Did you read a lot when you were a kid?

I'm embarrassed to say it, but no, I didn't read a lot when I was a kid. I remember a few of books from that time, so I know I did read. I just wasn't the kid who always had a book in his hands the say some kids are. I was usually playing video games, or sports in the back yard, or building forts in the woods. My best friend and I had an imaginary country we invented called West Columbia, and we made up maps and flags and had a constitution and official edicts. We even drew up our own money. We also role-played a lot--not table top role-playing, with dice (though I did that in college)--but instead me and my friends pretending we were characters from our favorite movies, having new adventures.

Even though I wasn't reading, I was always coming up with some new invention, or scheme, or new way to play. I think all these things made me into a storyteller as an adult.  I do wish I'd read more as a kid though, if only so I wouldn't feel so very far behind with all the books I want to read now!