It was the first grown-up book I had ever read, but it rekindled my love for books during a time when I'd forgotten how much I loved to read (because of the stress of a new and unfamiliar place). This book was a Christian romance by Lori Wick. I remember thinking the cover was pretty, so I said yes. I don't remember going to the library or reading any books at this time, but a friend I'd made at our new home offered to let me read one of her books. When I was 13 years old my family moved to a new state.
He shaped my love for books by spending lots of time with me and showing me the adventures waiting between the covers of the books. When he retired, he moved to a beautiful and quaint little town in New Mexico where lots of other scientist peeps go for retirement.īut when I was little, Grandpa took me to the library. He is a WWII veteran, and a mathmetician and physicist. My grandpa is, as of the day I'm typing this up, 96 years old. Do you have any defining bookish memories? If so, I hope you'll share them with me in the comments! Aren't book memories the best?! These are the moments I most attribute to cultivating my love of books.īut while you're reading this, I hope you'll think about your own life as well. Today I'm sharing my Top 3 Reading Memories of All Time. The more I thought about it, the more I pinpointed specific moments in time that cemented a love affair with books into my life. How did that happen? What made me love books and what kept that love going? I don't ever remember a time when I wasn't interested in books-and that got me to thinking. She self-published her first novel, "The Ordinary Knight and the Invisible Princess: a Tale in Two Parts," in the summer of 2013 and is currently working on a four part fantasy/romance series with the working title of "The Scholar and the Dragon.I have been reading books my entire life. Married to her high school crush who is now a US Marine, she has moved multiple times in her adult life but believes that home is wherever her husband, two daughters, and pets are. An addictive personality, she jumped from one fandom to another, being at times completely obsessed with various books, movies, or television series (Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Star Trek all took their turns), but she has grown to be what she considers a well-rounded connoisseur of geek culture.
Growing up with epic heroes from Middle Earth and Narnia keeping her company, she also became an incurable romantic. Burke spent most of her childhood around trees and farm animals and was always accompanied by a book. Born in a small town in north central Oregon, H.
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