One of the nicest challenges on Steemit is *Something About Me* or *SAM* challenge hosted by @bluemoon. The details are [here](https://steemit.com/sam-saturday/@bluemoon/an-anniversary-0a43da9982bbaest). Every Saturday we are invited to share something about us. Unfortunately, this week was not a very good one for me hence the delay on posting. 

This week I will tell you about another passion of mine: reading. 
Even from early childhood I loved books. My family still spread nasty rumors about a cute six months little girl who's greatest pleasure was to torn books pages and taste the paper. 😂
Later on, my parents noticed how much time I spent with the books, looking at pictures and wishing to understand the text. So, they taught me to read (somewhere around the age of four). Within a year, I read all the children books we had in the house and I started to check the *big humans* literature. I remember that I kept buzzing my mom with questions... I did not know all words and some of them were really strange to me. Plus, how can you explain a five years old child why grown-ups fight or betray? 
In order to avoid this ordeal, my mother gave me an illustrated edition of the dictionary. 🙂

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A whole year I was busy reading and understanding the dictionary but then...nothing could stop me. 

During the teenage years I developed my taste for British romantic movement and the French classics. At the same time I was fascinated by heroic stories and adventures so I've read everything that *Henryk Sienkiewicz* wrote. Not to mention that around the age of 17-18, I felt in love with *J. R. R. Tolkien* style. 
Other authors I really treasure: Balzac, Mikhail Bulgakov, Hemingway. 

Nowadays? I guess I'm one of the many waiting for *George R. R. Martin* to publish the *The Winds of Winter*. 🙂

I hope you enjoyed reading this SAM. And what about your favourite book? 

Have a great weekend, friends! 

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