tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post9021333008456069623..comments2024-02-04T04:40:23.122-08:00Comments on Harlequin Heartwarming: When Did YOU Fall in Love with Reading? - with Kathy DampPamela Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834270662017246137noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-57989990770459968732015-10-07T15:36:14.809-07:002015-10-07T15:36:14.809-07:00Thanks, Pamela, for your post. It's not time o...Thanks, Pamela, for your post. It's not time of the day when a donut sounds pretty good.Kathy Damp/Kathleen Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07413888215734148323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-1805736046318248742015-10-07T15:35:45.610-07:002015-10-07T15:35:45.610-07:00 So, Karen, have you mended your book hoarding way... So, Karen, have you mended your book hoarding ways? Do tell.Kathy Damp/Kathleen Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07413888215734148323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-40656673916633991412015-10-07T15:35:23.326-07:002015-10-07T15:35:23.326-07:00 So, Karen, have you mended your book hoarding way... So, Karen, have you mended your book hoarding ways? Do tell.Kathy Damp/Kathleen Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07413888215734148323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-70379580034871149292015-10-07T15:34:14.700-07:002015-10-07T15:34:14.700-07:00Sophia,
Even though Nancy Drew should most probab...Sophia,<br /><br />Even though Nancy Drew should most probably be in my memory, there is actually a Nancy Drew audiobook on my phone. Right now. I love falling asleep listening to Nancy and her "chums".Kathy Damp/Kathleen Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07413888215734148323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-36644332986848961392015-10-07T15:32:22.983-07:002015-10-07T15:32:22.983-07:00Pat,
Loved your comment about the library card. Wh...Pat,<br />Loved your comment about the library card. When I worked as a temporary at our library system, I think I was as excited as the five-year-old who could get her first library card. Some families made it a entire family event, which I really loved. Thanks for your post.Kathy Damp/Kathleen Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07413888215734148323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-89585194595119687612015-10-07T15:30:50.551-07:002015-10-07T15:30:50.551-07:00When I was in sixth grade, we worked with guide wo...When I was in sixth grade, we worked with guide words in the dictionary and I had a hard time with that. I remember the card catalog and pretty much starting with the first letter after the first letter of the first word I wanted and going through every card until I got to what I needed. Thankfully, guide words eventually sank in.Kathy Damp/Kathleen Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07413888215734148323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-12939668414736430892015-10-07T15:29:26.117-07:002015-10-07T15:29:26.117-07:00I was introduced to Georgette Heyer by our small t...I was introduced to Georgette Heyer by our small town librarian when I complained I didn't like Jane Austen because the paragraphs were too long. I was in junior high. Much later, Jane Austen became a friend.Kathy Damp/Kathleen Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07413888215734148323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-28014767277888034382015-10-07T15:13:05.793-07:002015-10-07T15:13:05.793-07:00Jill,
What state was this in? I have always wante...Jill, <br />What state was this in? I have always wanted to go into a bookmobile.Kathy Damp/Kathleen Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07413888215734148323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-68638496762311662052015-10-07T15:12:09.052-07:002015-10-07T15:12:09.052-07:00What a lovely goal for a little girl.What a lovely goal for a little girl.Kathy Damp/Kathleen Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07413888215734148323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-28735849239805051482015-10-07T15:11:24.515-07:002015-10-07T15:11:24.515-07:00I'll say this until I die: I love libraries. ... I'll say this until I die: I love libraries. Although, Mel Curtis, I am wondering if it was your first book of romance or a particular man?Kathy Damp/Kathleen Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07413888215734148323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-17765796749872044902015-10-07T15:09:28.415-07:002015-10-07T15:09:28.415-07:00 How blessed you were to have diligent volunteers... How blessed you were to have diligent volunteers and people willing to donate books. Kathy Damp/Kathleen Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07413888215734148323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-66922532409076908752015-10-07T15:08:36.908-07:002015-10-07T15:08:36.908-07:00 Oh, the Scholastic newspaper. My mother, as a rem... Oh, the Scholastic newspaper. My mother, as a remedial reading teacher, was always in favor of buying books. Kathy Damp/Kathleen Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07413888215734148323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-83378530334226482452015-10-07T15:01:42.968-07:002015-10-07T15:01:42.968-07:00My favorite part of Caddie Woodlawn was when the s...My favorite part of Caddie Woodlawn was when the sheep ate all the buttons up the front of her obnoxious cousin.<br /><br /> Kathy Damp/Kathleen Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07413888215734148323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-50455366871149482732015-09-29T08:27:23.013-07:002015-09-29T08:27:23.013-07:00I remember filmstrips. There was one about a doug...I remember filmstrips. There was one about a doughnut making machine that wouldn't stop. I still remember the library of my childhood, too.Pamela Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834270662017246137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-5749011615236064522015-09-28T12:55:04.591-07:002015-09-28T12:55:04.591-07:00Like you, I really loved A Wrinkle in Time, but it...Like you, I really loved A Wrinkle in Time, but it was my hoarding of our public library's collection that made me a reader and almost got me arrested :-)Karen Rockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03621736343432643472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-45001816806092923262015-09-28T11:03:43.344-07:002015-09-28T11:03:43.344-07:00I grew up in India and my earliest memories are of...I grew up in India and my earliest memories are of curling up with the Nancy Drew series when I was around 8 or 9. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06813011012122814594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-79378458418592898782015-09-28T10:06:49.126-07:002015-09-28T10:06:49.126-07:00Oh.my.goodness. Not sure when I wasn't reading...Oh.my.goodness. Not sure when I wasn't reading. I remember learning to read on the Sunday comic strips, then my mother taking me to the library before I started to school. I was so mad they wouldn't give me a card until I started first grade. Summers were spent under a shade tree reading. Even now with deadlines, I'll still sneak in a book. :-) Great post, Kathy.Patricia Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382033674042021556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-21563065255154882722015-09-28T09:23:18.261-07:002015-09-28T09:23:18.261-07:00I did, too, Mel--a whole row of Avalons!
I did, too, Mel--a whole row of Avalons!<br />Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-39592175807710850602015-09-28T08:44:47.237-07:002015-09-28T08:44:47.237-07:00My mother indulged my reading habit. She let me or...My mother indulged my reading habit. She let me order as many Scholastic books as I wanted, and volunteered at the local library every Saturday to put on a preschool story time. That meant I could spend the hour picking out books for for the next week when I wasn't running the film strip. (Now that dates me.) I think I read the entire section on horses. I still have an unreasonable attractionBeth Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02447148196867821907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-27194090561456811182015-09-28T08:40:46.095-07:002015-09-28T08:40:46.095-07:00Great memories, Kathy! My parents read to me all ...Great memories, Kathy! My parents read to me all the time - Little Golden Books. Then there was a small library in our classroom, and from there I sneaked my sister's Jane Austen (she didn't like to share with me then) and my dad's Zane Grey. In my early teens we lived two blocks from the public library - a modern structure in southern California, but put books and readers in it, Muriel Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065629068634892645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-19228258300933930392015-09-28T07:55:06.076-07:002015-09-28T07:55:06.076-07:00I think I fell in love with reading and all things...I think I fell in love with reading and all things books, the first time the bookmobile rolled into my neighborhood. I'll never forget the feeling, when I escaped the heat and humidity of that July day, into an air conditioned world of books on wheels.Jill Weatherholthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12935341991222337363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-1538449685673202462015-09-28T07:40:13.681-07:002015-09-28T07:40:13.681-07:00My mother read to me and my brother while we sat o...My mother read to me and my brother while we sat on either side of her – Biblical stories, poetry and books from the town’s children’s library. By the fourth grade I read books on my own, but I have very little memory of the children’s library. I went from the basement to the main floor and decided I was going to read every book there. I did manage to get through a few hundred, mostly historical Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144857256396400731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-52132964766440965822015-09-28T07:34:00.777-07:002015-09-28T07:34:00.777-07:00I found my first romance at the public library! I found my first romance at the public library! MelCurtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07218278641168063613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-64458023312977684472015-09-28T07:15:44.762-07:002015-09-28T07:15:44.762-07:00Kathy, I've always credited our small-town lib...Kathy, I've always credited our small-town library run by volunteers as the catalyst for my love of reading. We were allowed to check out 4 books a week. My sister and I would each check out 4 and then we're read our books and each others. The books were all donated and looking back I am still grateful for the eclectic range of books on those shelves. I still love the smell of old books rozdennyfoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506701706951201107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-172094142689734572015-09-28T06:53:00.341-07:002015-09-28T06:53:00.341-07:00I don't remember exactly when I fell in love w...I don't remember exactly when I fell in love with reading, but I do remember getting so excited about ordering books from that Scholastic newsletter that went home to parents. Remember those? I couldn't wait to get my brand new books. I always loved The Berenstain Bears and Clifford, the big red dog. Later I graduated to Judy Blume books. I specifically remember Are You There God it'Laurie Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09393553707193848649noreply@blogger.com