tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post4888659005621874253..comments2023-10-07T11:55:47.724-04:00Comments on A Reader of Fictions: KC and the Sunshine Chats (5): The Evolution of Two ReadersChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-4632876264781676352013-08-02T10:30:08.356-04:002013-08-02T10:30:08.356-04:00That is a fantastic idea for a feature! You really...That is a fantastic idea for a feature! You really should do it!<br /><br />Awww, your siblings read to you. How sweet!Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-43278116249093848622013-08-02T10:09:54.179-04:002013-08-02T10:09:54.179-04:00Oh man, Reader's Digest. There are always so m...Oh man, Reader's Digest. There are always so many of those at Goodwill. I wonder who condenses them. Must be an interesting and tedious job all at once.<br /><br />The Secret Garden is amazing. I really must research more Burnett.<br /><br />10 is a piddly number. You can check out 75 at my local library. Haha.<br /><br />I have no husband. ALL THE SPACE IS MIIIIINE.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-18253395859306649612013-08-02T09:52:49.617-04:002013-08-02T09:52:49.617-04:00Awww, that's nice that she read to you even th...Awww, that's nice that she read to you even though she didn't like reading herself. That's awesome that you have your 6 year old reading to you now!Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-6338746696417683302013-08-02T09:36:08.974-04:002013-08-02T09:36:08.974-04:00At least she likes being read to. Audiobooks may b...At least she likes being read to. Audiobooks may be her friends as she grows up. Of course, there's still time for her to learn to love reading the traditional way too!Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-54719940171548053012013-08-02T09:16:33.654-04:002013-08-02T09:16:33.654-04:00No wonder you and Gillian are so close; you're...No wonder you and Gillian are so close; you're both built on Disney! :-p<br /><br />Roald Dahl! How could I leave him off my list. I loved his stuff so much!<br /><br />Oh, honey, that's so sad. At least you had basketball in that time, though the bad knees inherited from both sides really suck. I got terrible eyesight and allergies from both my parents (thanks for that, guys). <br /><br />Awww, A Wrinkle in Time. I wish I hadn't tried to reread that series. It didn't have the magic for me anymore, but it was so special when I was in fifth grade.<br /><br />I mostly gave up reading for fun during the first couple years of college. Balancing coursework with reading is tough. "Books to me are like water to a dying man in the desert." I love that. Also, it's SO true that reading is more important to me now than ever, now that I have people to share it with. My parents are big readers, but I surpass even them, and found my kindred spirits here on the internet.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-52779458914350373672013-07-31T22:40:08.051-04:002013-07-31T22:40:08.051-04:00I love this post so much! I LOVE hearing about why...I love this post so much! I LOVE hearing about why people read and family influences! Or a teacher/librarian. I love <a href="http://www.rallythereaders.com/2013/07/my-biggest-reading-influence.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> post about Lee's parents influencing her, too. Christina, the story about your dad recording a cassette is the most adorable thing! Kara, I read certain sections out loud to myself, too!<br /><br />My family is really bookish and I have a post in my drafts about it and the influence they and especially my older sister had on me as a reader. I never understood kids at school that didn't enjoy reading. My mom always read romance, my brother loved science fiction. I always wanted to read and I was in awe of my sister's books. When I was young my siblings read to me, then I got to read their books and fell more in love. <br /><br />I was thinking about starting a feature/guest post where a blogger could share who influenced them to read, but I wasn't sure if many people would be interested in it. But I love this post so much!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-87531952024779268182013-07-31T18:48:24.019-04:002013-07-31T18:48:24.019-04:00Yes! The Secret Garden was one of mine too! I chec...Yes! The Secret Garden was one of mine too! I checked it out from the library and I still remember riding home with it in the car as I was so excited to read it. It's my favorite children's classic. <br /><br />That is so awesome you checked out the max amount of books every time!<br /><br />Dan reads, just not what I want him to, and right now he doesn't have a lot of time, unfortunately. Compared to me he is a non-reader I guess. :) He has one shelf of books amongst my 5 bookcases. LOLKara_Malinczakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07559498182018910285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-63980096653188671542013-07-31T18:45:23.271-04:002013-07-31T18:45:23.271-04:00I read a lot of Fear Street too but I didn't c...I read a lot of Fear Street too but I didn't count those in my list because they came later. I remember shopping for them at the bookstore and perusing the YA shelves picking out the ones I wanted.Kara_Malinczakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07559498182018910285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-45013232481656421412013-07-31T18:43:45.582-04:002013-07-31T18:43:45.582-04:00I am so glad she enjoys being read to. I think ove...I am so glad she enjoys being read to. I think over time she will learn to love it and what you are doing now is a great start!Kara_Malinczakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07559498182018910285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-51105283119247375312013-07-31T18:42:13.845-04:002013-07-31T18:42:13.845-04:00Oh gosh! Thank you for sharing that with us, Lili....Oh gosh! Thank you for sharing that with us, Lili. I agree with you. Reading can be a very cathartic experience; especially when it's such a good book that you can just lock the outside world away and escape into another one. I'm glad you found us all and we are sure glad you are a part of this community!Kara_Malinczakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07559498182018910285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-8995261845686524832013-07-31T16:27:57.537-04:002013-07-31T16:27:57.537-04:00Ah I love this topic - it's always interesting...Ah I love this topic - it's always interesting to see how people 'came' to reading, if it's natural or practised etc.<br /><br />Neither of my parents were readers - my mum would occassionally read a novel or two, particularly historical fiction, but it was my grandmother that really encouraged me to read. I remember her having Readers Digest collections (four condensed books in one) on a shelf in her living room, and I eventually 'borrowed' almost all of them - I'm sure she wanted them back but didn't have the heart to tell me LOL. I spent a lot of time at her house after school, and all I would do in the hours between school ending and my mother coming to pick me up was read - legal thrillers, historical fiction and family sagas were pretty much all she had, but I loved them all. The first book I really remember being given was The Secret Garden - I had a beautiful leather-bound version (which must still be in a box in my dad's garage) and I read it dozens of times.<br /><br />When I was a teenager I stopped at the local library nearly every day on my way home from school - I always had the maximum amount of books checked out (10 I think it was).<br /><br />Like you, Kara, I have a non-reading other-half, and although sometimes I wish he would read too, at least I'm not competing for shelf space - I just shove him off into a corner to play his music while I read - works perfectly ;).Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14312515005865122767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-70242526661003336192013-07-31T16:04:55.192-04:002013-07-31T16:04:55.192-04:00This was so much fun! I know that even though my m...This was so much fun! I know that even though my mom didn't enjoy reading herself (she loves it now), she read to me when I was young. I always loved to read (though I stopped after I had my kids for a bit) and think that her reading to me had a lot to do with it. Now that my 6 year old is reading on his own, I am enjoying him reading to me. And my 4 year old loves to be read to. I remember reading Fear Street, The Boxcar Children and anything by Judy Blume when I was younger. Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623526115351527670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-9978642786363331742013-07-31T12:15:49.676-04:002013-07-31T12:15:49.676-04:00I love this post. You girls always have really gre...I love this post. You girls always have really great chat posts. I loved hearing about each of you growing up reading and how your experiences were. <br /><br />I read to my daughter constantly. I started reading when I was 4 and my daughter is almost 5 now and she doesn't even seem close. She has a very short attention span and gets easily frustrated so it's hard to get her to sit long enough to try to learn it with my help. She does love me reading to her though, which I am more than happy to do.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09669564557768319285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-41900724225841895852013-07-31T11:42:36.047-04:002013-07-31T11:42:36.047-04:00I started reading when I was 3 years old. Made my ...I started reading when I was 3 years old. Made my way through THE CAT IN THE HAT in one try. And then my parents bought me the entire DR. Seuss collection and the entire Disney picture book with words collection and I read my way through all of those before I entered Kindergarten.<br /><br />And from there, of course, my love of NANCY DREW emerged when they bought me her entire collection and I insisted upon buying all of the Junie B. Jones. And then there were all the great little books in between from authors like Roald Dahl, Andrew Clements, and Jerry Spinelli. MAINIAC MAGEE, loved that book to pieces.<br /><br />But once I hit middle school I actually stopped reading. I was too focused spending time outside and moping around due to my parents divorce and moving that I pretty much rebelled my refusing to read the books they spent money on for me. Weird, I know, but that was my coping mechanism. My thought process was something like...you cut each other out of my life so I'm going to WILLINGLY cut your shared passion of books out of mine. The thoughts of a fifth grader, right? Anyway, I substituted reading with basketball and spending time outside and found a huge love in that. But when 8th grade rolled around, my knees were too bad to continue. Both my parents have terrible knees, so it sucks. I had to quit.<br /><br />And it's pretty much that year when I found myself grounded for some stupid reason that I picked up one of the books my parents bought for me, A WRINKLE IN TIME, and I fell in love with reading again. I went on this huge binge and made them spend so much on books because, at the time, my library still sucked with their young adult section and that's what I was transfering to. I missed the entire "proper middle grade" phase.<br /><br />And then 2 years later I took another break because of school. My sophomore year was so hard that I would get sick from stress. I got no sleep and it was terrible. My desire to read disappeared completely. And then I met a stress that I never knew before during junior year and I realized I had to keep reading for my sanity. Books to me are like water to a dying man in the desert. End of junior year was the beginning of my blog when I found this lovely place, and my love of reading has intensified ten fold now that I have people to share it with.<br /><br />A long, odd tale, I know. Haha Thanks for this post, I actually enjoyed it a lot!Lilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13661169246931091833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-33326396042983188152013-07-30T23:17:44.159-04:002013-07-30T23:17:44.159-04:00I was on this crappy old plaid couch in the tinies...I was on this crappy old plaid couch in the tiniest apartment I have ever lived in in Anderson, South Carolina. Was a really tough time in my life too when I was severely depressed. That book didn't help, obvs. ;)Kara_Malinczakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07559498182018910285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-22692223152278839062013-07-30T22:16:02.909-04:002013-07-30T22:16:02.909-04:00Masters in library science is all. It hardly count...Masters in library science is all. It hardly counts, but technically, yes, graduate school.<br /><br />Well, if you ever publish a book, you can have me narrate it. :-p<br /><br />I do not remember where I was. Actually, I was at the midnight release party for six, so my bedroom at my parents' house the next day, I think.<br /><br />Hmmm, well, Mockingjay definitely wasn't perfect, and I can see thinking THG is overrated, but the hype wasn't insane yet when I first started it. *shrugs*Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-26606210694504225372013-07-30T21:34:35.702-04:002013-07-30T21:34:35.702-04:00Lol, usually when I ask my mom about the picture b...Lol, usually when I ask my mom about the picture books, it involves references to grandchildren and requests that I not give them away. Er, no memories or discussion on that end. I didn't know you went to grad school!<br /><br />YESSSS snark books or reading the blurbs! Snark books is better methinks but hey! I want to hear you narrate.<br /><br />Ha--Christina, I won the HP battle. There's some benefit to being the youngest and only girl of four children. And yeah, Kara, HP will always create life-long bookish memories. *sigh* (Where were you when you read that part, Kara?)<br /><br />The only other memory I can think of now is my brother telling me how he thought Mockingjay didn't handle the revolution as well as it could've and how THG was overrated. We were in the car after some church? event...<br /><br />WHY ARE MY MEMORIES NEGATIVE. Y'all should help me make some new ones :P.Christina Reads YAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937783114868207494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-76153758548117386352013-07-30T18:45:07.759-04:002013-07-30T18:45:07.759-04:00It was. Which was what made me ask Christina that ...It was. Which was what made me ask Christina that question. I will answer it again when Lyn and I write our post. Awwww at crying about Dumbledore! Wasn't that awful? I remember exactly where I was when I read that part. Devastating! Kara_Malinczakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07559498182018910285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-12333037073752449502013-07-30T18:44:58.066-04:002013-07-30T18:44:58.066-04:00Well, I don't remember all of it, but I know a...Well, I don't remember all of it, but I know a lot of this from stories and stuff. Obviously I don't recall them reading to me when I was a baby, but they say they did and I believe them. Have you tried asking your parents about this stuff? I got specifics when I was doing an assignment in grad school: my reading autobiography or something like that.<br /><br />Hmmm, I'm not opposed to doing that, but I'd have to figure out what to read. I was thinking about reading the blurbs for books in book hauls, but that can get lengthy. Maybe for snark books I'll do that or something.<br /><br />Luckily, my parents totally understood preferring indoor activities and reading. :-p<br /><br />Ha, I have both my parents reading all sorts of YA and sometimes middle grade now. VICTORY.<br /><br />Oh, well, my answer to that will be to check this post. Haha. That question reminded me that I needed to finish this.<br /><br />The beauty of being the only child is always getting to read HP first. Then Mom got it, because she reads faster than dad does.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-65487906139817727102013-07-30T18:37:27.819-04:002013-07-30T18:37:27.819-04:00I don't know how either of you remember how mu...I don't know how either of you remember how much your parents read to you. I've found a bunch of picture books at home, but I don't remember anyone reading them to me, though I assume they've got to be there for *some* reason.<br /><br />lol at coarse v. course. "Christina, you always amaze me because of your speed of reading."<br />Trufax. And ooooh, Christina, will you record some vlogs sometime of you reading some excerpts? Not a lot, obviously, since that'd be against copyright, but I want to hear you narrate. My friends and I do that a lot with each - dramatic readings - but none of us could ever become an audiobook narrator :P.<br /><br />WHUT IS THIS TRAVESTY. He does not think he would like Harry Potter? o.O<br /><br />"Staying indoors when everyone else was outside because I would rather be lost in a book than socializing. That part of me still hasn’t changed." <-- Me too. My parents originally thought there was something wrong with me because of that loolol. Like that, I guess -> "I guess she thought I was missing out on life or something, but I disagree."<br /><br />I totally tried convincing my parents to read HP, Christina, but you clearly had much, much more success. "No, he refuses to read them. He read part of the first book and said he thought they were too childish. I tried to explain to him that they get darker and deeper but no dice. Someday I will try again but he is dead set against reading any children’s fiction. *GASP*" <-- That's why. My mom is dead set against YA and fantasy/sci-fi/"ridiculous things," so it's pretty much an impossible task.<br /><br />"Do you remember the first book or books that really made you fall in love with reading?" I remember this question. Wasn't that supposed to be for your post next week? I think I'd seen that when I commented.<br /><br />Hmm, no bookish memories with family as we have such different tastes. I remember arguing with my brother who would get to read HP5 first after we bought it from Costco, and I remember reading HP6 in my parent's bedroom and refusing to come eat until I'd finished crying about Dumbledore... But that's it :O.Christina Reads YAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937783114868207494noreply@blogger.com