| 112. I was obsessed with "My Side of the Mountain." |
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I read the book countless times and saw the movie even more. I remember pestering my parents to buy me a pair of gloves like the ones in the cover photo, until my dad relented and got me some lineman's gloves that looked (to my young eyes) the same. I wore them everywhere, even sleeping in them, until the insides must have smelled like a whale's armpit (flipperpit?).
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| -Books you read obsessively as a child |
InternalDialogue |
Nov-15-08 03:08 PM |
#0 |
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Nancy Drew |
MorningGlow |
Nov-15-08 03:11 PM |
#1 |
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Encyclopedia Brown was also one of my favorites. |
InternalDialogue |
Nov-15-08 03:13 PM |
#2 |
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I loved Encyclopedia Brown! And also the Three Investigators when I got older. |
Rabrrrrrr |
Nov-15-08 03:27 PM |
#14 |
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EB was so cool. I wanted to be EB.... |
WCGreen |
Nov-15-08 03:36 PM |
#20 |
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Yep... that and "The Mad Scientist's Club". |
Dr_eldritch |
Nov-15-08 04:36 PM |
#25 |
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Yes, yes, a thousand times YES!!! |
dicksteele |
Nov-16-08 01:35 AM |
#80 |
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My favorite was when... |
Dr_eldritch |
Nov-16-08 05:42 AM |
#87 |
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That episode, although not my favorite, mentioned a fantasy-world that I still visit in my dreams. |
dicksteele |
Nov-17-08 02:23 AM |
#136 |
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What a treasure trove! |
Dr_eldritch |
Nov-17-08 12:45 PM |
#141 |
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Ditto here. |
peruban |
Nov-18-08 03:23 AM |
#168 |
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anything by Enid Blyton |
Skittles |
Nov-15-08 03:14 PM |
#3 |
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"Misty of Chincoteague", and I read and re-read the Nancy Drew |
livetohike |
Nov-15-08 03:26 PM |
#11 |
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Trixie Belden! |
turtlensue |
Nov-15-08 10:04 PM |
#57 |
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Do you think Trixie was gay? |
PassingFair |
Nov-16-08 01:24 AM |
#79 |
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Maybe. I just loved her - more than Nancy Drew |
livetohike |
Nov-16-08 10:48 AM |
#102 |
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I preferred her to Nancy Drew, too. |
PassingFair |
Nov-16-08 02:14 PM |
#106 |
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I forgot about "Sea Star" and "Stormy" - but it was "Misty" that I wore |
livetohike |
Nov-16-08 10:46 AM |
#101 |
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LOVED TB! Bought replacements on e-Bay! |
WinkyDink |
Nov-16-08 09:32 PM |
#133 |
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I loved Trixie Belden, as an adult I recently started to reread them. |
marn999 |
Nov-15-08 10:33 PM |
#59 |
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That's really nice that your mom has your old books |
livetohike |
Nov-16-08 10:49 AM |
#103 |
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Are you there God, it's me Margaret, Little house on the prairie books and there |
chimpsrsmarter |
Nov-15-08 03:15 PM |
#4 |
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"How To Save People From Themselves" and "Not From A Jedi" by Palpatine |
Rabrrrrrr |
Nov-15-08 03:18 PM |
#5 |
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And of course, at the Ayn Rand Daycare center, we read Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged repeatedly |
Rabrrrrrr |
Nov-15-08 03:19 PM |
#6 |
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Were there even caretakers at the ARDC? |
InternalDialogue |
Nov-15-08 03:22 PM |
#9 |
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No, it was just acres of wild forest we were dropped in and in 6 months were picked up |
Rabrrrrrr |
Nov-15-08 03:26 PM |
#13 |
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Did they have posters reading: |
cemaphonic |
Nov-15-08 04:41 PM |
#28 |
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What! Ayn Rand didn't believe in children. |
mnhtnbb |
Nov-17-08 12:51 PM |
#143 |
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Well, it was technically "The Ayn Rand Parasite Bootstrap Pulling Parent-Freeing Survival Camp" |
Rabrrrrrr |
Nov-17-08 01:52 PM |
#148 |
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"Tale of Two Cities"....Dickens |
Tikki |
Nov-15-08 03:21 PM |
#7 |
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I didnt really read them, and I always had to put them back under Dad's matress b/f he got home. n/t |
Dr Fate |
Nov-15-08 03:22 PM |
#8 |
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And of course, "Why Are You Reading, You Should Be Working" by Blanck and Harris |
Rabrrrrrr |
Nov-15-08 03:25 PM |
#10 |
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My Grandmother was librarian |
laylah |
Nov-15-08 03:26 PM |
#12 |
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I dint read... |
crimsonblue |
Nov-15-08 03:29 PM |
#15 |
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Narnia, My Side of the Mountain, Lois Lowry, Beverly Cleary |
XemaSab |
Nov-15-08 03:30 PM |
#16 |
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Susan Cooper, "The Dark is Rising" series. Also, Lord of the Rings. |
oktoberain |
Nov-15-08 03:30 PM |
#17 |
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Stuart Little I loved a lot. Also a series with a couple kids, maybe brother and sister, |
Rabrrrrrr |
Nov-15-08 03:32 PM |
#18 |
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And my all-time favorite and most influential: Pippi Longstocking. |
Rabrrrrrr |
Nov-15-08 03:32 PM |
#19 |
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My dog is named Pippi |
XemaSab |
Nov-16-08 12:11 AM |
#68 |
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I loved the Pippi! |
Oregonian |
Nov-16-08 12:36 AM |
#73 |
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They ruined My Side of the Mountain |
WCGreen |
Nov-15-08 03:39 PM |
#21 |
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Made my post, below, before I read yours.... |
PassingFair |
Nov-15-08 04:41 PM |
#27 |
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That was such a cool book... |
WCGreen |
Nov-16-08 12:51 AM |
#75 |
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YEARS later... |
PassingFair |
Nov-16-08 01:23 AM |
#78 |
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OK, this has been bugging me for a long time |
Art_from_Ark |
Nov-18-08 01:34 AM |
#163 |
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the "box car" kids series n/t |
MrsBrady |
Nov-15-08 04:21 PM |
#22 |
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I remember that book.. |
skooooo |
Nov-16-08 05:50 AM |
#90 |
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Wordless Workshop. |
surrealAmerican |
Nov-15-08 04:22 PM |
#23 |
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Old Yeller and The Phantom Tollbooth |
mokawanis |
Nov-15-08 04:22 PM |
#24 |
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Anything by E.L. Konigsburg... |
PassingFair |
Nov-15-08 04:40 PM |
#26 |
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"Karen" and "With Love From Karen" by Marie Killilea. |
fifthgendem |
Nov-15-08 07:32 PM |
#29 |
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OMG, I have never heard anyone else mention these books! |
MassLiberal |
Nov-17-08 08:30 PM |
#159 |
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Some I read repeatedly (I was a horse nut): |
Oregonian |
Nov-15-08 07:52 PM |
#30 |
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and some others: |
Oregonian |
Nov-15-08 09:16 PM |
#49 |
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Aha--horse nut also |
buzzycrumbhunger |
Nov-16-08 02:25 PM |
#107 |
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I used to go to the library and check out every horse book I could get my hands on. |
Oregonian |
Nov-16-08 04:20 PM |
#117 |
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Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys books. |
SeattleGirl |
Nov-15-08 07:53 PM |
#31 |
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Does age matter? |
VenusRising |
Nov-15-08 07:55 PM |
#32 |
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Where the Red Fern Grows |
libnnc |
Nov-15-08 07:55 PM |
#33 |
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Oh, gawd, that book traumatized me. |
Oregonian |
Nov-15-08 09:16 PM |
#50 |
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Me too! |
Jade Fox |
Nov-16-08 03:01 PM |
#111 |
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The Boxcar Children. |
jtg33 |
Nov-15-08 07:55 PM |
#34 |
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I so wanted to be a homeless orphan. |
Sisaruus |
Nov-16-08 06:37 PM |
#125 |
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This one |
bob_weaver |
Nov-15-08 07:59 PM |
#35 |
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Little House series, of course! |
grasswire |
Nov-15-08 08:03 PM |
#36 |
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Loved those ... Read all of them at least twice. |
Oregonian |
Nov-15-08 09:20 PM |
#52 |
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As a huge LIW fan, I totally agree with you re: "Farmer Boy." |
susanna |
Nov-15-08 11:49 PM |
#65 |
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Wow ... That sounds like a great trip. |
Oregonian |
Nov-15-08 11:55 PM |
#66 |
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Ding Ding Ding, you are correct - it was "The First Four Years." |
susanna |
Nov-16-08 12:09 AM |
#67 |
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But the Ingalls had a better sense of humor! |
sfexpat2000 |
Nov-16-08 07:19 PM |
#128 |
| -
The Lost Queen of Egypt |
LibertyLover |
Nov-15-08 08:04 PM |
#37 |
| -
oh, and the Beverly Cleary books |
grasswire |
Nov-15-08 08:05 PM |
#38 |
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Loved her..... |
Jade Fox |
Nov-16-08 03:04 PM |
#113 |
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Softly roars the lion. |
Imagine In Texas |
Nov-15-08 08:08 PM |
#39 |
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... mostly Star Wars. |
DarkTirade |
Nov-15-08 08:09 PM |
#40 |
| -
the Doc Savage series |
blockhead |
Nov-15-08 08:14 PM |
#41 |
| -
Encyclopedia Brown. n/t |
Lil Missy |
Nov-15-08 08:19 PM |
#42 |
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The Little House books, anything by Lois Lenski, Betsy-Tacy & Tib |
WolverineDG |
Nov-15-08 08:20 PM |
#43 |
| -
Did you ever read the Moffats books? |
grasswire |
Nov-15-08 11:44 PM |
#64 |
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I may have, but can't remember |
WolverineDG |
Nov-16-08 09:26 AM |
#97 |
| -
all-of-a-kind family? |
Hannah Bell |
Nov-18-08 02:06 AM |
#167 |
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Robinson Crusoe; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; Sherlock Holmes |
jeme |
Nov-15-08 08:28 PM |
#44 |
| -
Animorphs |
sakabatou |
Nov-15-08 08:33 PM |
#45 |
| -
Chronicles of Narnia |
gabby garcia |
Nov-15-08 08:50 PM |
#46 |
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Mine when I was in...third grade, I think |
reyd reid reed |
Nov-15-08 09:05 PM |
#47 |
| -
Bambi and Little Women |
GoddessOfGuinness |
Nov-15-08 09:13 PM |
#48 |
| -
Did you ever read "Bambi's Children" or "Perri"? |
Lorien |
Nov-15-08 11:17 PM |
#61 |
| -
I read Bambi's Children once... |
GoddessOfGuinness |
Nov-15-08 11:28 PM |
#62 |
| -
Perri is about a squirrel |
Lorien |
Nov-16-08 02:16 AM |
#85 |
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Neat! |
GoddessOfGuinness |
Nov-16-08 09:25 AM |
#96 |
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Lots of books |
RandomThoughts |
Nov-15-08 09:16 PM |
#51 |
| -
Its odd to reply to your own post, |
RandomThoughts |
Nov-16-08 08:03 PM |
#130 |
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Table of Integrals, Series, and Products, Gradshteyn Ryzhik. |
NNadir |
Nov-15-08 09:23 PM |
#53 |
| -
I still love to read. |
luv_mykatz |
Nov-15-08 09:32 PM |
#54 |
| -
"three investigators" books |
harmonicon |
Nov-15-08 09:50 PM |
#55 |
| -
Alfred Hitchcock and the 3 investigators? |
Connonym |
Nov-16-08 12:22 AM |
#71 |
| -
yep, those ones |
harmonicon |
Nov-16-08 07:43 AM |
#92 |
| -
"Coming up for air" by orwell |
UndertheOcean |
Nov-15-08 09:52 PM |
#56 |
| -
never heard of that book! |
skooooo |
Nov-16-08 05:49 AM |
#89 |
| -
It is mainly about a childhood in England between the two world wars |
UndertheOcean |
Nov-16-08 11:07 AM |
#104 |
| -
Have you read "Down and Out in Paris and London?" |
skooooo |
Nov-16-08 06:29 PM |
#122 |
| -
Yes , I like those books much more than the more famous |
UndertheOcean |
Nov-16-08 07:17 PM |
#127 |
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My Side of the Mountain |
MassLiberal |
Nov-15-08 10:24 PM |
#58 |
| -
The Prydain Chonicles by Lloyd Alexander |
Lorien |
Nov-15-08 11:16 PM |
#60 |
| -
Loved "My Side of the Mountain." |
susanna |
Nov-15-08 11:39 PM |
#63 |
| -
Boxcar children, Chronicles of Narnia, Uncle Remus' stories, The rats of NIMH... |
Elrond Hubbard |
Nov-16-08 12:13 AM |
#69 |
| -
Oh, yeah, Rats of NIMH -- good one. |
Oregonian |
Nov-16-08 01:18 AM |
#76 |
| -
Very interesting and moving story, and the movie based on it is one of my favorite animated movies.. |
Elrond Hubbard |
Nov-16-08 01:22 AM |
#77 |
| -
LOTR- Confession time (read it more than 30 times) |
JCMach1 |
Nov-16-08 12:14 AM |
#70 |
| -
Jenny's Jungle. |
amitten |
Nov-16-08 12:33 AM |
#72 |
| -
Trixie Belden series. |
auntAgonist |
Nov-16-08 12:42 AM |
#74 |
| -
The Hobbit. |
MrSlayer |
Nov-16-08 01:36 AM |
#81 |
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For me, it was Swiss Family Robinson, Treasure Island, and The Fur Person. |
Jamastiene |
Nov-16-08 01:40 AM |
#82 |
| -
The Frank Gifford Story |
Awsi Dooger |
Nov-16-08 01:46 AM |
#83 |
| -
The Finches' Fabulous Furnace |
WCIL |
Nov-16-08 02:13 AM |
#84 |
| -
The Hardy Boys, |
petersond |
Nov-16-08 03:03 AM |
#86 |
| -
The Anarchist's Cookbook. |
Dr_eldritch |
Nov-16-08 05:48 AM |
#88 |
| -
The Great Brain |
Bertha Venation |
Nov-16-08 07:37 AM |
#91 |
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That was one of my faves as well! Good call! n/m |
IntravenousDemilo |
Nov-16-08 02:49 PM |
#109 |
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This kid runs away and builds all these weird houses |
SurfinBetty |
Nov-16-08 07:48 AM |
#93 |
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The Boxcar Children LOL |
stewartcolbert08 |
Nov-16-08 08:11 AM |
#94 |
| -
All the Baby-Sitter's Club books. |
AspieGrrl |
Nov-16-08 08:38 AM |
#95 |
| -
To Kill a Mockingbird... |
Just A Yeller Dawg |
Nov-16-08 09:30 AM |
#98 |
| -
The entire "Happy Hollisters" series from Doubleday. |
Amerigo Vespucci |
Nov-16-08 10:10 AM |
#99 |
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This is weird. Me too. I must have read |
Winebrat |
Nov-17-08 08:53 PM |
#160 |
| -
All the "Anne of Green Gables" books |
electron_blue |
Nov-16-08 10:37 AM |
#100 |
| -
Little Richard |
HypnoToad |
Nov-16-08 11:12 AM |
#105 |
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All of the Doctor Dolittle books and all of Freddy the Pig books. |
IntravenousDemilo |
Nov-16-08 02:42 PM |
#108 |
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I *loved* Freddy the Pig! |
FloridaJudy |
Nov-16-08 03:07 PM |
#114 |
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I assume they still are. I don't think they've gone out of print. |
IntravenousDemilo |
Nov-16-08 03:11 PM |
#116 |
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I just checked with Amazon |
FloridaJudy |
Nov-16-08 05:59 PM |
#121 |
| -
My Side of the Mountain... |
LWolf |
Nov-16-08 03:00 PM |
#110 |
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I was obsessed with "My Side of the Mountain." |
Kutjara |
Nov-16-08 03:02 PM |
#112 |
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the "Shoes" books by Noel Streatfeild |
musette_sf |
Nov-16-08 03:11 PM |
#115 |
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The books of the "Conrad Stargard" series by Leo Frankowski |
krispos42 |
Nov-16-08 04:32 PM |
#118 |
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Dune, Dragon Riders of Pern. Crap like that. |
leeroysphits |
Nov-16-08 04:42 PM |
#119 |
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Dune isn't crap |
midnight armadillo |
Nov-17-08 01:13 PM |
#147 |
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Meh. |
leeroysphits |
Nov-17-08 05:36 PM |
#154 |
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any and everything by Walt Kelly. This addiction started years earlier than |
sohndrsmith |
Nov-16-08 04:59 PM |
#120 |
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Bobbsey Twins and Nancy Drew *the OLD ones, I was born in 1948. Also a couple |
yellowdogintexas |
Nov-16-08 06:34 PM |
#123 |
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The Bobbsey Twins, Misty of Chincoteague, War and Peace, Ulysses |
DeposeTheBoyKing |
Nov-16-08 06:35 PM |
#124 |
| -
"Tom Sawyer" and "The Hardy Boys" |
Bluzmann57 |
Nov-16-08 06:37 PM |
#126 |
| -
Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, The Happy Hollisters |
tigereye |
Nov-16-08 07:50 PM |
#129 |
| -
The Necronomicon |
BlueDogDemocratNH |
Nov-16-08 08:05 PM |
#131 |
| -
The Jungle Book, the Black Stallion series, anything with Dinosaurs... |
InvisibleTouch |
Nov-16-08 09:27 PM |
#132 |
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Oh my gosh! "For Love of a Horse" -- I had that book ... |
Oregonian |
Nov-17-08 12:57 PM |
#144 |
| -
That's the same version I have... |
InvisibleTouch |
Nov-17-08 07:08 PM |
#155 |
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Yep ... That was probably from "Scholastic" |
Oregonian |
Nov-17-08 09:12 PM |
#162 |
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Swiss Family Robinson, A Child's History of the World, & the Golden Book Encyclopedia. |
WinkyDink |
Nov-16-08 09:36 PM |
#134 |
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Everything |
vard28 |
Nov-16-08 09:38 PM |
#135 |
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2 from age 11 |
enigmatic |
Nov-17-08 02:37 AM |
#137 |
| -
Watership Down |
stuntcat |
Nov-17-08 07:09 AM |
#138 |
| -
Little Women, and the Little House on the Pairie series. |
azmouse |
Nov-17-08 09:35 AM |
#139 |
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many that have already been mentioned, and... |
blueraven95 |
Nov-17-08 11:07 AM |
#140 |
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The Oz Books. Starting with The Wizard of Oz. I still had about 10 of them |
mnhtnbb |
Nov-17-08 12:49 PM |
#142 |
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All of the LITTLE HOUSE books. Also the books by Beverly Cleary |
trueblue2007 |
Nov-17-08 12:58 PM |
#145 |
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I read a lot......I didn't care for fiction though, well except for the first item listed..... |
new_beawr |
Nov-17-08 01:05 PM |
#146 |
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"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "Fantastic Mr. Fox" |
LynneSin |
Nov-17-08 01:54 PM |
#149 |
| -
I forgot about The Fantastic Mr Fox! |
kick-ass-bob |
Nov-17-08 02:16 PM |
#153 |
| -
Dickens |
SOteric |
Nov-17-08 01:56 PM |
#150 |
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Weirdly, these: |
LaraMN |
Nov-17-08 02:01 PM |
#151 |
| -
I memorized the 1991 Physicians Desk Reference |
prodn2000 |
Nov-18-08 01:38 AM |
#166 |
| -
The Westing Game and the Foundation novels |
MrCoffee |
Nov-17-08 02:13 PM |
#152 |
| -
The World According to Garp |
Mike 03 |
Nov-17-08 07:11 PM |
#156 |
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I doubt you are going to believe this but here goes |
socialdemocrat1981 |
Nov-17-08 08:14 PM |
#157 |
| -
That's just ... wrong. |
Oregonian |
Nov-18-08 01:37 AM |
#165 |
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I was fascinated with the Reagans |
socialdemocrat1981 |
Nov-18-08 09:26 AM |
#170 |
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"The Outsiders" and "Bugs in Your Ears" |
WakeMeUp |
Nov-17-08 08:26 PM |
#158 |
| -
White Fang |
gemdem |
Nov-17-08 09:11 PM |
#161 |
| -
The Boxcar Children |
prodn2000 |
Nov-18-08 01:36 AM |
#164 |
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I'm embarrased to say I used to love Judy Bloom novels. |
peruban |
Nov-18-08 03:28 AM |
#169 |
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