Aspie Women and Reading

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Ha, I think for me, it may have been Little House on the Prairie? or something like that. Maybe the Narnia books, because I remember reading them back then, but I feel like I may have owned those. Although if Harry Potter had been out when I was that age, it probably would have been that.

I'm a reader.
I like sci-fi. I don't like most fantasy. I like factual science books too. I also like to read advanced-level books on music, which is my primary interest, and stuff about my other interests.

I loved reading books since I was a kid. Back in the day, I would read Berenstain Bears books and Sesame Street books. I still read today, but I mostly read non-fiction books about animals and trivia books.

Interestingly, I just went through some of my old school reports and it said that I was reading at a 2nd grade level when I was in Kindergarten. I don't remember that, but I guess it must be so. I imagine most people here with Asperger's were more advanced than that in reading, but I thought it was an interesting discovery, as I thought I was a "late bloomer".

I would have to admit that I learned to read at the age of three, but I remember having more trouble with comprehension. I was always an advanced reader but I had trouble and still have trouble today with analytical and inferential comprehension questions. I also remember reading about Hyperlexia when I furst learned about it. Hyperlexia is ability to bean advaned reader, however Hyperlexians often have trouble with comprehension.

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P.S. I also always loved going to the library.

I have always loved books. I loved being read to. One of my most memorable photos of me as a kid: I was three years old, reading a toy catalogue while on the toilet, and I am looking up at the photographer who has disturbed me with an awful scowl on my lovely little face.


Currently, I am reading 'Quiet' by Susan Cain. It is a great book for Aspies, and it really puts q positive spin on individualists who are quiet and like to carefully think their own thoughts.

I love reading the books by Temple Grandin. I love love love Jasper Fforde's books, especially the first few books in the 'Thursday Next' series and the Nursery Crime books too. I love some Neil Gaiman stuff and I heart picture books. Board books too.

I love reading and have always been an avid reader. I tend towards sci-fi or 'urban fantasy' types of stories. My mum read a lot and my dad used to read lots of sci-fi, so there were plenty of books in our house, although many were supposedly beyond my age groups comprehension. I remember reading the Amtrak Wars series when I was around ten years old. I have all of Philip K. Dick's books and a lot of George Orwell too.

That said, I still enjoy books meant for young adults, because the ideas within them can be so interesting! They're so quick and easy to read, but they set my mind humming with ideas and inspiration. Some of my favourites are by Cliff McNish and K.A. Applegate. I get odd looks from the librarians when they see me in the YA sections but I try not to let it bother me.

Non-fiction wise, I read a lot about philosophy, science, astronomy and ancient civilisations like Ancient Egypt. I also collect art and craft books, and 'Art of' books.

The problem I always had growing up was that I would have a vocabulary of advanced words, but didn't know how to pronounce them properly. I remember how surprised I was at the pronunciation of 'Hermione' in Harry Potter. Even now I still pronounce words how I read them instead of how they are actually said - my major one is 'southern', which I pronounce 'south-ern' instead of 'suthern' (it makes more sense though!).

I enjoy the classics, some history, science (anthropology, layman's stuff about physics, space and helio-physics) fantasy occasionally, mystery, and cartoons in general, especially like those in the New Yorker. I love reading.

I love reading but it's very difficult for me and I'm very slow. I really like audio books and listened to the Harry Potter series about 4 times through. Otherwise I prefer books on art and programming. Not really into fiction.

I love reading, and it's definitely a form of escapism for me. I also listen to audiobooks in my car, or if I'm unable to read an actual book (if I have a migraine or something).

I love fantasy stories like Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams, teen books like the Skulduggery Pleasant series or Artemis Fowl series, and crime books like the P.D. James books.

I like to joke that Barnes&Noble would go out of business if I stopped shopping there.

I don't think it matters so much what you read. At best, books represent the accumulated wisdom of the human species, and as such are almost holy. Obviously, you can also just read for fun, too.

I also managed to pass on my love of books to my kids, and for that I'm supremely happy.

I devour books. I wasn't an early reader, I started about the same age as my peers, but I soon became addicted. When I was in second grade it was actually a bit of a problem because when I would read I would be completely unaware of what was going on around me - reading time would be over and the classroom moving on to other things and I wouldn't notice at all. I quickly learned to not do that because I liked to stay up past my bedtime reading, and I needed to be aware of my parents moving around the house so I could hide my book and flashlight if I needed to.

When I was little I read the Babysitter's Little Sister series, Boxcar Children, and every piece of historical fiction I could find (especially the little house series). My aunt sent me a copy of Harry Potter and the Socerer's Stone in 1998 when I was ten and thus got me hooked on fantasy (I love that I can say I had to wait for the release of Chamber of Secrets, I still have my old calender with the date circled). Some of my favorite fantasy authors were/are Tamora Pierce, Tolkien, Robert Jordan, and Brian Jacques. I also started trying to read the classics, though I tend to go through those slower. My favorite classics are Pride and Prejudice, The Count of Monte Cristo, and The Canterbury Tales.

My free reading slowed down a bit in college because I had a lot of required reading to do. After I graduating I have become addicted to Lesbian fiction (it is my strongest current special interest), at first through Xena fan fiction and some romances which were written by those fanfic authors, but quickly gravitating back to my typical genres - fantasy/scifi and historicals, literary and contemporary only if they sound really intriguing.

I read a couple of books recently that have scored a spot on my most exclusive favorite books list and I would recommend them to anyone. They are Code Name Verity and The Miseducation of Cameron Post.

I'm a big reader and was a precocious reader. However, I have always read a lot around my special interests and fantasy has never interested me in the slightest.

I like to read a lot either, but most of the time i like reading more 'educational' books and books that are focused on 'self-development'. I like science, biology, psychology and nature and stuff. So for me not a lot of fantasy's, all though i recently read the 50 shades of Grey trilogy and am very excited about it