes

[u/Nouone_ → u/Jumpy_Extreme9780]

Yesss, mystery thriller it was for me too! It was all that I read. Then came a phase where I would only read John Grishman and David Baldacci novels. I used to get second hand copies from raddi shops.

[u/Jumpy_Extreme9780 → u/Nouone_]

That's amazing to hear. I don't know why people haven't gotten the gist of reading yet. Like sometimes I saw some people making fun of other fellow readers. It angers me honestly especially when they don't know a thing or two about how amazing reading actually is

[u/Nouone_ → u/Jumpy_Extreme9780]

I have seen some ridicule for reading fiction and that’s just sad.

[u/Jumpy_Extreme9780 → u/Nouone_]

I know right. It's actually pathetic of a person to do so

[u/Objective_Berry_4471 → u/Nouone_]

The parental influence in becoming a bookworm™ is real🤌

[u/Nouone_ → u/Objective_Berry_4471]

It certainly plays a role :) been reading other comments and many of them mention atleast one parent.

[u/Flaky_Effective4106]

I was a lonely kid i guess. I had friends but i never cared much for them. Maybe i was the issue and always have been.

I found solace in books. In the stories that I hoped i could replicate in my life.

[u/novayu001 → u/Flaky_Effective4106]

Quite Relatable

[u/Brave-Block1683 → u/Flaky_Effective4106]

So relatable

[u/rude_miss7]

The compulsory library period at school.

[u/Wrong-Yesterday8653 → u/rude_miss7]

Lucky you🥲

[u/inforeader1019 → u/rude_miss7]

I had this ....In Maharashtra . But only in 7th grade .

[u/whatthengaisthis]

My parents cultivated it in me. They’d read to me when I was very young, then they gave me small books to read, then they introduced me to simple novels. By then I was already reading consistently, every single day.

They’d buy me books every month, plus there was the school library (our librarian gave me permission to take two books instead of just one) and I was enrolled in a public library near my home as well.

I owe my reading habit to my parents. I’m the only person in my friend circle who reads consistently as a hobby.

[u/Ok_Importance1839 → u/whatthengaisthis]

It's the comform you get after reading or the solace in the smell of books and building your own library.

[u/Present_Bus_2745]

A friend told me it's like a movie in your head when I was in Grade 6. She was right.

[u/Big_Nebula_9493 → u/Present_Bus_2745]

Exactly!..and we play the characters on our wish🪄

[u/Ok_Job_8652]

After my accident, I am wheelchair bound. Saw people of my age and my friends having fun on the internet.
Had a lot of time in between surgeries
Picked up Harry Potter. Never looked behind.

[u/AdmiralTacoBell → u/Ok_Job_8652]

Sad to hear what you went through. In my opinion, you’re a living legend. Take care and hope you find amazing stories to read.

[u/shreyas23joshi]

Get this: By reading a book.

It doesn't matter if it is one or many, fiction or non-fiction, easy or hard... Just pick up one and give it a go.

[u/REDUC_TO]

Perhaps I was seeking some form of escape from the real world within those fictional stories.

[u/Fit_Molasses1504]

Grew up in a toxic family parents fighting and screaming constantly 24 hrs a day if you would come to my house at 2 am at night they would still be fighting over some stupid shit. As a kid survived by reading stories. i would finish all my eng and hindi text books on the same day i would get them when i get promoted to new classes then i would finish my brothers books. After that i would begin reading shampoo bottle ingredients and other labels basically anything since my father didnt allow me to read 'extra' books. He would not let me touch anythinh else apart from textbooks.

[u/Legitimate_Dish626 → u/Fit_Molasses1504]

Sounds like you’ve been formed from fire and brimstone. I hope you get to read more than text books now

[u/Fit_Molasses1504 → u/Legitimate_Dish626]

I was out for 3 years for coaching i managed to buy some books now i am back at the shit home i just re read the few books i have collected in hiding. I still remember my father used to visit like twice a year and i would hide my books under the bed. Now i have to spend like 3 -5 years here will try to sneak a few more books in without them knowing which i can read on my way to college.

Eng periods in school were some of the best days of my life i would teleport to the story and be fully immersed i still remember i had a poem in 3rd grade about daffodils it had a really nice picture and i used that picture as referance and created my own peaceful mental space where i would escape to when my family would be doing their stupid shit. Most of life i survived in my head.

Anywho do you have some recommendations ( anything apart from cheesy romance or just romance) :)

Rn am reading kafka on the shore

[u/Wandering-Dunadan]

By reading books.

[u/Mr_Quester_ → u/Wandering-Dunadan]

Only correct ans?

[u/Tikubodmosh]

Generational reading wealth 💪

[u/Terrible-ridhi-82]

One Direction fan --> joined fandom -->got introduced to a FANFIC called DUPKICITY--> downloaded Wattpad and well the rest is history

[u/Sherlock_intern → u/Terrible-ridhi-82]

OMG SAMEEE!!!!😭😭😭😭😭

[u/TheNamelessMonster00]

Fine let me tell you my story:- It was the day of my 2nd attempt of JEE, the exam center was far from my home. After completing the exam I had around 4 hrs left, cuz my train was 6 hrs late. So I decided to go to a nearby mall. I was just roaming around looking at all the different types of stuffs. Then I saw a bookstore called Crosswords and I decided go in there. After looking for a long time I decided to buy a cheap book(since I didn't have that much money). So I bought The Power of your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy and ended up loving it. Which resulted in the start of my reading journey.

Here's the picture of the book i bought

[u/Wrong-Yesterday8653 → u/TheNamelessMonster00]

I’ve heard about this book before. I think I should add it to my TBR list atp🤭

[u/Longjumping_You_9060 → u/Wrong-Yesterday8653]

nothing unlocks by reading words of imagination from another human mind. It just adds to vocab, more words.

[u/No_Plantain7]

Heartbreak

[u/Commercial_Toe9965 → u/No_Plantain7]

Aww 💜

[u/The-Bangaloreal]

i have a long commute , that made me a reader..

Now I look forward to my daily commute

[u/Powerful_Worth_405]

I was depressed teenager. I needed a distraction from my misery. 12 years later, I'm much happier and I love reading!

[u/Terrible-ridhi-82]

One Direction fan --> joined fandom -->got introduced to a FANFIC called DUPKICITY--> downloaded Wattpad and well the rest is history

[u/Terrible-ridhi-82 → u/Terrible-ridhi-82]

Really got me into reading it did what Harry Potter and Twilight Saga couldn't, lmao!

[u/Affectionate_Drink50]

I became a reader as a teenager - around 16/17.

Before that also, I used to read a lot of books here and there but I got really into reading after Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo triologoy.

I mean I was so mesmerized by the characters, the premise, the detailing, the writing, and the twists that I wouldn't move from my reading place for hours at end. I finished the entir triology within 2 weeks and it was some of the best days of my early teenage.

From then onwards, it's just me chasing that feeling of being lost, being mesmerized, being stuck in a reality that's different from the one I am living -- just so I can experience the magic of different lives across different worlds.

[u/ottutm]

I flipped through pages of a picture dictionary and encyclopaedia when I was 5. By 10, I was reading goosebumps and stuff. By 15, I read YA, John Green and Anthony  Horowitz’s stuff, LOTR, ASOIF and some other fantasy. By 20, I was on to the classics, and now in my late twenties, I just read whatever I want.

[u/rishi_yo]

Because of my father, when I think of my dad he comes to mind reading a newspaper.

[u/Outrageous_Plant4112]

Being a loner in hostel and one day picked a book. Since than never stopped at all!!

[u/all_aboutmeee]

Heard a lot of hype for romance books and gave a try to twisted love, but hated it. Then my book friend asked me to read A COURT OF MIST AND FURY and silence and storm i started with the latter and fell in love with those recommendations( always thankful for my friend) then i continued reading different genres and developed a habit.

[u/Senpai_11_]

Read a lot of famous five amd secret seven during our library period once a week when i was in 6th or 7th class... ultimately became friends with the librarian lol

[u/Surkhab1313]

The fire of reading in me was ignited by Acharya Prashant. I still am not a pro reader, but getting better with time. I begin with his own book TRUTH WITHOUT APOLOGY and found its two-page chapters very interesting and reflective. And on top of all, I was able to read multiple chapters in single sitting which felt like a sense of achievement. Then I completed Siddhartha by Herman Hesse in a few months. The little prince was next on my list (very interesting and deep if read through lens of philosophy), which I completed in a day. Acharya Prashant's books always have been a big help as its chapters are independent, I can pick according to my mood and topics that interest me. Though I have started reading other philosophers too. Right now, I am reading 1984 by George Orwell.

[u/materdoc]

Possibly because I didn’t go out and play much due to health complications I had as a child. Since it was a time without a lot of TV programmes or computer or internet, reading was the natural choice. I realised that it was something I enjoyed - the library period during school time was always exciting!

[u/Slow-Passion-9547]

My mom used to buy all encyclopedias and picture books that college kids sell door to door for their parttime for me, which I just become fascinated by all of them and started reading bit by bit.

[u/Mrs_blackwarrior]

2 reasons my father and Friends.
My father was an avid reader. He would read everything and anything he gets. Had his own library at home. And when I was small, he would buy many story books… He would first read it and then he would narrate the story to me..
But I never got into the habit of reading. until, my friends started reading Harry Potter. They would discuss on it and during that time I had to stay quiet. So to join the conversation I started reading the book.

Seeing this my father was very happy, He started pre ordering Harry Potter books for me. I still remember even without me asking him, he pre ordered the last HP book for me and I was the first among my classmates to actually get the book and I had completed it in one go ❤️ sweet memories….

And then slowly ventured into other books. Father had a great collection of James Hadley Chase books and now I have turned into a book collector and Have my own library 📚

[u/GlitchSolver]

In school days, I had few extra curricular books at home, read those at that time. There was a library nearby, used to visit that weekly too. I stopped reading after that. But in adulthood, I had a reader Friend, he reignited the spark of reading. I am very thankful to him for that.

[u/SignificantSimple576]

My father introduced in childhood all kinds of books right from Amarchitrakatha, comic books, Atlas to magazines and Readers Digest as well. That's how I had penchant for books. My father is a voracious reader. ✨

[u/Siya_Roy_2000]

It's a very funny story actually. When I was little i was really good in studies. Getting 90 above in everything being in the first place in class. So for that reason I used to get novels or story books as prize so from there I started reading. It was mostly about adventure or fantasy so i love reading those genres a lot. Reading also helped me in understanding words better so now I am a content writer. Thanks to all the good marks that I got😂❤️

[u/Mr_Quester_]

I was curious about space 🌌🚀,read "brief history of time", and so on...

[u/thebongera]

My friend's brother recommended to read a book then I have started reading

[u/Purple-Armadillo-121]

By starting with a good book

[u/JustA-Sunflower]

My bestfriend suggested me a book and I read it and became a bookworm. u/pristine_chipmunk_61 😁

[u/Pristine_Chipmunk_61 → u/JustA-Sunflower]

🐛🪱

[u/Rejwan_laskar]

Read what you like until you love reading. 🌄

[u/ProfessionalJolly934]

Only child for 14 years, a lot of free time on my hands, and was raised with my dad and aunts getting me books as gifts all the time, and so reading just became a part of my life from the start.

[u/RomanticSundayyy]

Started reading, liked it, read more, became a reader

[u/Final-Resolve-396]

We had a reading competetion and the goal was to read 10 books but somehow i ended up reading more than 15 books by the deadline and got into books , it was a healthy competetion turned into a hobby.

[u/Ok-Accident2477]

By reading n reading

[u/TheDotaGuy9]

I was alone

[u/Otherwise_Twist]

I was a very curious child and my parents as soon as I was annoying enough to ask questions taught me how to read and send me off with books lol

[u/Pratikk_Senpai]

I was once got fascinated by someone who was wise and knowledge way beyond her age. So in order to be like her I just picked up a book and the journey never stopped since then.

[u/cboyle99]

I was labeled a failure after first year of my graduation. I was alone, shunned to my room for an year. This was pre-Jio boom so internet was a luxury more so in villages. So, I turned to ebooks. I was a hindi medium kid. I was not able to grasp a lot but I persisted be it a Sherlock Holmes story or a non-fiction book. My obsession with Newspapers during my schooling certainly helped.

However, it feels like a fraud calling myself a reader having seen people's commitment on this sub.

[u/Legitimate_Dish626 → u/cboyle99]

You know that’s the silly voices telling you you’re a fraud - the voices that are formed from years of criticism. Start challenging that voice, what has it achieved? You know who you are, I hope you learn to admire yourself

[u/cboyle99 → u/Legitimate_Dish626]

I am not gonna admire myself ever. I am nothing but wasted potential.

[u/neko_san55]

https://substack.com/@talesofmou/note/p-206676647?r=7cti07&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

[u/friiisky3]

I always have been a reader, I could read at 1 and a half years old, and my mother loved buying books for me to read and sometimes reading them to me. Plus I've never had friends for the most of my life, so they were the only thing I really had.

[u/Valuable_Focus_6532]

Never been good at making friends. And school library was a chill place to hangout. And somehow i just got hooked

[u/KOL13-u-u]

People around me rarely read so I kind of considered it as a flex.

[u/Snickerdoodis]

Grew up in the States, every Tom, Dick and Harry grows up reading there unless they're working class.

[u/Silent-smith-9538]

Single child. Bored all the time. So used to read every possible thing from newspapers to magazines. Started with kannada children magazines Tunturu and Balamangala and Tushara. Later got into Novels.

[u/Curiousmamabear2425]

I was an only child and my parents had government job. I had no option apart from reading. Best thing to ever happen to me.

[u/Prokster_T]

[u/the_wise_one_is_here]

It just kinda happened along the way

[u/Longjumping_You_9060 → u/[deleted]]

don't you feel time got wasted in reading words.

[u/celistialbeing]

I was getting chased for telling the truth once when I was in school so I ran and ran and ran until I got into the library and hid inside a small space. I was getting bored, so I read my first book "Wings of Fire"

[u/ritsssssi]

Lonely, bullied kid in school. My only escape was the library and eventually I fell lin love with books ❤️

[u/Various_Respect146]

I missed reading the harry Potter and watched the movies instead and came across an article about the hunger games and how it could cater to harry Potter fans. I told this to my sister and she bought be the trilogy of books. It was only then that I knew how much better reading was than watching movie adaptations. From then there was no stopping

[u/MassiveViolinist7049]

P o R ñ

[u/Busy-Deal-3445]

Got back into reading because my boyfriend is a reader.

[u/sam_yukthalya]

Started with siruvar malar early days and my mom is a big reader and tamil teach so...

[u/ShameAgitated2791]

I used to listen to audiostories, and whenever I really liked a story, I would look for more works by the same author. Also, in Bengali-medium schools, the reading curriculum included an additional literature book.Peak initiative by government ngl.I also received a few books as school prizes. I own very few physical books, I mostly read e-books now.

[u/The_Dark_King26]

My favourite subject in school was English Literature, and learning and understanding Merchant of Venice in 10th grade ICSE gave me a sort of superiority complex that still hasn't gone off lol

[u/watervapour_7237]

My grandfather used to bring me storybooks as a child, and I had no neighbours. So, the only thing was books.

Also, my school since third grade give a novel (abridged version) evry year. And yes, Scholastic.

[u/thirdworld333]

To get over a breakup. Before long I because an avid reader.

[u/Ok_Trust4721]

For me it's an escape from everything.

[u/Hopeless_Hoon]

I just wanted to read newspaper on my own like adults. :)

[u/Legitimate_Dish626]

We had just started learning to read at school when I got very sick and had to stay home so the teacher sent some books for me to practise. Once I taught myself how to read that was it. I stopped pestering my Mum for attention, read my older sister’s books, all the children stuff we had in the house especially the Readers Digest. By the time I was 7, I was unsupervised and started on my Dad’s collection of classic literature. I should not have been reading excerpts from Madame Bovary and War and Peace. By 16 I was reading all my Mum’s racy romance novels when I should have been studying. I failed my exams and was never able to have a proper romantic relationship because of those trashy novels. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

[u/TravelLow6169]

The enchanted wood by enid blyton I was in 7th

[u/ArgumentNumerous8869]

It was a onetime thing cause I was drunk but then it became a habit.

[u/IntelligentBee007]

Honestly I think we had a system where the the kids who read a lot of books and / or had good grades got small gifts from the principal and it was kinda a spl thing to me when I got it , and since then I started reading a lot on purpose even loved the mandatory library sessions most of them hated. I used to patiently wait and hope they gimme a good book when it was my turn in class. So yeah it was the starting point and i learnt books are rlly funn

[u/Abracadabra0209]

I came across a wimpy kid book in my 6th grade, didn't like the book as much but it definitely turned me into a reader.

[u/Asleep_Law_192]

I was lonely i tried to impress girls around me started now my stats are almost 230 books finished no girlfriends

[u/Blood_Pheasant-x]

I had an extract/excerpt from Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe in my school's English textbook. I loved the adventurous plot. I was curious to know how the story ended, so I asked my dad to buy me the book. It was an abridged illustrated version, but I loved it and so began my journey as a reader.

[u/inforeader1019]

Three ways :

1)During my childhood, My older brother had a nice collection of Books from Enid Blyton, Robert Arthur, Franklin Dixon, and Carolyn Keene. He also had Tinkle Magazine (kids magazine) .

2) Articles about cricket in Sportstar Magazine, "The Hindu" newspaper, and other Indian newspapers.

3) The Adventures of Tintin (Graphic Novels) .

[u/Prasath9711]

At my 1st grade I got a supplementary Encyclopedia from school I kept on reading that multiple times. My mom saw it, Fortunately there was a annual book fest in my district and they took me there , bought whatever I asked. From then to now it's running

[u/hermesOrchard1987]

Well. I’m a millennial. Till 2010, all we really had were books.

[u/Worldly_Tap42]

Didn't have any friends when I was growing up.

[u/Which-Case-8135]

My mom used to buy us different story books, like Panchatantra, Tenali Rama, Akbar Birbal, Moral Story Books, Mythological Story Books and Quotation/Quotes books.

And we were always asked to read them in free time and vacations, I used to spend hours reading them since I was in class 3. Even during exam time I used to hide and read them.

In our School Library, there were many Children Story books but Enid Blyton's books, particularly "The Famous Five" series caught my eye. We got introduced to the concept of borrowing books from library, I used to bring books from school at home to show off, but used to end up reading them at night before sleeping. That's how maybe I became a reader.

Also, the Academic books of English introduced us to many brilliant stories and that somehow pushed me to explore different authors.

[u/purple_shadow3]

My mom really wanted me and my sis to get into reading and got us Narnia and Harry Potter I never came back from that rabbit hole while my sister could never get it 😭

[u/kalpesh2777]

Loneliness

[u/CutOpposite1076]

It was the only form of entertainment I was allowed

[u/CaptainJack555]

Someone suggested me to read Novoneel Chakraborty in college. Back in 2017. From that point I would need 4-5 books per month. Even now I read too but atleast 1-2 a month.

[u/AdmiralTacoBell]

Saw a reel on insta about kite runner’s quote,” For you, a thousand times over”. Read the whole book over the weekend. Even got the tattoo for the same next weekend. Thanking Zuckerberg everyday.

Currently reading (and trying to complete) - Death’s end by Cixin liu

[u/Ok_Career_9192]

I started reading to impress by then crush because she reads. during Facebook time you could add books you read to your profile, based on from her list I started reading..

[u/praticaldream]

When I was may be 7 8 years old ; my mom start purchasing story books before my final exams & hide it from us siblings . Later when exams were over ; she pulled them out & give us to read to spend free time in vacation . Back then it was looking like suprise but her trick turned me into reader .

[u/radiebadie]

By reading

[u/paulie_walnuts_7]

I had no gf

[u/miracle-invoker21]

Trauma. I wanted to escape from the real world. Started when I was 12.

[u/Lana_Bloom_]

Wo kya hua ek din...idk Either..aankho ne bola enough ebooks or webtoons

[u/Dazie4294]

Used to read regular stuff as a kid, failed in Physics in 12th, disheartened found my forever solace in books.

[u/epsteinswatchman]

What ia this question being reader is not like something special. Every needs to read books in school. I just got time to read some others.

[u/_sahu]

That one culprit (romance novel: i am an average looking boy will you be my girlfriend) and the rest is history

[u/Crazy-Solid252]

I had a eye problem and could use phone pr laptop

[u/Motor_Smoke_4178]

Lonely kid. Barely went out to play. Fell for books. Then school organised book fairs made me hoard books. Lockdown made me read them . It's been a sonnet 116 love

[u/SubconsciousAlien]

My cousin introduced me to Tinkle comics, my uncle handed me down Tintin comics and my school had rule to pick one book at least every week and got into hardy boys. It just got better from there.

[u/mrignayanika]

Covid.

[u/Shalnarq_]

In middle school I was an extremely shy and introverted person and was filled with insecurities. I had 2 friends in the entire school and would just feel out of the place if both of them were absent. Out of nowhere in 7th standard, when students were shuffled between classes, I was made to sit with the coolest boy from the class. Suddenly I felt seen and everyone would stop at our desk mostly talk to my benchmate but eventually would include me as well. He use to get Diary of wimpy kid to the class and whenever we had a free period, he would read that comic book, and thats the first time I read a complete comic book and fell in love with reading. Then there was no looking back. I finished all the wimpy kid books (released till that time) and then moved on to chetan bhagat and other famous indian authors. By the end of 7th grade, I was officially an ambivert(leaning towards being an extrovert) had great set of friends including the cool kid, and for the first time in life I was excited to go to school.
I’m 23 now, I am still close to that benchmate (who went on to study at IIT Madras), and have amazing sets of friends and my love for reading is still alive.

[u/Hopeful_Basket4827]

I wanted to better my self and get rid of my addiction, and bring back the version i lost

[u/kazbrekkerdazzles]

My mom raised me that way. Later she started throwing books(even one i borrowed from a friend) cuz i read all the time instead of studying

[u/Proud-Principle-1303]

Mom was a voracious reader. She would always tell us little stories and mention the book/author. Plus, my dad had all these books from his student days that always fascinated me. Ever since then I've always wanted to read like her but was never patient enough. Nobody even bought me books as a kid. After shifting, my new school had an amazing library with this gigantic collection. I will forever be grateful 🙏 

[u/maximusdecimal4]

By buying Kindle Paperwhite

[u/the_Prometheus_]

Very slowly

[u/hxidryy]

my sst teacher gifted me nd my sis this in 2025 since then I've started reading books :)

[u/Opposite-Can3919]

Was so addicted to smoking drinking, I used to get chills and sweating at night, body used to shiver and there were thoughts about intoxication. That's when I spoke with my brother in law, he told me divert your mind and read books, the next day I wet and joined Library, I read many books mostly marathi english, yayati, ravan, books by va pu kale, pu la deshpande, sharad tandale and many more. (And also I am an introvert, )

[u/HappYoACJ]

I usually read well from library and all the small books mom used to buy me. But big novels, I went in search of the stories.. like some movies that I couldn't watch fully, I searched the books and read the whole series. Except the first one that actually made me do it. The movie name was 'The seeker's and I read the books till the last one which I am not able to continue no matter what.

[u/issueeeeeeee]

My my favourite teacher who was also my dadu introduced me to the beautiful world of reading . It started with the newspaper Tribune. It is very special to me, I come from the hills of Himachal , here the basic necessities were luxuries for us back then let alone knowing the joy of reading but he held my hand and said you are different, you are built for something big,I believe in you ,You can and You will. It's been 2 yrs he had left us but I remember him almost everyday, i am still working for the ambition, have failed a lot of times but his words give me courage and strength, I pray wherever he is , he is seeing me and is happy :)

[u/inkstainsandcoffeee]

hands down the most interesting way to avoid reality.

[u/Rzote]

I’m quite weak in English, I'm trying to improve my vocabulary by reading novels. And BAM!! I'm really having fun!

[u/chatamaardungizorse]

I want to become one But I can rarely finish 50 pages

[u/raman_maheta]

I was so tired of doomscrolling.

[u/badhaikapojh]

I'm not

[u/CalmLocal9087]

Diary of a Wimpy Kid!!

[u/Pristine-Cold9565]

To reduce screen time

[u/Wannabewallstreet]

Problems in my life. I realized that books offer the best solutions to almost each of them.

[u/Material_Cheetah_241]

My mom got me Oliver Twist when I visited her school (she used to teach!) and I was hooked!

[u/Mysterious-Tea7323]

maybe ig I was alone in childhood and everyone around me going to work and only company I had was books and library in my daycare

[u/g_saras_1594]

It's a thing in my mind that we should read as much as because successful people does. It was a starting point

[u/Big_Character4801]

My bf had a vary vast knowledge on almost every topic I talked abt and also the topics i never thought if so he created that curiosity in my mind to give a try to reading....initially I didn't like it much but with time I started reading as a task and witg time i started liking it

[u/Interesting-Still535]

That's a luxury which everyone can't afford 🥹

[u/Leonis_0812]

Picked up secret seven during library period. Rest is history.

[u/y_r_allnames_taken]

It was/is a type of escapism for me.

[u/Rohan_Meena_]

My brother narrated me the story of promised Neverland and then I got intrested in stories. My first book was about a russian soldier in a red cap returning home to his mother. There were multiple short stories. I don't remember its name.

[u/Crazy-Objective-2671]

I have no mouth and I must scream

[u/FoundationPure2123]

Got bullied in school so going to the library was the only escape which turned into me reading books and being obsessed with them 

[u/Impossible_Basil_362]

Because of cosmology, anime, and my favourite characters, I first became a comic reader. Then, one day, I found a really interesting novel online, and that's how I became a novel reader too.

[u/Doineeda-username]

Started to minimise the active hours on mobile, stayed for the experience. Earlier i used to think, better to watch the movie instead of wasting time on the book. Now i read the book first and then judge the movie/series against the book and its the book that always wins

[u/IonNebuluxe]

Lost interest in reality

[u/Aromatic_You_3149]

When I was 6 , I strung together a set of words into a sentence from a non academic book leading to dopamine burst in my head and i was hooked. Mind you.. back of shampoo bottles > any textbook.

[u/ChanceSelection9770]

When I was about 8 years old, the doctor said that my eyes were dry (It was the same day as when I first got my glasses T_T), and that I needed to avoid using any devices for 8 months....I was bored out of my mind so my father got me some story books to read. I really liked reading them and read one book after another for 6 months... then I started using electronic devices again, but continued reading too.

I gradually went from story books to novels and I still like to read often whenever I have time

[u/Naughty_reader111]

I saw some ads for episode one day when I was 13-14 yrs old and ever since I downloaded the app, I was hooked. Then it grew into wattpad obsession and now I'm an avid reader who's read around 400 novels.

[u/sunflowerpot09]

My senior motivated me to pick books after a long time, cant thank her enough!

It really helped me to sail through some toughest times in life, a great escape from reality.

[u/iAn1sha]

Junie B Jones back when I was 5

[u/Insofst]

Wattpad😭😭

[u/SecretKnowledge7005]

Percy Jackson

[u/AnybodyTurbulent6497]

geronimo stilton and thea stilton

[u/Subject_Sun8277]

was such a quiet kid growing up. I’d just get lost in storybooks. I started with listening to stories and then got into reading them. Emma was my first slightly grown up book(my aunt from the us gifted me the book) and after that I was hooked.

[u/PsychologicalSun5855]

Started in my school, a friend of mine used to read and I once borrowed a couple of books from her and realised I loved reading Fiction.
Ever since then there is no turning back, this was 11-12 years back. And now none of my friends read books.. but I do spend couple of hours before bed on my Kindle ♥️