AnimalMother117: I remember being a bit of an odd case, because when I was younger I only ever read anything because my mom or school made me, and even then I didn't do it very much. Then when I was about fifteen/fourteen-ish I decided I wanted to read the Iliad. I haven't finished the Iliad, mostly because my brother and I read stuff and discuss them so I got the story down and that was all I wanted. I have since then read stuff like Artemis Fowl (which, for being aimed at "independent readers" is really good; actually Eoin Colfer in general), Song of Roland, the Prince, a half a dozen or more Sagas, Prose Edda, a few military history books, and Le Morte D'Arthur. The primary point is that, for some reason I went from just about never reading at all to reading a lot after a very long time.
I know some people like that and I know people who screamed at cinema staff because they had to read sub titles. It's all a different approach for each person. I love reading but I do not do it very often, or when I do I try to avoid such long books because I am such a bad reader. A 300 pager takes me the same as it does my wife reads 1000 haha.
