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06-22-2005, 08:11 PM
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When I was 7, 8, 9, I read books ranging from Harry Potter to The Secret Garden. Looking back on it now, I still can't believe I actually read the Secret Garden when I was 7. When I was 10 I got obsessed with James Patterson's Alex Cross series and read every one multiple times. At 11 I read a lot of John Grisham (my naive years). Also, I always read all sorts of sport books, whether they be biographies, historical accounts, or fictional sports tales. My favorite book ever used to be Fab Five by Mitch Albom.
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06-23-2005, 01:09 PM
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Ok. I read Gossebumps. And once when I was in kindergarten I read.... Power Rangers.  It's still weird!
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06-23-2005, 09:25 PM
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Oh my god, there are power rangers books? Who thought that was a good Idea?
Also I went trough my old books. I found The Karate Kid part II the book! I need to read it now, I don't remember ever getting past the first chapter or so.
Also, I had more Archie comics than any one kid should have.
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06-23-2005, 09:39 PM
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I wasn't a reader. I was a tomboy so I was outside playing football or something. The one book that I do remember reading is still one of my favorites. The Velveteen Rabbit. I love that book!
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06-23-2005, 09:45 PM
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I remember the Velveteen Rabbit... Such a sad book. They don't make books like that for kids anymore—nowadays it's all commercial horse shit that doesn't challenge a child in any way.
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06-23-2005, 09:58 PM
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I agree! Nothing is like it used to be. Everything is coated with horse shit. lolol
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06-26-2005, 10:44 PM
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I loved the Chronicles of Narnia. I didn't read my first one un 3rd grade so I finished them a little late, nut they were no less interesting. Also not too long ago I was reading the chronicles of Redwall.
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06-26-2005, 10:44 PM
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Where the wild things are, and that sort of stuff.
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06-27-2005, 05:09 PM
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I started reading Terry Prattchett books wahen I was 11
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06-27-2005, 06:26 PM
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I remember the velveteen rabbit...
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07-05-2005, 09:53 AM
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I read a LOT when I was little. I used to sit and read for like half a day at a time, until my parents reminded me that I hadn't eaten all day and needed to. Then I'd get mad at them for making me stop reading lol.
I read lots of Nancy Drew books, I still have a box of them in my basement. And the Babysitters Club (and when I was younger I read the little sister ones). Does anyone remember the Junie B. Jones books? I read a lot of those. And the American Girl books, and Boxcar Children, and a whole bunch of other stuff I don't remember.
I still have the Velveteen Rabbit too - I just read it again a while ago because I was bored.  |
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07-05-2005, 11:01 AM
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I read alot of Christopher Pike books, and the Narnia Chronicles was a favorite. I also read the Hobbit, which I loved, and then I attempted The Lord of the Rings, but I stopped reading halfway through the first book, it was too longwinded for my wandering 13 year old mind. I also read alot of books on the supernatural and paranormal, concerning witchcraft, hauntings, and all that great jazz. And comicbooks. Mostly X-Men, and some Power Pack.
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07-07-2005, 02:42 PM
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The complete tales of Beatrix Potter. I still have the book. It's big.
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07-13-2005, 03:10 PM
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Terry Pratchett's The Bromeliad (Truckers, Diggers and Wings) and Roald Dahl started me writing.
I guess i was young when i read Harry Potter. It was then that i became pessimistic about certain aspects of the world (sorry, i have a right to be mad cos i have to dress up as a wizard on Saturday for the release of the damned new one).
Other books - Erik The Viking (please tell me where i can get this!), The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings when i was 10. Black Hearts in Battersea. The Bear That Cried Upside Down.
Earlier than that...Allan Ahlberg poetry at infants and junior school.
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07-13-2005, 04:22 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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Reading was all I did as a child.
I think I read almost every Roal Dahl (that's the correct spelling) children book there was. I remember re-reading The Witches all in one day.
I also read the Narnia chronicles and some Enid Blyton.
When I got a little older I read Animorphs too then read The Hobbit and fell in love with it.
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