When I was a young warthog... wait, sorry, wrong fansite...
When I was young, I remember seeing Animorphs books in the Elementary school library and thinking that they looked interesting, but I didn't want to read them. I thought I would be too nerdy if I did. Ha, that's how it was with virtually every series, TV, Movie or Books, that I have ever gone into, including Pokemon, Dragonball Z, Harry Potter, etc. All of these I was against for a long time until I finally broke down and was hooked. (Star Wars was a different story, but my Dad showed me that probably when I was 1 so that's different.)
So, I always saw the books, and they were available to order through the book orders that we always took home as kids, but I didn't want to read them. It wasn't until we visited family in Mesa, AZ one summer that all that changed. My cousin Ronnie formally introduced me to the series and he already had many of the books (I started way late). I was like, "Cool, that's nice...
" But I wasn't interested. But for the few days we were their he kept on talking about Animorphs over and over. Finally when we left, he gave me a copy of The Invasion, all torn and falling apart. He told me to read it on the way home. So, since I had nothing to do for the long ride back to Southern California, I decided to read it.
Immediately I was into it. Road stops were just a nuisance and I didn't want to eat, and even though I occasionally got a little car sick from reading, and even though the lighting was horrible at night, I continued reading. When we got home I finished the book soon after. Ever since then, I was, well, hooked.
I still have that same battered and beat copy of The Invasion that my cousin gave to me. It now serves as a great piece of sentimental history for me that I will never get rid of.
So what is your story of how you came to be an Ani-Freak?