my dad was a huge music lover and reader. and my mom reads all the time too. I spent most of my childhood reading when I probably should have been outside playing or exercising more. but I loved it! I still do, and I should spend more free time reading than wasting time on the internet...

I read Agatha Christie books too! and of course Nancy Drew mysteries!
and the C.S. Lewis Narnia books and Madeleine L'Engle's series "A Wrinkle in time" - those were my favorites.

I agree - kids should learn to love to read. I hope my sister will do that with my niece and nephew. I am not living near them to be providing books, sadly.