Words are inadequate

I'm another one who doesn't remember not knowing how to read. If you look up "hyperlexia", some of that (not all) describes me when I was very young. According to my parents, I was actually reading before I was fully talking: they were a bit concerned about me not talking, so they took me to a child psychology center at a local college, where I was observed over a period of some weeks. During that time I started talking, and it also came out that I had started reading.

After that, the usual things: The Hobbit at five, The Lord of the Rings read and re-read a bunch of times immediately after....