I'm not sure that when I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time, when I was about 10, I understood all the words or what was going on. But that didn't stop me reading it, and I certainly didn't forget it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time at university. And I started to notice then how unresolved some things were. Later, I realised that Stevenson was interested in sequels, and I wondered whether he would have gone back to it had he lived longer.
By the time I was in my teens, I was reading science fiction. I had this maternal uncle who had cartons of books. It's important to read because you have to fill your head with words.
When my younger son was 13 years old, he asked me to read 'Swallows and Amazons' to him while he made models. He liked it so much that I ended up reading all thirteen of Ransome's books, including the ones that I missed out on. This led my son to 'Treasure Island,' 'Robinson Crusoe' and 'Coral Island.'
I didn't learn how to read until I was at the end of fifth grade and 11 years old and held back.
What I read, I read thoroughly and retain almost all of it.
I didn't read at all until I was 12. I just couldn't. It was too frustrating.
I'm not as well read as I was when I was younger - I just devoured books.
There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.
When I was 8, I was reading 'Gone with the Wind' and 'Pride and Prejudice' and all that, not knowing it wasn't my reading level.
As a kid, I didn't read a great deal of fiction, and I've forgotten most of what I did read.