Books of your young years...

[Herrmannek]

I acomplished my first fullsize book at age of 8, I couldn't stop reading after that...I've been reading books one by one(at least one per day, often more) ...My parents even forbided me to read books. To this time I involuntary hide books when someone is entering my room :).
At the begining it were just books from my uncle's home library nothing special realy. Then I found there, books like Pirates of tresure Island, Julius Vern'e novels, Robinson Crusoe, Mark Twains books. I've loved them from the first read
I've aslo read then(9-10) Hobbit there and back and Lord of The Rings , greatest fantasy but that direction revealed to be dead-end after I read other books of that kind. In the mean time I've started to read classic s-f (Lem, P.K.****, Asimow, Strugacky Brothers, many others ...) not those new s-f with is pseudo punky funky fantasy **** with magic in it*. I loved them to grave. Shame that nothing fresh or at least realy good showed in that genre lately...

I've read all kinds of books but I have greatest sentiment to mentioned above, because they lighted my imagination most... Im reading much less now, only because its harder and harder to find something interesting and have much serious duties and I'm net pluged :) ...

Other reading habbits:

I've almost never read obligatory reads/lectures for school. You can count them on fingers of one hand, ussualy by coinicidence** :). I also don't buy books, libraries are great invention, but they are ussualy far behind lead. And I don't read books twice, also don't like to watch movies twice ever best ones....games are exception esspecialy those with non linear fabule...


*rhyme :)
**Sry farmgirl, I wasn't nice boy, esspecialy on litereature classes

[mustamato]

I don´t really remember my first book. But it was probably some "light" teenage
book. I started reading "adult" books when I was 11. I remember some old granny
at the library recommending me to the kids section, just to please her I went there,
but then I sneaked to the to ordinary books. I took some book of Tom Clancy or what
it now was. I couldn´t read it, it was too massive. I then read all those classics instead,
Robin Hood, Robinson Crusoe and so forth. I started reading those "Tom Clancy´s"
when I was 14 or 15. I have a quite large book collection, mostly of scientific
litterature, when I get old I hope to have a huge collection. As for novells and so forth
I get them at libraries. Those I don´t read more than once anyway so I don´t
see any point in buying them. I don´t read the scientific litterature I buy, I just get
them in case I would need them sometime.

Other reading, well an incredible amount of this

http://www.helsinki.fi/~lakahone/aku/images/lasku-urakka.gif :)

[Seoulstriker]

Chronicles of Narnia.

[Herrmannek]

Other reading, well an incredible amount of this

http://www.helsinki.fi/~lakahone/aku/images/lasku-urakka.gif :)

I never was commie guy....

[mustamato]

Other reading, well an incredible amount of this

http://www.helsinki.fi/~lakahone/aku/images/lasku-urakka.gif :)

I never was commie guy....

When did Donald Duck come to Poland? I guess the communists didn´t exactly
see Uncle Scrooge as a role model.

[American Patriot]

Mine was The Ultimate Guide to Fellatio: How to Go Down on a Man and Give Him Mind-Blowing Pleasure by Violet Blue

That was a huge mistake because it turned me off to reading for a couple of years.

[NcDeuce]

I was a bookworm when I was younger...I guess I still am, just less time to do so.

I remember checking out every book on the American Civil War from the library when I was in elementary school, reading books that were meant for adults...I memorized entire battles, names, events, everything. I was given two large photos depicting Robert E. Lee and his staff along with a book on the Confederacy as a gift from an Army officer during my father's retirement, I guess it's what eventually led to my participation in Army ROTC.

I remember admiring The Red Badge of Courage, Robinson Crusoe, Killer Angels, and Sherlock Holmes during the elementary school era.

Good times...

[mack pl]

"Król Maciuś I"-maybe it wasnt my first book, i dont remember exactly :| But i read it whan i was very young because Im Maciuś too rofl rofl

[Fintin]

i read lots of those books where every few pages it give you a choice to to to one page or the other and the story goes one way or the other...

[caspermeister]

Jules Verne - Around the World in Eighty Days
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/014062032X.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[memphiz]

Goosbumps and Hardy boys woot

[Ria]

Chronicles of Narnia.

:)
I love that series.

[Seoulstriker]

Chronicles of Narnia.

:)
I love that series.

Me too. :hug: woot :P

[Haiw]

Liking the same book series doesn't mean you share a bed Seoulstriker.
;)

[Seoulstriker]

Thanks, Haiw. :)



I also enjoyed the Peter Rabbit stories, the books about that troll ( ;) ), and other random childrens stories I can't remember. Chronicles were the greatest though. I read through three of them again last summer. Excellent use of allegory by Lewis, enjoyable by both children and adults.

[Ria]

:hug:

Hmm, I remember getting a lot of weird looks when I read them. I don't know of too many people who liked that series. I have no idea why not though! ;)

I remember those Peter Rabbit books:) They were miniature books right? I read those until the pages started falling out :)

[Aussie E]

The first two books that I can clearly remember reading are:
The Brotherhood of the Rose
The Salamander Glass
I know I read other stuff before them, but those two are the first I clearly remember (plot, characters, etc.).

[Trigger]

I used to read my dad's Penthouse magazines...no really...I just read the articles.

What? :oops:

No, actually I remember reading a lot of Stephen King novels from about the sixth grade on. That guy was so coked out of his mind he released a new novel about once a week. :D

[Ria]

No, actually I remember reading a lot of Stephen King novels from about the sixth grade on. That guy was so coked out of his mind he released a new novel about once a week. :D

!!!

Stephen King is one of my favorites :D

[MVSpartan117]

Whew..... Um I read Fallen Angels in 6th grade, its about Vietnam, it was good book.

I can;t remember anybooks before that except Green Eggs and Ham

[Seoulstriker]

:hug:

Hmm, I remember getting a lot of weird looks when I read them. I don't know of too many people who liked that series. I have no idea why not though! ;)

I remember those Peter Rabbit books:) They were miniature books right? I read those until the pages started falling out :)

Yep! Those were the mini-books.


Regarding Chronicles of Narnia: Lewis is a pseudo-Christian theologian and is a very prolific writer of Christian books. The Chronicles especially are one of Lewis's attempts at writing Christian story-books for children. You may have gotten strange looks because you were reading such a strong Christian author.

(Lewis was also partly responsible in Tolkien's conversion to Christianity)

[Salty Dog]

i can't read... :oops:

[Ria]

Yep! Those were the mini-books.


Regarding Chronicles of Narnia: Lewis is a pseudo-Christian theologian and is a very prolific writer of Christian books. The Chronicles especially are one of Lewis's attempts at writing Christian story-books for children. You may have gotten strange looks because you were reading such a strong Christian author.

(Lewis was also partly responsible in Tolkien's conversion to Christianity)

Maybe that as well, but the strange looks I got were from kids my age. I think I was in 7/8th grade when I read them. They would always say "Ugh, I hate those books. Boring.." :| I also think they said they didn't like the way he wrote. Oh well, their loss :P

@Marine: :petting: :hug:

[Seoulstriker]

Maybe that as well, but the strange looks I got were from kids my age. I think I was in 7/8th grade when I read them. They would always say "Ugh, I hate those books. Boring.." :| I also think they said they didn't like the way he wrote. Oh well, their loss :P


Ahhh, I was thinking that was maybe the adults giving bad looks. 7/8th grade is also old to be reading them for the first time... :P His writing was very simple and geared for young children so they might have thought they grew out of those books. I still appreciate what is written, though. :)