The first chapter book I ever read was Roald Dahl's Matilda. I still remember reading pages every night (way past my bed time) I think I read the whole book in a week. At 7, 230someodd pages was real!
I used to love reading...I think the last book I read was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, I miss it sometimes. But I don't ever have the time or energy to keep my eyes open and my brain engaged.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79586 posts
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35. "No wonder his music taste is trash j/k" In response to Reply # 25
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
16. "my first memory of insomnia is associated with reading /matilda/" In response to Reply # 0
~8 years old maybe. and i don't remember if i couldn't sleep because i was reading or if i was reading because i couldn't sleep. i do remember being very into the book and staying up literally all night to read it. i think i read it in one day because i don't remember staying up multiple nights to read it. then again that was a few decades ago; i could be misremembering it
22. "The outsiders." In response to Reply # 0 Fri Feb-03-17 10:50 PM by denny
and it changed my life. Such a weird coincidence. I had learned to read and decided I was gonna read 'an adult book' and I picked one out at the school library completely randomly.
I was in grade 2 or 3 and I begged my pops for hair grease and a leather jacket after reading it. He didn't indulge me....but he rented a vcr and the movie for my 8th or 9th birthday cause he knew how much it meant to me. I didn't even know there was a movie for it at the time. I think I watched it 10 times that weekend. It was absolutely central to my identity at the time and going forward. I wouldn't be the same person without having read it.
GriftyMcgrift Member since May 22nd 2002 20414 posts
Sat Feb-04-17 04:16 PM
28. "It was either Call of the Wild, a Stephen King book or" In response to Reply # 0 Sat Feb-04-17 04:19 PM by GriftyMcgrift
one of those teen horror novels
I think it was Call of the Wild in the 6th grade
*i should say thats the first I remember, I was already in love with reading by 1st grade but couldnt tell you if i read anything more than where the wild things are or something like that, shell silverstein or something
34. "Probably a Hardy Boys book" In response to Reply # 0
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