It is funny really.  I dont really remember a time that I was not able to read.  I know there must have been a time.  I just can not think back that far.  When I was younger I was serverely traumatised by being burned with hot water.  This stop me being able to talk.  I need speach lessons to learn.  I remember them.  Putting little amimals shape "jig saws" together.  I remember hating it.  But I dont remember not being able to read.
I remember Little Golden Books, talking books (you know the ones that had a record with it that you read along to) and a lot of other types of books.
My favourite author as a kid was Enid Blyton.  She of the infamous "Noddy" books.  Not know the story???.  I might include something about that on another journal.  I loved the Famous Five.  Had all the books.  Knew all their titles, in order.  And possibly backwards.
The only other books I recall reading were the Doctor Who books.  I had most of these as well.  And knew their order better then the Famous Five ones.  That says a lot.  There were lots of them.
When my sister was about 4 years old, about 18 years ago, she wanted to learn to read.  She didn't think it was fair that I could and she couldn't.  So I taught her.  The first book she read was a Famous Five book.  She didn't want to read the baby books.  I didn't so why should she.  She had read most of the Famous Five series before she started school.
Big mistake.
The teachers didn't like it.  "You can't teach your daughter to read!!.  You might teach her wrong."
Mum and Dad got in trouble for it.
Now how do you teach someone to read wrong???  I have never been able to work that one out.
At school we had "The Hobbit" read to us.  I think that is when I got interested in Fantasy and Sci-fi books.  Back in those days people didn't really seperate the two types as they do now.
Then I was a teenager and had progressed to other books
The Narnia Series by C. S. Lewis.  A great read.  Very good stories.
This is were I learned a lot of things about the bible.  For people that don't know, the Narnia Series is a retelling of the bible.  A very entertaining retelling of the bible.
However I never read many "Young Adult" books (as they called them in the library)  I went straight to the Adult section.
I started on the Sci-fi series.
The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams..  Ok perhaps I read this one to many times.  I can remember most of by heart.
I read "The Lord of the Ring" and then read "The Hobbit".  This is one book I dont think that I need to explain.
Lord Valentines Castle by Robert Silverberg.  A great book.  The sequels were good as well.  I am waiting for the most recent one to come out in paperback before buying it.
The Anne McCaffrey books.  NOT the dragon series.  I haven't read these yet but they are on the list of ones to read.  I read Crystal Singer first I think.  The "Get off the Unicorn" story and the continuing story from that was brilliant
I read Dayworld by Philip Jose Farmer.  I was a wonderfull story about a world were everyone only lives one out of seven days.  The other six are spent in suspended animation.  Daybreakers are people that live everyday.  This story is about one of the daybreakers.  Dayworld Rebel and Dayworld Breakup were the sequels.
I also read many of Nicholas Fisk's books.  His were "Young Adult" books and Sci-fi.  Trillions is highly recommended.  He also wrote a series dealing with a bunch of kids that built their own space ship.  I cannot remember what it is called.  Only the name of one of the books, Catfang.  Look it up and find out the others.  They were a good read.
I have read a lot of Alan Dean Foster's books as well.  The Spellsinger series is a very good read.  Very funny stories.  Sorta like Piers Anthony's Xanth series, but more adult.
I didnt start reading Piers Anthony until I was much older.
I do have a lot of them now.  I like his stuff.  I highly recommend "Bio of a Space Tyrant" series.  The "Split Infinity" series has a great storyline through all 7 books.  The "Cluster" series was a great read, except the last two.  They always seemed tacted on to the end to me.  Just there to cash in on the others.  The "Of Man and Manta", "Battle Circle" and "Tarot" series were among his best.
However his best series was "The Incanations of Immortallity" series.  "On a Pale Horse" (Death), "Bearing an Hourglass" (Time), "With a Tangled Skein" (Fate), "Welding a Red Sword" (War), "Being a Green Mother" (Nature), "For Love of Evil (Satan)" and "And Eternity" (God).
I read "On a Pale Horse" just after a friend died.  I was very shaken up and not accepting it well.  Reading this book helped me come to terms with her death.  I can not recommend this book more highly.
Now like the "Cluster" series, this series had two books added to it.  It was originally going to be 5 books only.  However when writing the last book Piers decided that the story wasnt finished.  I would have to agree.  All 7 are needed for this story.

Spending a lot of time in the library was a youngester got me well known there.  I started working the Thursday nights just helping out.  Not paid of course.  Just for the "fun" of it.  I got offered a part time job there later on.
One of the ladies there (I will do a page about them all), Marnet (Hello Netty) was an avid horror reader.  She got me started on Dean R Koontz  and Graham Masterton.  I dont read much of Graham Masterton's stuff, it is to graphic for me.  In the book "Night Warriors" there is a scene that no man should read while lying in bed naked.  Trust me.
Graham Masterton has some great books, but a I said they are to graphic for me.  Not only that, he writes them well.  In the book "Family Portrait" there is a scene where a guy bites a glass to break it and then drags one of the shards down his face.  It is so well writen that I could feel it happening.  Yuck.
Another great horror writer is James Herbert.  Just read the book "Creed"  see what a sense of humour this guy has.
And in case you are wondering.  Yes I do read Stephen King.  However I find his books to slow.  Things don't happen quickly enough in them for me.  However I do recommended "IT".

A friend recommend that I read the book "Intervention"  by Julian May.  Didn't bother to tell me that there was a whole series to read before reading it though.  "The Saga of the Pliocene Exiles", "The Many Coloured Land", "The Golden Torc", "The Non-born King" and "The Adversary".  This is a series I have read many time, and will reread.  The follow up series "The Galactic Milieu Trilogy", "Jack the Bodiless, "Diamond Mask" and "Magnificat" tells of the history of the future that is seen in "The Saga of the Plicocene Exiles".  "Invertention" is a book that joins the two series.  Them in the right order.  I spoils it a lot reading them in the order that I did.
Now I would like to stay that Julian May is female.  Most people dont realise this.  She is a great writer.  But nasty.  The final series was a great read.  However the first two books end on cliffhangers.  Now you say this isnt so bad.  Try waiting for the next book to be published.  AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
Which brings me to another author

Raymond E Feist.
Many people had recommended his book "Magician" to me.  I just had not got to reading it.  Mainly because it was never in the library.  A very popular book.
Well working in the library does have it's perks.  I got the book when I wanted it.
Thoroughly enjoyed it.  Read must of it in one sitting.  Then got the next books and read them straight away.
Now "Magician" is part of the "Riftwar Saga", this was confusing to me.  With "Silverthorn" and "A Darkness at Sethanon" it made up three books, that makes it a trilogy.  What I didn't know was that Magician was originally two books.  "Apprentice" and "Master".  After finding this out it all made sense.
Other books by Ray are:
"Prince of the Blood", "The King's Buckeneer", "Shadow of a Dark Queen", "Rise of a Merchant Prince" and "Rage of a Demon King"
Now Ray is a nice person.  He doesn't end on cliffhangers.  However he writes well and makes you want to read the next books.  (Note to Ray, Please release Shards NOW, LOL)  Ray also talks to his fans.  Join the Feistfans list and talk to him.
This is the Midkemia Press page.  Look under the Ray Section on how to join. Oh and ignore the Warning about how many messages, we are getting any where between 60-100 a day.  NOT 20.
Ray has well written characters that you come to love during the series.  The deaths of major characters is not above him, grrr.  However the are good deaths.  There have been a couple of pointless ones but I get over them.
My favourite Character is Pug.  My second favourite is Nakor, the Blue Rider.
I could go on and on about Ray and his books but I will not.  He would enjoy it to much.  Just join the list and get to know him.  He is a really great guy.  Oh and buy his books, that makes hime happy.  Get the hardbacks.  Or just send him cash. *eg*
One request to Ray.  Don't ever tell us who'se Pug's parents are.

Ray has also written the Kelewan Trilogy with Janny Wurts.  Consisting of "Daughter of the Empire", Servant of the Empire" and "Mistress of the Empire" they take place on the world of Kelewan, the invaders in the Riftwar Saga.  The books deal with Lady Mara of the Acoma and tell of her rise to power and how she changes the Empire.  A very good read.  I found them good to read after I had finished this last of the Riftwar Saga books.
The only other book of Janny Wurts that I have read is "That way Lies Camalot"  a book of very good short stories.

The last book I read was "Demon Seed" by Dean Koontz, still find it funny with no R.  The new version.  VERY VERY GOOD.  A five star read.  The book is about a self aware computer.  This version is told from the computer's point of view.  By the computer.

That is my reading habits.  My next lot of books is one people have been telling me for years to read.  The Belgariad.by David Eddings.