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I've been a reader since I was a kid, I love it, my mother insisted. ;) She loves books, and even managed a bookstore for years. But honestly, besides her, and one other friend of mine, I know very few people that read on a regular basis. I was considered a nerd (okay, probably still am...ha) and even now, its rare (except on forums like this one) that I actually meet anyone that enjoys reading as much as I do.
And the people that I meet that do read as much as I do, definitely do not read what I do, so its also rare for me to have a conversation about the books I read. Though I do read a bit of everything, tend to stick mostly with mysteries, both the more graphic mysteries and cozies, and horror, but I love the classics, hell I'm still the only person I know (again, outside of forums) that reads Shakespeare....for FUN. I read nonfiction, history mostly, but also some true crime. Fantasy. Like I said, everything. But it wasn't ever really something I shared with my peers.
So it wasn't common where I was from when I was growing up. Most kids seemed to feel that reading was something you just HAD to do to pass a class, and that it couldn't be enjoyable. I certainly always thought they were the ones that had it all wrong, but they seemed to be convinced I was.
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