I can't remember the first book I read, but I do remember my mom reading a page of a book I left on the coffee table. She told me to that I wasn't allowed to read trashy novels anymore. I, in my 7th grade know-it-all attitude, told her I could read about sex or I could be like the other girls in my school and be doing it. She handed me my book and said go while pointing to my room which is where I always escaped to read. LOL!!!