I was reading very simple stories around 3, but the week of my 4th birthday (or so my mom tells), something really clicked, and I very quickly progressed to chapter books (Nancy Drew, Famous Five, Hardy Brothers, and Magic Tree House when they started coming out).
I remember my dad was surprised because when I was somewhere around 11-12, I asked if I could read his copy of the Lord of the Rings. I got through the Hobbit very easily and then breezed through Fellowship of the Ring. He then told me that when he was 19 (and in college), he had tried to get through the series but had given up halfway through Fellowship of the Ring. I felt quite good about myself after that. :P
But I'm almost 16 now and I read at a very advanced level on almost anything I can find, even religion, which has kinda surprised my mom, cause I used to stick exclusively to fiction and fantasy type stuff.
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