So the question is: What was your reading life like as a child?
And my answer: Extremely avid
I have loved reading for as long as I can remember, and probably even before that. I was definitely reading on my own by the time I went to school, and my reading usually consisted of chapter books. I don't ever really remember reading too many picture books like the ones we have looked at in class. There were some exceptions of course. I loved anything Dr. Seuss, and Robert Munsch. The Berenstein Bears were some of my favourites, alongside the Chronicles of Narnia. My taste was very diverse when I was a child and it still is today.
I think that is definitely due to my mother's influence. She is also an a very avid reader and the one thing she never said no to when I was a child was books. When the Scholastic order came, she would definitely set a limit as to how many I could buy otherwise I probably would have wanted them all. But if I really wanted it, she wouldn't hesitate to buy it for me. And they always got read, some of them to the point of falling apart. I remember, I would try to stay up late, sneaking a flashlight under my blankets, just so I could read one more chapter of the book I was reading. Sometimes I even managed not to get caught.
I have always loved reading, and I always will and I definitely have my mother to thank for that. So, thanks mom!
