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Post by msdemos on Jan 15, 2018 18:34:15 GMT
......you found yourself thinking about, even when you WEREN'T actually reading it ??  SAVE FERRIS |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2018 21:12:27 GMT
Crime and punishment - Dostoevski.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2018 21:40:13 GMT
When I was a kid and read the Narnia books, I was tripping about them even when I wasn't reading them.
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Post by divtal on Jan 15, 2018 22:10:39 GMT
My first Dickens novel, Great Expectations. I was taken with Dickens' use of the language. I still am.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Jan 15, 2018 22:19:07 GMT
......you found yourself thinking about, even when you WEREN'T actually reading it ?? AVE FERRIS |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2018 22:27:49 GMT
The Gambler by Dostoyevsky
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Post by novastar6 on Jan 15, 2018 23:35:26 GMT
Babes and Bullets in the Garfield's 9 Lives book, I was 8-9 and read it in two sections, in between I couldn't stop thinking about it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2018 1:06:09 GMT
For the posters citing Dostoevsky....didn't you read books as a kid? Because I know you weren't reading Dostoevsky as a kid.
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Post by mmexis on Jan 16, 2018 1:33:58 GMT
Forever by Judy Blume
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Post by pippinmaniac on Jan 16, 2018 4:26:00 GMT
"The Lord of the Rings"
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Post by Lynx on Jan 16, 2018 5:32:28 GMT
Fahrenheit 451
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2018 6:25:03 GMT
The first book I can remember contemplating after I had read it was one from the Scholastic Book Club, which I bought in 4th grade, titled "Strangely Enough", a collection of ghost stories and tales of the supernatural that were presented as true facts. I didn't fully believe the stories but they gave me a thrill. In fact, a couple of them really frightened me. Short stories were just my speed at that age. I couldn't get through anything lengthy.
A couple of years later I read my first book for adult readers, "Papillon" by Henri Charriere. Full of violence and other horrors. I don't know if a twelve year old should read something like that but I couldn't put it down and once again I was describing it to all my friends. It might have been disturbing to another kid but it was cathartic to me for several reasons.
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Post by bess1971s on Jan 16, 2018 14:39:07 GMT
The Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder kept me wondering what it was like to live back in those times. The illustrations by Garth Williams fueled my own love of sketching. This series was the first ones I read over as a kid and occasionally as an adult.
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Post by PreachCaleb on Jan 16, 2018 17:21:28 GMT
The Outsiders.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2018 21:35:59 GMT
I got to the Narnia books in 6th grade and Outsiders in 7th, otherwise, Ponyboy would have been my choice. What Outsiders did make me dwell on that the Narnia books didn't was that food can be made more delicious in a good book than in real life. For some reason, the turkish delight section never resonated with me, but Dally buying the boys some Dairy Queen really stuck with me. |
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Post by PreachCaleb on Jan 17, 2018 17:02:59 GMT
I got to the Narnia books in 6th grade and Outsiders in 7th, otherwise, Ponyboy would have been my choice. What Outsiders did make me dwell on that the Narnia books didn't was that food can be made more delicious in a good book than in real life. For some reason, the turkish delight section never resonated with me, but Dally buying the boys some Dairy Queen really stuck with me. Ha ha. I had the opposite reaction. After Ponyboy and Johnny's aversion to bologna sandwiches due to eating them for several days in a row, I could no longer have them for lunch. It's been almost 25 years, and I still haven't had a bologna sandwich since. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2018 17:11:05 GMT
I got to the Narnia books in 6th grade and Outsiders in 7th, otherwise, Ponyboy would have been my choice. What Outsiders did make me dwell on that the Narnia books didn't was that food can be made more delicious in a good book than in real life. For some reason, the turkish delight section never resonated with me, but Dally buying the boys some Dairy Queen really stuck with me. Ha ha. I had the opposite reaction. After Ponyboy and Johnny's aversion to bologna sandwiches due to eating them for several days in a row, I could no longer have them for lunch. It's been almost 25 years, and I still haven't had a bologna sandwich since. I think that might have played into it. The Dairy Queen food sounded like manna from heaven in comparison. Ah, the power of words. |
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Post by PreachCaleb on Jan 17, 2018 17:17:02 GMT
Very true. I'd say also the ages we discovered those books played a great part in how they spoke to us as well.
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Post by Terrapin Station on Jan 17, 2018 17:19:45 GMT
Probably either And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street or Green Eggs and Ham.
And no, that's not a joke.
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Post by PreachCaleb on Jan 17, 2018 17:24:00 GMT
I remember wanting to try green eggs and ham. And we ended up making some in school!
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