Who were your reading role models growing up?
This is a weird question. I can't remember ever having a reading role model. My mom certainly read a lot, and was always willing to buy me books. And I had friends who were just as obsessed with The Baby-Sitter's Club as I was. My aunts would occasionally recommend books. But at that age I had a bit of a contrarian streak, and a book recommendation was just as likely to make me reject a book as to consent to read it.
Reading was always a me thing. It was something that made me special, that set me apart from the other kids in my class. I loved it, and I also loved being special, being the best reader. That's more where the motivation to read came from. Not to be like someone else, but to be different from everyone else.
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