What books do you remember reading as a kid? I read "The chronicles of Narnia" when I was 13. Then LOTR when I was 14.

When I was a kid I read a lot of "Hardy Boys Mysteries"! :thumb:

Let's see...there was lots of them, but here is a few:

I had tons of those Little Golden Books
Where The Wild Things Are
Charlotte's Web
One of the Wizard Of Oz Books
..there is more, but my mind has went blank.:eek:

I always enjoyed reading the "Mr." and "Little Miss" series of books by Roger Hargreaves when I was a child. I also enjoyed reading the "Encyclopedia Brown" mysteries by Roald Dahl.

Whats the book with those 5 twin chinese brothers they keep trying to kill:D

I was into mystery books like The Hardy Boys, Alfred Hitchcock's Three Investigators and The Secret Seven.

I loved "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" and also all of Williard Price's Adventure books. (About two teenaged boys who go on adventures capturing wild animals for their father's zoo (Very educational too))

I guess my favourite book as a child had to be "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". I read that so many times!

C.S. Lewis' Narnia series, Hardy Boys and all the classics from Jules Verne to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

I always loved reading, so I had a childhood full of books. I wonder if any children really read as much as kids did a few decades back.

UGH!! Not sure I can remember. :rolleyes:

Lisa, Bright and Dark. (I think that was the name??) Had to read it for school.

I will have to come back when I remember the others...:rolleyes:

Originally posted by Flix
I always loved reading, so I had a childhood full of books. I wonder if any children really read as much as kids did a few decades back.

It makes you wonder these days doesn't it Flix? I think it's becoming a bit of a lost art with television and computers taking everyone's attentions. My kids are always on their computer.

I read Encyclopedia Brown too! I, like most girls that age, read Judy Blume... I was the only person I knew who asked for books for Christmas lol

Originally posted by Caligula
...5 twin chinese brothers...

You know what I want to say here don't you Cal. :D

I read all the Famous Five and Secret Seven books. Loved them.

Read LOTR when I got a bit older too.

Chronicles of Narnia
Lord of the Rings
mostly anything i could get in the library. And since I was in alot of private schools I read alot from the bible.

My faves were the Chronicles of Narnia. Still love those. :) Also read Judy Blume books, Nancy Drew, the Bobsey Twins. Loved mystery books growing up. Also enjoyed Wrinkle in Time. Just reread that one about a month ago. Still good. :)

I read the Box Car Children and the Baby Sitter's Club. When I was like seven, I read Lord of the Rings up to the third one, cuz it was to boring for me at that age. :lol: When I was 13, I started reading the James Bond stories, because that's what I was writing and the movies weren't and still aren't enough for me.

I remember in the late 70's reading "Charlie, The Lonesome Cougar" over and over. I loved that book and it was also a Disney film. :thumb:

One book comes to mind, though I read hundreds, Judy Blume's Forever . If you haven't read this book, you haven't lived. LOL

Originally posted by jen*
One book comes to mind, though I read hundreds, Judy Blume's Forever . If you haven't read this book, you haven't lived. LOL

What's the plot? What's so great about it? I'm always looking for a new book to read. :D

Um....It's kind of a love story. Hehe! It's probably pretty tame now, but in the late 70s/early 80s we had to hide it from the teachers.:naughty: :sneaky:

Originally posted by jen*
Um....It's kind of a love story. Hehe! It's probably pretty tame now, but in the late 70s/early 80s we had to hide it from the teachers.:naughty: :sneaky:

hehe, cool. :D I'll have to check it out.

I read some Judy Blume and Beverly something or something Beverly...I still have those books, but I am too lazy and full from eating to find the name, but those Ramona books...I loved them and they still have a place in my heart.

I read mostly C.S. Lewis. I also read Nancy Drew and The Boxcar Kids. I was surprised to hear someone mention that one.:)

When I was in sped for a year, one of the sped people made me read them cuz apparently I couldn't read (bullshit!).

I can't remember reading a lot of books before high school, but I do remember reading The Hobbit, it had come out as a game on the ZX Spectrum and it helped to have read the book.

I remember reading a lot of James Herbert novels especially his trilogy about Rats:

The Rats
Lair
Domain

They made a film of The Rats, but it was awful, should never have been allowed.

Like Rachel said in Friends about reading books "It's like having your own little movie in your head".

The trouble is that once you've read the script and directed your own perfect movie, how can anyone else compete?

"The Cat Ate My Gymsuit"
"There's a Bat in Bunk Five"
anything Judy Blume
the Trixie Belden series (I have them all still)
TinTin (British cartoon series--very funny!)
Encyclopedia Brown
"Bananas" magazine

Originally posted by Shortie Blonde
I read some Judy Blume and Beverly something or something Beverly...

That was Beverly Cleary. I loved those Ramona books too. And like most of the other girls, I read a lot of Judy Blume. LOL @ jen*:lol: I remember hiding Judy Blume books from teachers at school and never letting my mom get too close to them either.:p
My favorite books 'tho were the Black Stallion series by Walter Farley.

I think I forgot all the books I've read...I've read so fracking many! AHHHHH!!!!

All the Aliens, Predator, and AvP novels. I read all 'em. They are ALL great books.

Yeah when I was in 5th grade I loved Beverly Cleary, I read all of the Ramona books, except for one.

Originally posted by Shortie Blonde
Yeah when I was in 5th grade I loved Beverly Cleary, I read all of the Ramona books, except for one.

AHAHAHA

When I was in the 5th grade I was readin' about killin'. BWAHAHAHAHA and all the other morons were busy pickin' their noses and stuff.:lol: :lol: :lol: :ego:

I read Lord Of the Rings when I was seven, all the way up to Fellowship of the ring (or whatever the second to last one is) and got bored with it.

Originally posted by Shortie Blonde
I read Lord Of the Rings when I was seven, all the way up to Fellowship of the ring (or whatever the second to last one is) and got bored with it.

No you didn't you liar.:devil: :devil:

Why you lying?:confused: :confused: :confused:

No seriously, I did. I am not joking. My brother was reading it, and then I still wanted to be exactly like my brother.

Originally posted by Shortie Blonde
No seriously, I did. I am not joking. My brother was reading it, and then I still wanted to be exactly like my brother.


WELL LOOKIT' WHAT WE GOT HERE!

SEEMS LIKE WE GOT A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE!

EARL...COULD YOU GET THE SHOTGUN YONDER?

You are evil. :mad:

Originally posted by Shortie Blonde
You are evil. :mad:

wHAT?!?!?!

You wanna know the truth.....?:confused:

Yes, tell me the truth. Dazzle me. I will hide with Ted if I get scared.

Originally posted by Shortie Blonde
Yes, tell me the truth. Dazzle me. I will hide with Ted if I get scared.

The truth..... YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!! 'CAUSE WHEN YOU ARE OUT THERE IN HELL MAN, AND YOU PUT YOUR HAND INTO A PILE OF GOO THAT WAS YOUR FRIEND'S FACE!!!!! THEN YOU'LL KNOW THE FRIGGIN' TRUTH!!!!!!!!

good you scare the hell outa me anyway. Kinda like the way Ted did last night about my warm blankets.

LOL you two are funny. :D Well I'm out, Gnight you two. :p and try and keep the chatting in the chat room. Wasting space on the boards isn't nice.

Originally posted by Shortie Blonde
good you scare the hell outa me anyway. Kinda like the way Ted did last night about my warm blankets.

I tracked your IP down and I know where you live...

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!:lol: :lol: :lol:


Originally posted by Ted Nugent
LOL you two are funny. :D Well I'm out, Gnight you two. :p and try and keep the chatting in the chat room. Wasting space on the boards isn't nice.

I told you the chat room is on fire.

Ok, now I've seen a bit too much...too many topics are going completely off topic with AIM chat-like convos going on and on and on which is something we like to avoid....please take this kind of activity into the chatroom...

now that's a thought...

Are you there God it's me Margrette---Judy Blume
V.C. Andrews (Still have the Flower in the Attic Series)
Encyclpedia Brown
Hardy Boys
Nancy Drew Mysteries

Hey Bogie, I *loved* the Famous Five and Secret Seven.
I was also into the Mallory Towers series and the one about the O'Sullivan twins (Pat and Isabel) .

Then, of course, there was Anne of Green Gables. It's amazing how many languages she was translated into. I've had people from Poand and Hungary sing its praises.

I also read Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume and Norma Klein, who no one seems to have heard of for some reason.

When I was really little, there was this French series about a girl called Martine having all these adventures. My parents used to read those to me all the time.

Maybe the reason kids don't read that much these days is because their parents don't read to them as much as ours did? Then again, that probably has nothing to do with it.

Originally posted by BrandyBlue
"The Cat Ate My Gymsuit"
"There's a Bat in Bunk Five"

Yay! Brandy, you're the only other person I know who remembers there was a sequel to "The Cat Ate My Gymsuit." :D

I have the same favorites as many of you... ;)

Beverly Cleary, esp. Ramona

Judy Blume - "Starring Sally J. Friedman as Herself" was my favorite

Walter Farley - "The Black Stallion and the Girl" I need to find another copy of this one, I can't believe I gave it away.

Marguerite Henry - "King of the Wind"

Besides the classics above, any horse book I could get my paws on. Jean Slaughter Doty was my favorite author of such... "Summer Pony," etc.

L.M. Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables series... though I didn't start reading them until the movies came out, when I was in 7th grade. I still reread the entire series at least once a year.

Laura Ingalls Wilder - Little House series... again, I reread these almost every year. :)

Pamela Dean- "The Secret Country". I just found the two sequels this year.

Meredith Ann Pierce - "The Darkangel" trilogy.

There were also two kind of similar series I don't remember that much about... about girls named Anastasia and Desdemona. Anyone else remember?

My favorite "young adult" novel is "Golden Girl" by Nancy Tilly. I'm still looking for a copy of that, too.

Picture books: "It Could Be Worse" ... I don't remember the author's name, but they have a copy in my doctor's office waiting room so I'll get back to you on that, LOL.

OMG, I loved Ramona up until I was like in 7th grade. LOL. There was a new Ramona book released a few years ago I think. Think it was called Ramona's World.