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What book really sparked your love of reading.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 10:15 am
Posted on 11/29/14 at 10:15 am
I began reading at an early age. My mom taught me to read before pre-school. She bought me a few large, illustrated versions of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes books (2nd grade?) because I loved to watch the old black and white movies on PBS. I was buying book after book at school in the Scholastic book fairs in 1st-6th grade, mostly books that looked fun. I participated in Pizza Hut's Book It program, and I loved Reading Rainbow.
My LOVE of reading/literature truly began in 4th grade, though. I had to write a book report for English class. It was nearly Christmas time, and I had just received my order from Scholastic. I did not know anything about Charles Dickens at the time, but the small paperback illustrations on the cover of A Christmas Carol were mesmorizing. The brief summary description also caught my attention, so I ordered it.
From the first page, I was hooked. I luckily had a copy with footnotes, so I used them and my dictionary to understand some of the "strange" language. By the end of that book, I LOVED literature.
I have read A Christmas Carol nearly every year at Christmas time since high school. I have it in my lap at the moment and plan to read it either today or tomorrow. In fact, I have two copies and hope to encourage my daughter to read it with me since she has to take an AR test next week.
Wish me luck. She hated Great Expectations and prefers books like The Hunger Games...which is fine. I would love to share this yearly tradition with her, though.
My LOVE of reading/literature truly began in 4th grade, though. I had to write a book report for English class. It was nearly Christmas time, and I had just received my order from Scholastic. I did not know anything about Charles Dickens at the time, but the small paperback illustrations on the cover of A Christmas Carol were mesmorizing. The brief summary description also caught my attention, so I ordered it.
From the first page, I was hooked. I luckily had a copy with footnotes, so I used them and my dictionary to understand some of the "strange" language. By the end of that book, I LOVED literature.
I have read A Christmas Carol nearly every year at Christmas time since high school. I have it in my lap at the moment and plan to read it either today or tomorrow. In fact, I have two copies and hope to encourage my daughter to read it with me since she has to take an AR test next week.
Wish me luck. She hated Great Expectations and prefers books like The Hunger Games...which is fine. I would love to share this yearly tradition with her, though.
This post was edited on 11/29/14 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 11/29/14 at 10:16 am to lsufan9193969700
Lord of the Flies probably.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 10:20 am to lsufan9193969700
Catcher in The Rye.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 10:23 am to lsufan9193969700
I was reading my dad's Louis Lamour books by the third grade so I guess that's what got me going. The Lord of the Rings made a big impression when I was twelve or so
Posted on 11/29/14 at 10:23 am to lsufan9193969700
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She hated Great Expectations
Smart girl. The Hobbit for me.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 10:25 am to lsufan9193969700
A Naked Singularity
Posted on 11/29/14 at 10:28 am to lsufan9193969700
Attended an elementary school whose entire faculty (guidance counselor, teachers, librarian) shared a love of reading, most fortunately, with students. Hearing books such as Dear Mr. Henshaw, Where the Sidewalk Ends, From the Mixed of Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, the Soup series, etc. sparked the imagination and a love of reading/books.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 10:32 am to shutterspeed
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the Soup series
Chicken Soup (for the Teenage Soul)?
Posted on 11/29/14 at 10:32 am to cassopher
Heart of Darkness and Dante's Divine Comedy
Posted on 11/29/14 at 10:33 am to lsufan9193969700
Dickens is amazing. "Bleak House" is my favorite of his.
Finished "War and Peace" last year and did not enjoy it. Dostoevsky >>> Tolstoy.
I read "1984" in about 1964, and was so impressed that I've always used it as my PIN number at ATM machines and for other functions.
"To Kill A Mockingbird" is an even better book than movie, and that's paying it the highest compliment imaginable.
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is so good that the so-so movie did it an extreme injustice.
Love Jack Kerouac because I love any type of road movie and novel.
Gawd, there are so many great books... and my life is just too short and running out.
Finished "War and Peace" last year and did not enjoy it. Dostoevsky >>> Tolstoy.
I read "1984" in about 1964, and was so impressed that I've always used it as my PIN number at ATM machines and for other functions.
"To Kill A Mockingbird" is an even better book than movie, and that's paying it the highest compliment imaginable.
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is so good that the so-so movie did it an extreme injustice.
Love Jack Kerouac because I love any type of road movie and novel.
Gawd, there are so many great books... and my life is just too short and running out.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 10:34 am to skinny domino
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Catcher in The Rye
Top five for me, easily.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 10:36 am to Pectus
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Chicken Soup (for the Teenage Soul)?
No. Robert Newton Peck series about a li'l badass country kid.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 10:47 am to shutterspeed
I am Legend. I was like 32
I've read probably over 150 books since then.
I've read probably over 150 books since then.
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