Well, I'm an unapologetic fiction reader and proud of it! :-P I went through a "mostly non-fiction" phase in high school and read a lot of books about whatever interested me, with a heavy emphasis on Russian history and what to look for in a spouse. I didn't discover the real pleasure of losing myself in a novel until after high school -- I read fiction while I was growing up, of course, but I read the same few books over and over again instead of searching out new ones. Now I'm doing things in reverse: I read the same non-fiction books over and over again when I'm in need of guidance, and look for variety in fiction.
ETA: On continuing to think about this, I've realized that probably the biggest change to my reading habits is that now I read to enjoy the story. When I was in school, probably from 4th or 5th grade on, I always had to have paper and pencils near while I read because I wasn't just reading to find out what happened, I was taking notes on what the main character looked like, what she wore, how her personality was described. I don't remember now why I did it, whether I was planning to model myself after them or what, but I was always writing these things down and was very protective of my lists. I was a very strange child...
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Date: 2010-01-22 01:49 pm (UTC)ETA: On continuing to think about this, I've realized that probably the biggest change to my reading habits is that now I read to enjoy the story. When I was in school, probably from 4th or 5th grade on, I always had to have paper and pencils near while I read because I wasn't just reading to find out what happened, I was taking notes on what the main character looked like, what she wore, how her personality was described. I don't remember now why I did it, whether I was planning to model myself after them or what, but I was always writing these things down and was very protective of my lists. I was a very strange child...