That memory with your mom at the local bookstore and bakery is so sweet and wholesome, @valleyggoo.
What a lovely childhood memory, @Melinda. The amphitheatre reading pit sounds like a total dream for any bookworm.
The Faraway Tree series was pure magic! Moon-Face, Silky, and the Slippery-Slip bring back so many wonderful childhood memories, @Wania.
Growing up with Nancy Drew and The Baby-Sitters Club brings back so many memories, @Pappidachs. Pairing physical books with miniature book nooks is just so perfect!
My reading journey was basically an evolution of “I’ve finished all the books at home… now what?” 
Growing up, I started with Nancy Drew and The Bobbsey Twins—and when I ran out of those, I moved on to the Hardy Boys. At that point, I clearly didn’t care who was solving the mystery, as long as I had another book to read! 
Then came my Sweet Valley High phase, followed by Agatha Christie and Stephen King in high school. As I “matured,” my shelves filled up with John Grisham, Danielle Steel, and Dan Brown. Then came the Harry Potter and Twilight years—when waiting for the next book felt like a major life event. 
More recently, I’ve discovered wonderful Asian authors like Toshikazu Kawaguchi and Hwang Bo-reum, among many others. So clearly, my reading adventures are far from over!
And then there’s my other problem: book sales. If there’s a Big Bad Wolf sale in Manila, a National Book Store “2 books for ₱100” deal, or a warehouse book sale, all common sense goes out the window. I go in thinking, “I’ll just have a look…” and somehow come home carrying a small library.
But honestly, it’s exactly the same with miniature kits. Put one on sale and suddenly I’m convinced I absolutely need five because “Look how much I’m saving!” 
So maybe that’s why a miniature bookstore feels particularly dangerous for me… it combines two of my greatest weaknesses: books and miniatures. 
Looking back, though, those childhood mysteries will always have a special place in my heart. There was something magical about finding a new book, getting completely lost in it, and knowing you’d just found your next adventure.
When I was little every night my mother read me a franklin. I had different books from the collection. When I started learning to read, I was the one who read to him. I love this little turtle
I had almost forgotten about Nancy Drew. I’m so happy you brought her up @Gidge . I don’t read a whole lot anymore…but for a while (as an older adult) I really got into Sue Grafton books.
Awww…that is such a sweet memory.
We watched the 1974 movie and I would say that it’s great in terms of production kasi dinaan nila sa sing and dance yung message. In short musical yung atake nila hehe. Mas nagustuhan ko yung book because of how it quietly delivers the message… Through deep introspective reflection. Kaya pwede rin different interpretations based sa life stage natin. 
You’re always welcome
Omg those were the days Nakakamiss yung simpleng buhay before
It was really magical as a child. I’m sure it would seem far more prosaic as an adult, but I would go and sit there to read even when no one was reading aloud there.
I’m so envious of your peaceful library! My local library has a lot of community activities, so it’s often busy and bustling. But it’s very nice to be able to read in the library when it’s quiet, I feel like I can focus better when I’m not at home amongst the demands.
I forgot her, too! I think I managed to get my hands on almost all of the series, between thrift stores and libraries.
Yes! What a wonderful way to phrase it. A golden ticket to infinite worlds. I often say that I’ve lived a thousand lives as a reader.
@Robotime as a young child reading was my escape from a world that was always changing. We moved a lot of schools when I was in elementary school. So friends were never a priority it seems. But books were always there.
I can remember sitting in my room pouring over Choose Your Own Adventure books! Then being excited at a new school to see what was the library like?? Yes I was social but books were always there for me to learn from, to escape reality, and to find heroes in a bad world.
It wasn’t until junior high that my affinity to horror movies and scary stories and the paranormal became a huge subject lol. I can remember myself spending hours reading about ghost stories in my room. Or at lunch at school or in the library every Monday morning to see if anything new came in!!
Book stores were just an avenue for someone with adult ideas and adult money 
I still enjoy going to book stores just for the experience and can I be honest, the smell!! Nothing like fresh paper and leather bindings!! I still read at least an hour every night before going to sleep. I mostly read on my iPad now as it’s much more con convenient. But the lure of a new bookstore is always going to have a place in my heart. Thank you @Robotime 
Wow. That’s deep. Reading truly gives us the most magical adventures
I completely understand that! 
I think there’s something really special about being able to sit somewhere quiet and just focus on a book without all the distractions of home.
I really love how you described books being there for you when everything else was changing. There’s something so comforting about having that constant escape, especially when you’re young.
And I completely agree about the smell of books. I always inhale for some seconds when I’m visiting the library 
Ooh, Nancy Drew! I was obsessed with the books. Reading everyone of them