Reply #7: My family was much the same. We were the only people I knew

[RaleighNCDUer]

who owned several dictionaries and a full set of encyclopedias (my Dad sold World Book door to door in the summer of '59 and got a set for us). We would read them just for fun. I thought it was cool how Webster's and the Oxford Abridged would have different definitions for the same words. At third grade I was memorizing my 6th grade sister's spelling lists. And one of my favorite family photos was 5 year old me reading to my two year old sister.

Both my parents were teachers, and my oldest sister also became a teacher; she and I both write fiction. I don't read as much now as I once did; my eyes can't take the strain anymore for sustained bouts. I cannot, however, imagine my life without reading.