I am a reader but my family aren't

I always spent every Saturday at the library.
It was such a treat.

There were a few books in our house , mainly Readers Digest, my dad liked to read, but our family budget didn’t stretch to books, I went to the library, and spent all of my pocket money on books.

I had a very encouraging English teacher who introduced me to lots of writers, he gave us a reading list in our first week at school, I think I was probably the only one who tried to work my way through it.

When I was little, I was the reader. I had all the books - although nowhere near as many as my child has now!!

I never saw my parents read until they were in their 60s!!!

Our whole family are bookaholics from 10 year old grandson upwards. He is currently reading Lord of the Rings.

As a child it was said of me that I would read the back of a bus ticket, and family do not allow any printed matter to be in sight when they talk to me as they know my eyes will automatically go to it

It doesn't matter which member of the family's house you go to, it has books and bookshelves everywhere.

DGD is nearly 14 and her love of books is still there.

My boys don't read.
It's boring, they say.
Such a shame because they were both avid readers until their teens.

I am reading more due to Lockdown... both Kindle and books which I exchange with a friend. My grandchildren, ages 6 and 8 love reading and have been missing going to the library. Hope it opens soon .

I have always loved reading. Standing joke was I would read the cornflakes packet if I had nothing else to read! I read every night for half hour when I go to bed and have been glad of my kindle during lockdown so I guess I have been reading the same amount.

I absolutely love to read and have done since I learned to read as a small child... I really like James Herbert and Martina Cole and biographies and autobiographies, all on my kindle now as I was getting so many books and I had to give them to the charity shop that’s a few years ago now... my adult children I don’t think tend to read a lot(especially my sons) but then they have all the technology play stations et cetera that were not available when I was their age, who’s to say I would not of been a PlayStation addict had it been available....?

If I don’t have a book to read I have serious withdrawal symptoms! Have always been a great reader from a child and spent all my pocket money on books. My grown up children are avid readers too.

I’m another bookworm, although a little more selective regarding the topic/ storyline.

Don’t understand people who don’t read. We have friends who haven’t read one book in lockdown but my grown up children read and my grandchildren sometimes have three books on the go - a physical one, audible and kindle. They have very restricted access to technology called Device Time, when they play games. I used to be called The Book Grandma because I bought them so many books mostly from Amazon, new and used. Apart from the one couple mentioned, all my friends read and recommending and swapping books is part of our relationship. Reading on the iPad has been a wonderful revelation because I could never take enough books away with me on holiday. I can’t remember a time when I couldn’t read. I don’t think it mattered what sort of books you read as long as you read.

I read every available spare minute, always have. I love physical books, a kindle wouldn’t do it for me.

I have one daughter the same, one who does read, but a book will easily last her a month, and a son who probably hasn’t picked up a book since leaving school.

Out of six grandchildren, I was delighted to have two little granddaughters (cousins) who were real little bookworms, I loved taking them book shopping, sadly, at eleven, they seem to find their phones rather more exiting, very sad.

Can't live without books, I spend a lot of money buying them and having them shipped to France - I don't like e-readers.
All my family are keen readers both fiction and non fiction. I am that person who reads the cereal box and sauce bottle if they are around.

I have devoured books since I first learnt to read. As a child I went to the library every Saturday and got the maximum 4 books, which I had generally read by Sunday night. My best presents ever were book tokens.
Out of 3 sons, one never reads and the other 2 read a lot, as much as work allows.

I am a member of my WI's book club. We put forward book recommendations and each month we all read one of those choices. It has widened my reading no end. I used to stick to the same authors. I have read a lot more during this lockdown because the weather has been miserable most of the time and I haven't been able to get out in the garden. My daughters like to read but my sons never pick up a book. I enjoy both fact and fiction. I am not a fan of Mills & Boon or chic-lit. A world without books would be a glum place for me.

I love reading. I have heard a good book described as ‘going on a journey while staying at home’. That’s is exactly for me.
But I accept that some people just don’t get it, in the way that I don’t get video games and the like.
Some of my family read for pleasure and some don’t, although they all loved stories when they were little, and had books all around at home.

I have not read a newspaper either greyduster and I was like you, read everything in it. I miss the tv supplement though.
I don't read fiction now but used to when younger. I just cant get into fiction, it seems so trivial although my husbandxreads crime fiction. I like biographies, true life accounts, animals, history, etc

My nickname as a child was ‘Bookworm’, I have always loved to read but my brother didn't read much, just a few Just William books and the Eagle comic. Our older son also loved to read but not so much now he has a demanding job and three children. Our younger son was never a reader, he did like to read the Paddington books when he was a young boy but seldom read afterwards. My DH also reads a lot and always has done, his older sister loved reading too but sadly her sight is fading now whereas his younger sister has never read much apart from magazines. None of our grandchildren have been big readers, our oldest granddaughter read more than the two younger ones but stopped when she finished university. I do have a Kindle but prefer a physical book. Kindles are good to take on holiday though and if a book is very big. I had one by Alan Bennett which was huge and was amused to hear him say that reading it was like holding up a wardrobe.

I read at least 2 books a week, DH only reads on holiday, DD1 and the GCs are avid readers and own hundreds of books, DD2 is not so keen but has stocked up for next week after her op.
I’ve always read lots of books but DH was more ‘sporty’ , not that he can use that as an excuse any more!

For some reason, I find I can’t read a newspaper anymore. A weekend broadsheet would be read from cover to cover, but I don’t seem to have the attention span anymore.

I love to read and have read more since lockdown. I can’t get on with audio books, and prefer a physical book to the kindle but most of my reading is online now. DS reads a lot (sends his “spares” down to DH, who leaves them in a pile ? “ready to read”)as does my son in law; DD when she has half an hour to spare, which doesn’t seem often enough. GS was always an avid reader until he hit double figures and now has to be persuaded that it’s a good way to spend time that doesn’t require him being attached to a game controller. He has just finished “Troy” by Stephen Fry and told me he enjoyed it. Onward and upward!

I find that these days I tend to read factual stuff. Getting lost in a novel is something that now seems to be relegated to holidays. We do watch far too much TV but try to choose films, series, history and natural history programmes.
We never watch trash. Wouldn’t know anything about soap operas or game shows or the like.

I read a lot, but very rarely fiction now. Some of the books I like to read are too obscure to be available on Kindle, but I do find small print a problem now.

One son, a voracious reader until he was in his teens, now reads very little, and never fiction. The other son reads everything, and is embarrassingly far better read than I am. They are in their late 40s. The grandchildren read quite a lot so far, but the lure of computer games is irresistible, apparently.

I read poetry, which seems to be a rare interest. My mother gave me two poetry books when I was about 8, and I’ve been addicted ever since.

I am lazy and watch more TV now than reading (shameful for an English teacher). My GS appears to love books and loves being read to, but I know from experience with my daughter that it is no guarantee he will read as an adult.

We both read a lot, possibly more in lockdown, either rereading books from the shelves or buying new e-books.
I have listened to far more audio books though. Now even my husband would prefer to listen to a book than watch TV.