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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 06:44 PM
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18. Some horrible Harold Robbins crap
Maybe "The Carpetbaggers"? Don't remember the title. I was about 11 or 12. I was always a big reader; I'd pick up any book and read it. My mom found me reading "Lord of the Flies" when I was about 9 and was sort of concerned as it's a pretty heavy story. But, being a pretty cool mom, she very mildly asked me, "Do you understand it?" and I said, "Yeah, and it's really good" and that was that.

The Robbins I recognized as terrible from the get-go but I must admit the sex fascinated me.
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  - You know it's good if he hid it!  El Fuego   Jul-22-05 06:36 PM   # 
  - The Happy Hooker  notadmblnd   Jul-22-05 06:36 PM   #2 
  - I know Xaviera Hollander  benburch   Jul-22-05 06:40 PM   #11 
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  - No, they don't count.  El Fuego   Jul-22-05 06:38 PM   #8 
  - Robert Silverberg's "The World Inside"  benburch   Jul-22-05 06:37 PM   #7 
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  - Yeah same here.  bushwentawol   Jul-22-05 10:45 PM   #23 
     - ditto  LeftyMom   Jul-22-05 10:46 PM   #24 
  - Gone With The Wind  surfermaw   Jul-22-05 06:41 PM   #12 
  - OMG ! I read Stranger in a Strange Land at about the same age!  Merlot   Jul-22-05 06:42 PM   #13 
  - I haven't reread Stranger in a Strange Land since  El Fuego   Jul-23-05 10:58 AM   #38 
  - I got my hands on but never read "Valley of the dolls"  OhioBlues   Jul-22-05 06:43 PM   #14 
  - bummer - you missed a good one!  Merlot   Jul-22-05 06:45 PM   #19 
  - Rent the Russ Meyer movie "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls"  autorank   Jul-22-05 10:43 PM   #22 
  - A Stone for Danny Fisher by Harold Robbins  Dez   Jul-22-05 06:43 PM   #15 
  - A Separate Peace  Cocoa   Jul-22-05 06:43 PM   #16 
  - Bizarre Beauties: 16 scintillating sirens who literally loved their men  autorank   Jul-22-05 06:44 PM   #17 
  - Some horrible Harold Robbins crap  skygazer   Jul-22-05 06:44 PM   #18 
  - Bloodline by Sidney Sheldon.........  TheDebbieDee   Jul-22-05 07:18 PM   #20 
  - Carpetbaggers  EC   Jul-22-05 07:22 PM   #21 
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  - Can't remember (I was about 6 or 7).  Spider Jerusalem   Jul-22-05 11:19 PM   #25 
  - I was given Stranger and LOTR at the age of 8  Hardhead   Jul-22-05 11:24 PM   #26 
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  - From Here to Eternity  StaggerLee   Jul-23-05 10:28 AM   #32 
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  - Hey, you have that in common with chimpy!  El Fuego   Jul-23-05 10:53 AM   #36 
  - Moby Dick  Seabiscuit   Jul-23-05 10:52 AM   #35 
  - Probably Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite. n/t  durutti   Jul-23-05 10:55 AM   #37 
  - It was definitely Harold Robbins for me too!  pink-o   Jul-23-05 11:04 AM   #39 
  - "Wifey" by Judy Bloom. (nt)  Heidi   Jul-23-05 11:05 AM   #40 
 

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