Wonderful post. I have been reading books since a very young age. Our family did not have much money in the '60s, yet I still had reading material. I would "borrow" my dad's books and read, read, read...I read Godfather, War & Peace, To Hell & Back (WWII Novel), etc by 12 years old. Once I hit high school I never took homework home, instead I would check books out at the library. When I was desperate I would even read encyclopedias (something my dad bought at an auction on the cheap.

I still read a lot, having several books going at a time. Now there is Steemit and I have even more avenues of written materials to read.