tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post4027016800312924559..comments2024-03-20T19:40:58.078-05:00Comments on The OF Blog: Reading over the years: Childhood through middle adolescenceLarry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-78838064348279328722009-05-07T09:53:00.000-05:002009-05-07T09:53:00.000-05:00Nice post. My early reading list would include ab...Nice post. My early reading list would include about 100 Choose Your Own Adventure books. I wish I could remember the title of the book that really hooked me though. All I can remember was it was an apocalyptic book with the main boy character being about 14. It involved some sort of virus and had them scrouging around. Thinking back it may not have been a great book, but it pulled me into reading a lot of other stuff.The Mad Hatterhttp://booktionary.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-16947888451869894002009-05-07T04:52:00.000-05:002009-05-07T04:52:00.000-05:00This is really interesting. I wish my memory was a...This is really interesting. I wish my memory was a bit better!Martinhttp://everythingisnice.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-16168485711519896132009-05-06T13:12:00.000-05:002009-05-06T13:12:00.000-05:00Interesting exercise, I should attempt rebuilding ...Interesting exercise, I should attempt rebuilding that list too eventually. <br /><br />Some interesting similarities and differences with your list. <br /><br />I wonder how you ended up reading Bullock's biography at 10! Oh well, I guess a bit the same way I ended up with a Shere Hite book at around that age. :)Dominichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17610557134981958201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-23817925062887942442009-05-06T10:41:00.000-05:002009-05-06T10:41:00.000-05:00Interesting selections, Larry. Fascinating to thin...Interesting selections, Larry. Fascinating to think of the books that helped shape a person's intellectual growth. <br /><br /><br />Roald Dahl and Edith Nesbit were the precursors who lit the way for me. 'James and the Giant Peach' was my favorite. George MacDonald's 'At the Back of the North Wind' heavily influenced me, and Hawthorne's 'Tanglewood Tales' and 'A Wonder Book' jostled my imagination quite a bit. <br /><br />Though I'm sure we've got numerous influences now buried under the weight of memories. I was very fond of the poetry of Tennyson when I was a boy (still am), especially the Idylls.Wm.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06530766749142027918noreply@blogger.com