ThomasLitchford

I can’t believe I missed this:

“The Uncommon Reader” [by Alan Bennett] posits the theory that the right book at the right time can ignite a lifelong habit. (For the fictional queen, it’s Nancy Mitford’s “Pursuit of Love.”) This is a romantic ideal that persists among many a bibliophile.

-A Good Mystery: Why We Read - New York Times

For me, I think it was The Hobbit that set the hook, but I also just loved books as objects for as long as I can remember.