Reading Meme...

In case anyone was interested, here is my response to the reading questionaire I lifted from the wonderful Ms. Whatsit. 1. How old were you when you learned to read and who taught you? According to my mom, she used to read me Whinnie the Pooh every night. I don't really remember having it read to me all the time, but now my mom says she hates the book becuause she had to read it so much! I think that I followed my parents' examples. They were always reading. 2. Did you own any books as a child? If so, what’s the first one that you remember owning? If not, do you recall any of the first titles that you borrowed from the library? I fondly remember "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie". Every summmer I used to participate in the local library reading challenge. We used to get goodie bags filled with stuff (probably bookmarks) depending on hours read. I borrowed tons and tons of books over the years. 3. What’s the first book that you bought with your own money? I think that the first book I bought was probably in 5th or 6th grade. Previously, it was money my parents gave me for the book fair (I used to love the red, green and yellow cases filled with books--man, I was a nerd). In 5th or 6th grade, RL Stine started writing a Fear Street series. I read all of these scary books, and I think the first was "The Girlfriend" 4. Were you a re-reader as a child? If so, which book did you re-read most often? I never really read a book more than once. I was always ready to get going on the next one! 5. What’s the first adult book that captured your interest and how old were you when you read it? I find it hard to believe, but I think that I went through a sort of a lull with reading when it started to become required in school. Though it was my senior year, "Beowulf" captured me, and I tore it up on my senior essay. 6. Are there children’s books that you passed by as a child that you have learned to love as an adult? Which ones? My senior year of college, I took Children's Literature. We actually had tests on books like "Where the Wild Things Are", and "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom". I remember reading "Tuck Everlasting" and "Goodbye Moon", and thinking that they would have been pretty good reads as a child.