FINALLY.. I can post!

My earliest memory of reading would have to be being read to, and trying to memorize the words. My parents would read a book to be for bedtime almost every night. It was lots of fun to just press my finger against the corner of a spine on a Little Golden book (not even looking to see what it was) but just to read a book at random. No real reason for it. My mom was the best at 'getting into the story'. Her expressions and voice MADE IT for me. I love reading books to young children like my mom read to me. I really don't know of a FAVORITE book, but I loved books by Mercer Mayer and Dr. Seuss. Some others I liked were the ones about Franklin the turtle who could 'count by twos and tie his shoes'. When I find myself needing a few minutes to revert to a simpler time period, I grab one of those favorites and sit down to read it. As far as books that are more commonly knows as novels--- my attention span gets fried, and I can't find it in myself to finish more than a few chapters. The longest book I've ever read for school was Tuesdays with Morrie, and I missed finishing it by about 40 pages. I love to read--- but only things that are simple reads. I HATE TO READ NOVELS. I am not a strong reader, by far!.. and feel intimidated by those people who can pick up a 1,000+ page novel and finish it in 3 days. I remember my teachers reading to me in elementary school. I LOVE TO BE read TO~ but can't pay attention long enough to read a long book for myself. I like to call myself a Victim of Extreme and intense pressure caused by A.R. Testing. One of my favorite books that my teacher read was Charlotte's Web. The book that I read that meant the most to me was Tuesdays with Morrie (but not until after I finished the book and another 6 months or so went by). I found out my step-mom was diagnosed with ALS-- just like what 'Morrie' had. As far as reading for pleasure now, it mainly just consists of fashion/life magazines like Cosmo and Glamour because they have short real life stories and interesting columns. Overall-- I don't like to read.