I was perusing pinterest [what else does one do with life?] and stumbled across some 30-day blogpost prompt challenges. I skimmed through a few and, yeah.
They're kinda mind-numbing.
Sooo, being the genius blogging bookdragon that I am, I shall bookify [yes, that's a word] said prompts [don't tell me you can't find it in the dictionary]. I won't be doing them on a schedule [would I lie to you?]. I might smash some into a post [ok, so I made it up] or allow one to take up a whole post. Whatever I want. Obviously. *ahem*
1) Introduce Yourself
Hi, I'm Ashley, and I'm a bookdragon. It's been a few hours since I've collected books for my hoard. And I regret nothing.
2) The First Book That You Fangirled Over
So when I was a little dragonling, I was obsessed with the Little House on the Prairie series. I read it multiple times and watched all of the movies and TV episodes [although the TV series is nothing like the books, that's TV for you].
I was talking on the phone with a friend. I'm not sure why? Because I had never talked to anyone except family on the phone. Anyhow, the conversation was basically
me: have you read Little House on the Prairie?
friend: uh, no
me: it's this great series! and it actually happened and, and
friend: i don't really read. . .
me: and the author is Laura Ingalls Wilder, and she has a sister who went blind, and they lived in a sod house one time, and a cow was on the roof! and a snake in the wall! and, and
friend:
me: are you still there?
friend: yeah, i guess
me: there's a tv series too! and
3) Are Your Parents to Blame for Your Bookish Tendencies?
My mom has shelves and shelves of books. She unwittingly assigned the dusting chore to dragonling me wherein I book browsed instead of dusted. Some of the books she had collected as a kid. She read to us often, usually series, including the Little House on the Prairie books. [She also read the Bible aloud to us because she's cool like that.]
My dad was the one who read children's books to us. Like Custard the Cowardly Dragon, The Treasure Tree, Dr. Suess books, the Tawny Scrawny Lion [a fave of mine, it had a shiny golden spine, obviously a treasure]. He also did the voices [mom did not do voices?!], so it was super fun when he'd read Commander Toad in Space by Jane Yolen and would do Deep Wader's voice.
So yes, my parents created a book monster. It was a part of my education [no really, my mom taught me to read].
4) What you ate today
As You Like It
So far, I like it as is.
I might go read it now. Or sleep.
I might go read it now. Or sleep.
So are your parents to blame for the book hunting monster that you today? If not, then who would you consider the influencers/parents of your book obsessions? And what was the first book you fangirled over?
That phone call is so relatable, most of my friends don't read. I think I annoy them, when I fan girl about different books. My parents definitely fueled my love of books, my dad would read Lord of the Rings out loud too me. It was magical.
ReplyDeleteRight? Come on, friends. Get with it. Everyone knows books are the place to be. Your dad reading LOTR sounds so awesome! It seems like someone reading it aloud would make it 10x better.
DeleteOh I totally blame my parents for my book monsterness.😂I mean OF COURSE. Parents are great for blaming. :') My mum taught me to read too and had a houseful of books so obviously she was hoping all her kids would turn out total obsessed bookworm, right?!? And I think Narnia was my first "fandom" really! I was writing fanfic before I even knew what fanfic was.😂 And I was constantly re-reading. But we also read all the Laura Ingalls books and watched the show a billion times too, SO I RELATE.😂
ReplyDeleteParents ARE great for blaming things. Especially when they're like, "Put that book down and go outside, meet people, do human things." And we're just like, "But this is what you taught me. You created this!" XD
DeleteNarnia is great! And I'm glad to know another Little House childhood fan
I like how you bookified this! :)
ReplyDeleteMy mom is quite the reader, but I'd say my dad was the bigger influence since he was always reading to me! :D
By the way, I nominated you for the Mystery Blogger Award!
Reading parents are seriously the best.
DeleteThanks for the tag! I'll check it out. :)
I like how you bookified the questions :-D I'm not sure who got me into book. My parents are not readers. I would say maybe my school is responsible for my bookwormness because in elementary and middle school we had mandatory silent reading time like every day, and I ended up realizing some books were really great... but I don't really know for sure. I don't remember lol.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting. Usually kids say they don't like reading because it's mandatory in school. Maybe you were just a pretty open-minded kid. ;)
DeleteMy parents were sort of responsible for my book-devouring tendencies. They basically thought I should read like most educated Canadians and made sure I was reading as per my homework in my early years at school, then I discovered I actually liked reading and everything exploded from there. They read to me at bedtime, too, so that was also partly responsible. I'd have to say the first book I fangirled over was The Magic Treehouse series. I had humble beginnings XD
ReplyDeleteHaha, true. Parents usually do believe we should all know how to do healthy citizen things, reading being one of those. XD Humble beginnings are the best. I was a Nancy Drew reader before I found fantasy.
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