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re: What book really sparked your love of reading.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 10:51 am to Rex
Posted on 11/29/14 at 10:51 am to Rex
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Dostoevsky >>> Tolstoy.
Yep.
I don't think any one book did it for me, either you enjoy reading or you don't. But as a youngin I remember Catcher in the Rye, To Kill a Mockingbird, lord of the Flies, Gulliver's Travels, The Hobbit and a Civil War in pictures book my neighbor gave when I was 8, I wore it out and still have it.
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Posted on 11/29/14 at 10:57 am to lsufan9193969700
I used to love reading any Great Illustrated Classics in elementary school 
The Hobbit was the first big boy book I fell in love with in 6th grade
The Hobbit was the first big boy book I fell in love with in 6th grade
Posted on 11/29/14 at 11:06 am to lsufan9193969700
Goosebumps.
Just finished my fourth one and man they're getting good!
Just finished my fourth one and man they're getting good!
This post was edited on 11/29/14 at 11:07 am
Posted on 11/29/14 at 11:11 am to lsufan9193969700
Probably Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detecive or Choose Your Own Adventure Canon.
I remember the first real books that captured me was the DragonLance series. I remember plowing through a bunch of their thick novels and was pretty impressed with my accomplishment.
I remember the first real books that captured me was the DragonLance series. I remember plowing through a bunch of their thick novels and was pretty impressed with my accomplishment.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 11:13 am to MTB
Thanks for sharing, everybody. Keep 'em coming.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 11:35 am to jmarto1
quote:
The Stand
One of my top five, King also has one of my bottom five, It
Posted on 11/29/14 at 11:43 am to lsufan9193969700
When I was young it was probably The Great Brain series. After that The Once and Future King and then the Crystal Cave series. Have kept reading since.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 11:45 am to bencoleman
I had read all of steven kings books (that were out) by the time I was 12.
an unlikely answer, I found it interesting that others said the same.
I also loved the secret garden, little big man, and my side of the mountain.
why is this anchored? lack of a lit board is embarrassing?
an unlikely answer, I found it interesting that others said the same.
I also loved the secret garden, little big man, and my side of the mountain.
why is this anchored? lack of a lit board is embarrassing?
This post was edited on 11/29/14 at 11:46 am
Posted on 11/29/14 at 11:48 am to lsufan9193969700
Even as a child - Dinosaur and WW2 books with a lot of pictures. Around 4th grade a bunch of my friends and I tore into the Hardy Boys series with a vengeance.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 11:50 am to lsufan9193969700
The Mouse and The Motorcycle
Beverly Cleary
Read the rest of her books and knew I'd read it all.
Done.
Beverly Cleary
Read the rest of her books and knew I'd read it all.
Done.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 11:58 am to Sir Drinksalot
I rarely put a book down without finishing it, but I. Couldn't stand It
I also can't stand an author that takes five chapters to say what he could've said in one. King is famous for this. Same reason I couldn't stomach Ann Rice
I also can't stand an author that takes five chapters to say what he could've said in one. King is famous for this. Same reason I couldn't stomach Ann Rice
Posted on 11/29/14 at 12:05 pm to bencoleman
This thread in anchored? Seriously? Why?
Posted on 11/29/14 at 12:08 pm to lsufan9193969700
I don't know, I asked on the help board
Posted on 11/29/14 at 12:23 pm to lsufan9193969700
I loved HP when I was a kid, but the first time I was really excited about a book other than that was a book called Far North by Will Hobbs. Excellent read.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 12:29 pm to lsufan9193969700
The Encyclopedia.
No shite, I would just grab them off the bookshelf and read them in order cover to cover. Kind of weird.
I know one thing, having to read "Vanity Fair" when I was a freshman in high school kept me from reading books until I was in my mid twenties.
I hated that book and only read 198 of the thousand or so pages. Still passed my book test though.
No shite, I would just grab them off the bookshelf and read them in order cover to cover. Kind of weird.
I know one thing, having to read "Vanity Fair" when I was a freshman in high school kept me from reading books until I was in my mid twenties.
I hated that book and only read 198 of the thousand or so pages. Still passed my book test though.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 12:29 pm to lsufan9193969700
Great thread.
There are too many books for me to single out one. But my favorite books in no order: The Godfather, Winds of War, War and Rememberance, The Good Earth, A Brief History of Time, any book written by Stuart Kaminsky but especially the Inspector Rostikov series, The Firm, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huey Long, The Hunt for Red October.....
There are too many books for me to single out one. But my favorite books in no order: The Godfather, Winds of War, War and Rememberance, The Good Earth, A Brief History of Time, any book written by Stuart Kaminsky but especially the Inspector Rostikov series, The Firm, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huey Long, The Hunt for Red October.....
Posted on 11/29/14 at 12:40 pm to LSURussian
quote:
There are too many books for me to single out one.
Which one did you read first? That would probably be the one that sparked your love.
quote:
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Awesome book.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 12:42 pm to lsufan9193969700
The Call of the Wild
Posted on 11/29/14 at 12:43 pm to lsufan9193969700
The Bible.
This post was edited on 11/29/14 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 11/29/14 at 12:44 pm to SwaggerCopter
I had read every S. King book I could get my hands on. My father was not pleased that his elementary school aged daughter was reading such vulgarity. Also, Gone With the Wind in 5th grade. I was the kid who begged mom to drop me off at the library. Loved Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys when I was really young. I don't read much these days - too busy studying for the CPA exam. 
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