I was just thinking about this based on another post…
What books did you read as an adolescent that were life changing for you?
For me, there were three: “The Temple of Gold” by William Goldman, which made me really think about the nature of friendship; “johnny got his gun” by Dalton Trumbo, which began some of my political education; and “Soul On Ice” by Eldridge Cleaver, which continued it.
Anyone?
Dark Matter 
January 16th, 2005 at 9:19 pm
The only book that ever changed my life was Joy of Cooking, Rombauer/Becker/Becker. I’m serious.
Also highly enlightening but not life-chaning, The Same and Not The Same by chemist/poet Roald Hoffmann.
January 16th, 2005 at 9:19 pm
The only book that ever changed my life was Joy of Cooking, Rombauer/Becker/Becker. I’m serious.
Also highly enlightening but not life-chaning, The Same and Not The Same by chemist/poet Roald Hoffmann.
January 16th, 2005 at 9:19 pm
The only book that ever changed my life was Joy of Cooking, Rombauer/Becker/Becker. I’m serious.
Also highly enlightening but not life-chaning, The Same and Not The Same by chemist/poet Roald Hoffmann.
January 16th, 2005 at 9:19 pm
The only book that ever changed my life was Joy of Cooking, Rombauer/Becker/Becker. I’m serious.
Also highly enlightening but not life-chaning, The Same and Not The Same by chemist/poet Roald Hoffmann.
January 16th, 2005 at 9:19 pm
The only book that ever changed my life was Joy of Cooking, Rombauer/Becker/Becker. I’m serious.
Also highly enlightening but not life-chaning, The Same and Not The Same by chemist/poet Roald Hoffmann.
January 16th, 2005 at 9:19 pm
The only book that ever changed my life was Joy of Cooking, Rombauer/Becker/Becker. I’m serious.
Also highly enlightening but not life-chaning, The Same and Not The Same by chemist/poet Roald Hoffmann.
January 16th, 2005 at 9:19 pm
The only book that ever changed my life was Joy of Cooking, Rombauer/Becker/Becker. I’m serious.
Also highly enlightening but not life-chaning, The Same and Not The Same by chemist/poet Roald Hoffmann.
January 16th, 2005 at 9:19 pm
The only book that ever changed my life was Joy of Cooking, Rombauer/Becker/Becker. I’m serious.
Also highly enlightening but not life-chaning, The Same and Not The Same by chemist/poet Roald Hoffmann.
January 16th, 2005 at 4:40 pm
When I was in 7th/8th grade, I read ‘Johnny Got His Gun,’ ‘Catch 22,’ and ‘Slaughterhouse 5’ in a row. While listening to U2’s war album. It was the early 80s, and all of us kids were pretty convinced we weren’t going to see adulthood because of nuclear war.
The effect of these books was profound.
Also, my eighth grade English teacher gave me a copy of Flannery O’Connor’s short stories to read over the summer. I read it out of respect, but angrily. I re-read it later in high school and then I got it.
January 16th, 2005 at 4:40 pm
When I was in 7th/8th grade, I read ‘Johnny Got His Gun,’ ‘Catch 22,’ and ‘Slaughterhouse 5’ in a row. While listening to U2’s war album. It was the early 80s, and all of us kids were pretty convinced we weren’t going to see adulthood because of nuclear war.
The effect of these books was profound.
Also, my eighth grade English teacher gave me a copy of Flannery O’Connor’s short stories to read over the summer. I read it out of respect, but angrily. I re-read it later in high school and then I got it.
January 16th, 2005 at 4:40 pm
When I was in 7th/8th grade, I read ‘Johnny Got His Gun,’ ‘Catch 22,’ and ‘Slaughterhouse 5’ in a row. While listening to U2’s war album. It was the early 80s, and all of us kids were pretty convinced we weren’t going to see adulthood because of nuclear war.
The effect of these books was profound.
Also, my eighth grade English teacher gave me a copy of Flannery O’Connor’s short stories to read over the summer. I read it out of respect, but angrily. I re-read it later in high school and then I got it.
January 16th, 2005 at 4:40 pm
When I was in 7th/8th grade, I read ‘Johnny Got His Gun,’ ‘Catch 22,’ and ‘Slaughterhouse 5’ in a row. While listening to U2’s war album. It was the early 80s, and all of us kids were pretty convinced we weren’t going to see adulthood because of nuclear war.
The effect of these books was profound.
Also, my eighth grade English teacher gave me a copy of Flannery O’Connor’s short stories to read over the summer. I read it out of respect, but angrily. I re-read it later in high school and then I got it.
January 16th, 2005 at 4:40 pm
When I was in 7th/8th grade, I read ‘Johnny Got His Gun,’ ‘Catch 22,’ and ‘Slaughterhouse 5’ in a row. While listening to U2’s war album. It was the early 80s, and all of us kids were pretty convinced we weren’t going to see adulthood because of nuclear war.
The effect of these books was profound.
Also, my eighth grade English teacher gave me a copy of Flannery O’Connor’s short stories to read over the summer. I read it out of respect, but angrily. I re-read it later in high school and then I got it.
January 16th, 2005 at 4:40 pm
When I was in 7th/8th grade, I read ‘Johnny Got His Gun,’ ‘Catch 22,’ and ‘Slaughterhouse 5’ in a row. While listening to U2’s war album. It was the early 80s, and all of us kids were pretty convinced we weren’t going to see adulthood because of nuclear war.
The effect of these books was profound.
Also, my eighth grade English teacher gave me a copy of Flannery O’Connor’s short stories to read over the summer. I read it out of respect, but angrily. I re-read it later in high school and then I got it.
January 16th, 2005 at 4:40 pm
When I was in 7th/8th grade, I read ‘Johnny Got His Gun,’ ‘Catch 22,’ and ‘Slaughterhouse 5’ in a row. While listening to U2’s war album. It was the early 80s, and all of us kids were pretty convinced we weren’t going to see adulthood because of nuclear war.
The effect of these books was profound.
Also, my eighth grade English teacher gave me a copy of Flannery O’Connor’s short stories to read over the summer. I read it out of respect, but angrily. I re-read it later in high school and then I got it.
January 16th, 2005 at 4:40 pm
When I was in 7th/8th grade, I read ‘Johnny Got His Gun,’ ‘Catch 22,’ and ‘Slaughterhouse 5’ in a row. While listening to U2’s war album. It was the early 80s, and all of us kids were pretty convinced we weren’t going to see adulthood because of nuclear war.
The effect of these books was profound.
Also, my eighth grade English teacher gave me a copy of Flannery O’Connor’s short stories to read over the summer. I read it out of respect, but angrily. I re-read it later in high school and then I got it.
January 16th, 2005 at 3:02 pm
I have the benefit of following many.
The Things They Carried – O’Brien
The Autobiography of Malcolm X – Malcolm X & Alex Haley
Crime and Punishment – Dostoevsky
Madeline L’Engle (I ATE her books)
A Room of One’s Own – Virginia Woolf
White Noise – Don DeLillo
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Tennessee Williams
The Life of Insects – Viktor Pelevin
Civilization and its Discontents – Sigmund Freud
Making Your Own Days – Kenneth Koch
A Lie of the Mind – Sam Shepard
All in the Timing: Fourteen Plays – David Ives
That’s all I can think of for now, mostly from the latter half of my adolescence… I stopped reading for a while there, if you can believe it.
January 16th, 2005 at 3:02 pm
I have the benefit of following many.
The Things They Carried – O’Brien
The Autobiography of Malcolm X – Malcolm X & Alex Haley
Crime and Punishment – Dostoevsky
Madeline L’Engle (I ATE her books)
A Room of One’s Own – Virginia Woolf
White Noise – Don DeLillo
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Tennessee Williams
The Life of Insects – Viktor Pelevin
Civilization and its Discontents – Sigmund Freud
Making Your Own Days – Kenneth Koch
A Lie of the Mind – Sam Shepard
All in the Timing: Fourteen Plays – David Ives
That’s all I can think of for now, mostly from the latter half of my adolescence… I stopped reading for a while there, if you can believe it.
January 16th, 2005 at 3:02 pm
I have the benefit of following many.
The Things They Carried – O’Brien
The Autobiography of Malcolm X – Malcolm X & Alex Haley
Crime and Punishment – Dostoevsky
Madeline L’Engle (I ATE her books)
A Room of One’s Own – Virginia Woolf
White Noise – Don DeLillo
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Tennessee Williams
The Life of Insects – Viktor Pelevin
Civilization and its Discontents – Sigmund Freud
Making Your Own Days – Kenneth Koch
A Lie of the Mind – Sam Shepard
All in the Timing: Fourteen Plays – David Ives
That’s all I can think of for now, mostly from the latter half of my adolescence… I stopped reading for a while there, if you can believe it.
January 16th, 2005 at 3:02 pm
I have the benefit of following many.
The Things They Carried – O’Brien
The Autobiography of Malcolm X – Malcolm X & Alex Haley
Crime and Punishment – Dostoevsky
Madeline L’Engle (I ATE her books)
A Room of One’s Own – Virginia Woolf
White Noise – Don DeLillo
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Tennessee Williams
The Life of Insects – Viktor Pelevin
Civilization and its Discontents – Sigmund Freud
Making Your Own Days – Kenneth Koch
A Lie of the Mind – Sam Shepard
All in the Timing: Fourteen Plays – David Ives
That’s all I can think of for now, mostly from the latter half of my adolescence… I stopped reading for a while there, if you can believe it.
January 16th, 2005 at 3:02 pm
I have the benefit of following many.
The Things They Carried – O’Brien
The Autobiography of Malcolm X – Malcolm X & Alex Haley
Crime and Punishment – Dostoevsky
Madeline L’Engle (I ATE her books)
A Room of One’s Own – Virginia Woolf
White Noise – Don DeLillo
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Tennessee Williams
The Life of Insects – Viktor Pelevin
Civilization and its Discontents – Sigmund Freud
Making Your Own Days – Kenneth Koch
A Lie of the Mind – Sam Shepard
All in the Timing: Fourteen Plays – David Ives
That’s all I can think of for now, mostly from the latter half of my adolescence… I stopped reading for a while there, if you can believe it.
January 16th, 2005 at 3:02 pm
I have the benefit of following many.
The Things They Carried – O’Brien
The Autobiography of Malcolm X – Malcolm X & Alex Haley
Crime and Punishment – Dostoevsky
Madeline L’Engle (I ATE her books)
A Room of One’s Own – Virginia Woolf
White Noise – Don DeLillo
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Tennessee Williams
The Life of Insects – Viktor Pelevin
Civilization and its Discontents – Sigmund Freud
Making Your Own Days – Kenneth Koch
A Lie of the Mind – Sam Shepard
All in the Timing: Fourteen Plays – David Ives
That’s all I can think of for now, mostly from the latter half of my adolescence… I stopped reading for a while there, if you can believe it.
January 16th, 2005 at 3:02 pm
I have the benefit of following many.
The Things They Carried – O’Brien
The Autobiography of Malcolm X – Malcolm X & Alex Haley
Crime and Punishment – Dostoevsky
Madeline L’Engle (I ATE her books)
A Room of One’s Own – Virginia Woolf
White Noise – Don DeLillo
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Tennessee Williams
The Life of Insects – Viktor Pelevin
Civilization and its Discontents – Sigmund Freud
Making Your Own Days – Kenneth Koch
A Lie of the Mind – Sam Shepard
All in the Timing: Fourteen Plays – David Ives
That’s all I can think of for now, mostly from the latter half of my adolescence… I stopped reading for a while there, if you can believe it.
January 16th, 2005 at 3:02 pm
I have the benefit of following many.
The Things They Carried – O’Brien
The Autobiography of Malcolm X – Malcolm X & Alex Haley
Crime and Punishment – Dostoevsky
Madeline L’Engle (I ATE her books)
A Room of One’s Own – Virginia Woolf
White Noise – Don DeLillo
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Tennessee Williams
The Life of Insects – Viktor Pelevin
Civilization and its Discontents – Sigmund Freud
Making Your Own Days – Kenneth Koch
A Lie of the Mind – Sam Shepard
All in the Timing: Fourteen Plays – David Ives
That’s all I can think of for now, mostly from the latter half of my adolescence… I stopped reading for a while there, if you can believe it.
January 16th, 2005 at 2:52 pm
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January 16th, 2005 at 2:52 pm
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January 16th, 2005 at 2:52 pm
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January 16th, 2005 at 2:52 pm
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January 16th, 2005 at 2:52 pm
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January 16th, 2005 at 2:52 pm
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January 16th, 2005 at 2:52 pm
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January 16th, 2005 at 6:21 am
Late
Life changing…there were so many…I guess a late response is a late response, but:
A Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
Their Eyes Were Watching God – Hurston
A Wrinkle in Time – L’Engle
Brave New World – Huxley
Anne of Green Gables – Montgomery
The Old Man and the Sea – that guy, uh Hemingway, brain froze for a second
Notes from Underground – Dostoevsky
Ceremony – Silko
Les Miserables – Hugo
The Sound and the Fury – Faulkner
The Colossus of New York – Whitehead
Things Fall Apart – Achebe
City of Women – Stansell
Women and Writing – Woolf
Paradise Lost – Milton
January 16th, 2005 at 6:21 am
Late
Life changing…there were so many…I guess a late response is a late response, but:
A Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
Their Eyes Were Watching God – Hurston
A Wrinkle in Time – L’Engle
Brave New World – Huxley
Anne of Green Gables – Montgomery
The Old Man and the Sea – that guy, uh Hemingway, brain froze for a second
Notes from Underground – Dostoevsky
Ceremony – Silko
Les Miserables – Hugo
The Sound and the Fury – Faulkner
The Colossus of New York – Whitehead
Things Fall Apart – Achebe
City of Women – Stansell
Women and Writing – Woolf
Paradise Lost – Milton
January 16th, 2005 at 6:21 am
Late
Life changing…there were so many…I guess a late response is a late response, but:
A Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
Their Eyes Were Watching God – Hurston
A Wrinkle in Time – L’Engle
Brave New World – Huxley
Anne of Green Gables – Montgomery
The Old Man and the Sea – that guy, uh Hemingway, brain froze for a second
Notes from Underground – Dostoevsky
Ceremony – Silko
Les Miserables – Hugo
The Sound and the Fury – Faulkner
The Colossus of New York – Whitehead
Things Fall Apart – Achebe
City of Women – Stansell
Women and Writing – Woolf
Paradise Lost – Milton
January 16th, 2005 at 6:21 am
Late
Life changing…there were so many…I guess a late response is a late response, but:
A Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
Their Eyes Were Watching God – Hurston
A Wrinkle in Time – L’Engle
Brave New World – Huxley
Anne of Green Gables – Montgomery
The Old Man and the Sea – that guy, uh Hemingway, brain froze for a second
Notes from Underground – Dostoevsky
Ceremony – Silko
Les Miserables – Hugo
The Sound and the Fury – Faulkner
The Colossus of New York – Whitehead
Things Fall Apart – Achebe
City of Women – Stansell
Women and Writing – Woolf
Paradise Lost – Milton
January 16th, 2005 at 6:21 am
Late
Life changing…there were so many…I guess a late response is a late response, but:
A Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
Their Eyes Were Watching God – Hurston
A Wrinkle in Time – L’Engle
Brave New World – Huxley
Anne of Green Gables – Montgomery
The Old Man and the Sea – that guy, uh Hemingway, brain froze for a second
Notes from Underground – Dostoevsky
Ceremony – Silko
Les Miserables – Hugo
The Sound and the Fury – Faulkner
The Colossus of New York – Whitehead
Things Fall Apart – Achebe
City of Women – Stansell
Women and Writing – Woolf
Paradise Lost – Milton
January 16th, 2005 at 6:21 am
Late
Life changing…there were so many…I guess a late response is a late response, but:
A Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
Their Eyes Were Watching God – Hurston
A Wrinkle in Time – L’Engle
Brave New World – Huxley
Anne of Green Gables – Montgomery
The Old Man and the Sea – that guy, uh Hemingway, brain froze for a second
Notes from Underground – Dostoevsky
Ceremony – Silko
Les Miserables – Hugo
The Sound and the Fury – Faulkner
The Colossus of New York – Whitehead
Things Fall Apart – Achebe
City of Women – Stansell
Women and Writing – Woolf
Paradise Lost – Milton
January 16th, 2005 at 6:21 am
Late
Life changing…there were so many…I guess a late response is a late response, but:
A Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
Their Eyes Were Watching God – Hurston
A Wrinkle in Time – L’Engle
Brave New World – Huxley
Anne of Green Gables – Montgomery
The Old Man and the Sea – that guy, uh Hemingway, brain froze for a second
Notes from Underground – Dostoevsky
Ceremony – Silko
Les Miserables – Hugo
The Sound and the Fury – Faulkner
The Colossus of New York – Whitehead
Things Fall Apart – Achebe
City of Women – Stansell
Women and Writing – Woolf
Paradise Lost – Milton
January 16th, 2005 at 6:21 am
Late
Life changing…there were so many…I guess a late response is a late response, but:
A Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
Their Eyes Were Watching God – Hurston
A Wrinkle in Time – L’Engle
Brave New World – Huxley
Anne of Green Gables – Montgomery
The Old Man and the Sea – that guy, uh Hemingway, brain froze for a second
Notes from Underground – Dostoevsky
Ceremony – Silko
Les Miserables – Hugo
The Sound and the Fury – Faulkner
The Colossus of New York – Whitehead
Things Fall Apart – Achebe
City of Women – Stansell
Women and Writing – Woolf
Paradise Lost – Milton
January 14th, 2005 at 10:45 pm
sorry, but it’s one of my favorite books (or, rather, series of books), so i have to correct the info. The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever were written by Stephen R. Donaldson. There were two trilogies: Lord Foul’s Bane, The Illearth War, The Power that Preserves; and The Wounded Land, The One Tree, and White Gold Wielder.
The miraculous part is that he has begun a *new* chapter of the story, and the first book is out in hardback now. It’s called The Runes of the Earth. I can’t tell you how happy this makes me.
The Chronicles are classified as fantasy, but fantasy novels are usually waved aside as not being “real” books. these books are fine literature, not just amusing distractions.
I began reading these books when I was about 12, and I read them every year for the next several years. Since I’ve become an adult, I’ve read them only every few years, but I discover new layers of depth and complexity with each reading. They are phenomenal.
Another book that I would like to mention as being life-changing (and which I have read in a pattern similar to that mentioned above) is Watership Down by Richard Adams. It is marvelous.
And then, of course, there is Dandelion Wine, by Ray Bradbury. Although I have read it many times, I have been unable to finish this book. I have to put it down once I start getting toward the end, because I can’t bear for it to be over. It is simply gorgeous.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:45 pm
sorry, but it’s one of my favorite books (or, rather, series of books), so i have to correct the info. The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever were written by Stephen R. Donaldson. There were two trilogies: Lord Foul’s Bane, The Illearth War, The Power that Preserves; and The Wounded Land, The One Tree, and White Gold Wielder.
The miraculous part is that he has begun a *new* chapter of the story, and the first book is out in hardback now. It’s called The Runes of the Earth. I can’t tell you how happy this makes me.
The Chronicles are classified as fantasy, but fantasy novels are usually waved aside as not being “real” books. these books are fine literature, not just amusing distractions.
I began reading these books when I was about 12, and I read them every year for the next several years. Since I’ve become an adult, I’ve read them only every few years, but I discover new layers of depth and complexity with each reading. They are phenomenal.
Another book that I would like to mention as being life-changing (and which I have read in a pattern similar to that mentioned above) is Watership Down by Richard Adams. It is marvelous.
And then, of course, there is Dandelion Wine, by Ray Bradbury. Although I have read it many times, I have been unable to finish this book. I have to put it down once I start getting toward the end, because I can’t bear for it to be over. It is simply gorgeous.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:45 pm
sorry, but it’s one of my favorite books (or, rather, series of books), so i have to correct the info. The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever were written by Stephen R. Donaldson. There were two trilogies: Lord Foul’s Bane, The Illearth War, The Power that Preserves; and The Wounded Land, The One Tree, and White Gold Wielder.
The miraculous part is that he has begun a *new* chapter of the story, and the first book is out in hardback now. It’s called The Runes of the Earth. I can’t tell you how happy this makes me.
The Chronicles are classified as fantasy, but fantasy novels are usually waved aside as not being “real” books. these books are fine literature, not just amusing distractions.
I began reading these books when I was about 12, and I read them every year for the next several years. Since I’ve become an adult, I’ve read them only every few years, but I discover new layers of depth and complexity with each reading. They are phenomenal.
Another book that I would like to mention as being life-changing (and which I have read in a pattern similar to that mentioned above) is Watership Down by Richard Adams. It is marvelous.
And then, of course, there is Dandelion Wine, by Ray Bradbury. Although I have read it many times, I have been unable to finish this book. I have to put it down once I start getting toward the end, because I can’t bear for it to be over. It is simply gorgeous.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:45 pm
sorry, but it’s one of my favorite books (or, rather, series of books), so i have to correct the info. The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever were written by Stephen R. Donaldson. There were two trilogies: Lord Foul’s Bane, The Illearth War, The Power that Preserves; and The Wounded Land, The One Tree, and White Gold Wielder.
The miraculous part is that he has begun a *new* chapter of the story, and the first book is out in hardback now. It’s called The Runes of the Earth. I can’t tell you how happy this makes me.
The Chronicles are classified as fantasy, but fantasy novels are usually waved aside as not being “real” books. these books are fine literature, not just amusing distractions.
I began reading these books when I was about 12, and I read them every year for the next several years. Since I’ve become an adult, I’ve read them only every few years, but I discover new layers of depth and complexity with each reading. They are phenomenal.
Another book that I would like to mention as being life-changing (and which I have read in a pattern similar to that mentioned above) is Watership Down by Richard Adams. It is marvelous.
And then, of course, there is Dandelion Wine, by Ray Bradbury. Although I have read it many times, I have been unable to finish this book. I have to put it down once I start getting toward the end, because I can’t bear for it to be over. It is simply gorgeous.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:45 pm
sorry, but it’s one of my favorite books (or, rather, series of books), so i have to correct the info. The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever were written by Stephen R. Donaldson. There were two trilogies: Lord Foul’s Bane, The Illearth War, The Power that Preserves; and The Wounded Land, The One Tree, and White Gold Wielder.
The miraculous part is that he has begun a *new* chapter of the story, and the first book is out in hardback now. It’s called The Runes of the Earth. I can’t tell you how happy this makes me.
The Chronicles are classified as fantasy, but fantasy novels are usually waved aside as not being “real” books. these books are fine literature, not just amusing distractions.
I began reading these books when I was about 12, and I read them every year for the next several years. Since I’ve become an adult, I’ve read them only every few years, but I discover new layers of depth and complexity with each reading. They are phenomenal.
Another book that I would like to mention as being life-changing (and which I have read in a pattern similar to that mentioned above) is Watership Down by Richard Adams. It is marvelous.
And then, of course, there is Dandelion Wine, by Ray Bradbury. Although I have read it many times, I have been unable to finish this book. I have to put it down once I start getting toward the end, because I can’t bear for it to be over. It is simply gorgeous.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:45 pm
sorry, but it’s one of my favorite books (or, rather, series of books), so i have to correct the info. The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever were written by Stephen R. Donaldson. There were two trilogies: Lord Foul’s Bane, The Illearth War, The Power that Preserves; and The Wounded Land, The One Tree, and White Gold Wielder.
The miraculous part is that he has begun a *new* chapter of the story, and the first book is out in hardback now. It’s called The Runes of the Earth. I can’t tell you how happy this makes me.
The Chronicles are classified as fantasy, but fantasy novels are usually waved aside as not being “real” books. these books are fine literature, not just amusing distractions.
I began reading these books when I was about 12, and I read them every year for the next several years. Since I’ve become an adult, I’ve read them only every few years, but I discover new layers of depth and complexity with each reading. They are phenomenal.
Another book that I would like to mention as being life-changing (and which I have read in a pattern similar to that mentioned above) is Watership Down by Richard Adams. It is marvelous.
And then, of course, there is Dandelion Wine, by Ray Bradbury. Although I have read it many times, I have been unable to finish this book. I have to put it down once I start getting toward the end, because I can’t bear for it to be over. It is simply gorgeous.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:45 pm
sorry, but it’s one of my favorite books (or, rather, series of books), so i have to correct the info. The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever were written by Stephen R. Donaldson. There were two trilogies: Lord Foul’s Bane, The Illearth War, The Power that Preserves; and The Wounded Land, The One Tree, and White Gold Wielder.
The miraculous part is that he has begun a *new* chapter of the story, and the first book is out in hardback now. It’s called The Runes of the Earth. I can’t tell you how happy this makes me.
The Chronicles are classified as fantasy, but fantasy novels are usually waved aside as not being “real” books. these books are fine literature, not just amusing distractions.
I began reading these books when I was about 12, and I read them every year for the next several years. Since I’ve become an adult, I’ve read them only every few years, but I discover new layers of depth and complexity with each reading. They are phenomenal.
Another book that I would like to mention as being life-changing (and which I have read in a pattern similar to that mentioned above) is Watership Down by Richard Adams. It is marvelous.
And then, of course, there is Dandelion Wine, by Ray Bradbury. Although I have read it many times, I have been unable to finish this book. I have to put it down once I start getting toward the end, because I can’t bear for it to be over. It is simply gorgeous.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:45 pm
sorry, but it’s one of my favorite books (or, rather, series of books), so i have to correct the info. The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever were written by Stephen R. Donaldson. There were two trilogies: Lord Foul’s Bane, The Illearth War, The Power that Preserves; and The Wounded Land, The One Tree, and White Gold Wielder.
The miraculous part is that he has begun a *new* chapter of the story, and the first book is out in hardback now. It’s called The Runes of the Earth. I can’t tell you how happy this makes me.
The Chronicles are classified as fantasy, but fantasy novels are usually waved aside as not being “real” books. these books are fine literature, not just amusing distractions.
I began reading these books when I was about 12, and I read them every year for the next several years. Since I’ve become an adult, I’ve read them only every few years, but I discover new layers of depth and complexity with each reading. They are phenomenal.
Another book that I would like to mention as being life-changing (and which I have read in a pattern similar to that mentioned above) is Watership Down by Richard Adams. It is marvelous.
And then, of course, there is Dandelion Wine, by Ray Bradbury. Although I have read it many times, I have been unable to finish this book. I have to put it down once I start getting toward the end, because I can’t bear for it to be over. It is simply gorgeous.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:42 pm
And yeah, I got the title wrong. I had an idiot moment.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:42 pm
And yeah, I got the title wrong. I had an idiot moment.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:42 pm
And yeah, I got the title wrong. I had an idiot moment.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:42 pm
And yeah, I got the title wrong. I had an idiot moment.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:42 pm
And yeah, I got the title wrong. I had an idiot moment.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:42 pm
And yeah, I got the title wrong. I had an idiot moment.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:42 pm
And yeah, I got the title wrong. I had an idiot moment.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:42 pm
And yeah, I got the title wrong. I had an idiot moment.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:40 pm
I assume you’ve read it too ^_^
January 14th, 2005 at 10:40 pm
I assume you’ve read it too ^_^
January 14th, 2005 at 10:40 pm
I assume you’ve read it too ^_^
January 14th, 2005 at 10:40 pm
I assume you’ve read it too ^_^
January 14th, 2005 at 10:40 pm
I assume you’ve read it too ^_^
January 14th, 2005 at 10:40 pm
I assume you’ve read it too ^_^
January 14th, 2005 at 10:40 pm
I assume you’ve read it too ^_^
January 14th, 2005 at 10:40 pm
I assume you’ve read it too ^_^
January 14th, 2005 at 10:39 pm
Fascinating. I strongly dislike both of those novels, and tend to always think of one when I think of the other.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:39 pm
Fascinating. I strongly dislike both of those novels, and tend to always think of one when I think of the other.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:39 pm
Fascinating. I strongly dislike both of those novels, and tend to always think of one when I think of the other.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:39 pm
Fascinating. I strongly dislike both of those novels, and tend to always think of one when I think of the other.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:39 pm
Fascinating. I strongly dislike both of those novels, and tend to always think of one when I think of the other.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:39 pm
Fascinating. I strongly dislike both of those novels, and tend to always think of one when I think of the other.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:39 pm
Fascinating. I strongly dislike both of those novels, and tend to always think of one when I think of the other.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:39 pm
Fascinating. I strongly dislike both of those novels, and tend to always think of one when I think of the other.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:38 pm
LEAVES OF GRASS!!! LEAVES OF GRASS!!!!
January 14th, 2005 at 10:38 pm
LEAVES OF GRASS!!! LEAVES OF GRASS!!!!
January 14th, 2005 at 10:38 pm
LEAVES OF GRASS!!! LEAVES OF GRASS!!!!
January 14th, 2005 at 10:38 pm
LEAVES OF GRASS!!! LEAVES OF GRASS!!!!
January 14th, 2005 at 10:38 pm
LEAVES OF GRASS!!! LEAVES OF GRASS!!!!
January 14th, 2005 at 10:38 pm
LEAVES OF GRASS!!! LEAVES OF GRASS!!!!
January 14th, 2005 at 10:38 pm
LEAVES OF GRASS!!! LEAVES OF GRASS!!!!
January 14th, 2005 at 10:38 pm
LEAVES OF GRASS!!! LEAVES OF GRASS!!!!
January 14th, 2005 at 10:13 pm
Re: the first three which come to mind
We have a lot of those at my house, too!
January 14th, 2005 at 10:13 pm
Re: the first three which come to mind
We have a lot of those at my house, too!
January 14th, 2005 at 10:13 pm
Re: the first three which come to mind
We have a lot of those at my house, too!
January 14th, 2005 at 10:13 pm
Re: the first three which come to mind
We have a lot of those at my house, too!
January 14th, 2005 at 10:13 pm
Re: the first three which come to mind
We have a lot of those at my house, too!
January 14th, 2005 at 10:13 pm
Re: the first three which come to mind
We have a lot of those at my house, too!
January 14th, 2005 at 10:13 pm
Re: the first three which come to mind
We have a lot of those at my house, too!
January 14th, 2005 at 10:13 pm
Re: the first three which come to mind
We have a lot of those at my house, too!
January 14th, 2005 at 10:10 pm
Her books are great. I dont’ know if you’ve read Ellen Wittlinger (sp?), but she’s really good, too. Or Laurie Halse Anderson- she’s great.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:10 pm
Her books are great. I dont’ know if you’ve read Ellen Wittlinger (sp?), but she’s really good, too. Or Laurie Halse Anderson- she’s great.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:10 pm
Her books are great. I dont’ know if you’ve read Ellen Wittlinger (sp?), but she’s really good, too. Or Laurie Halse Anderson- she’s great.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:10 pm
Her books are great. I dont’ know if you’ve read Ellen Wittlinger (sp?), but she’s really good, too. Or Laurie Halse Anderson- she’s great.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:10 pm
Her books are great. I dont’ know if you’ve read Ellen Wittlinger (sp?), but she’s really good, too. Or Laurie Halse Anderson- she’s great.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:10 pm
Her books are great. I dont’ know if you’ve read Ellen Wittlinger (sp?), but she’s really good, too. Or Laurie Halse Anderson- she’s great.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:10 pm
Her books are great. I dont’ know if you’ve read Ellen Wittlinger (sp?), but she’s really good, too. Or Laurie Halse Anderson- she’s great.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:10 pm
Her books are great. I dont’ know if you’ve read Ellen Wittlinger (sp?), but she’s really good, too. Or Laurie Halse Anderson- she’s great.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:08 pm
One more addition
Blades of Grass by Walt Whitman
January 14th, 2005 at 10:08 pm
One more addition
Blades of Grass by Walt Whitman
January 14th, 2005 at 10:08 pm
One more addition
Blades of Grass by Walt Whitman
January 14th, 2005 at 10:08 pm
One more addition
Blades of Grass by Walt Whitman
January 14th, 2005 at 10:08 pm
One more addition
Blades of Grass by Walt Whitman
January 14th, 2005 at 10:08 pm
One more addition
Blades of Grass by Walt Whitman
January 14th, 2005 at 10:08 pm
One more addition
Blades of Grass by Walt Whitman
January 14th, 2005 at 10:08 pm
One more addition
Blades of Grass by Walt Whitman
January 14th, 2005 at 10:07 pm
booklist
Books read during high school and my twenties…
This Side of Paradise, Fitzgerald
Catcher in the Rye, Salinger
Deenie, Blume
Forever, Blume
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been, Oates
World According to Garp, Irving
Hotel New Hampshire, Irving
Teenage Wasteland (short story), Tyler
The Things They Carried, O’Brien
Anything by Plath & Sexton
Any erotica by Nin ( I made the mistake of getting one of her diaries for my mom for Christmas one year… oh my God…)
Trouser Press Guides
SPIN
The Chosen
et cetera… I miss reading so much. We’ve actually set aside a weekend this month specifically for reading. I can’t wait…
January 14th, 2005 at 10:07 pm
booklist
Books read during high school and my twenties…
This Side of Paradise, Fitzgerald
Catcher in the Rye, Salinger
Deenie, Blume
Forever, Blume
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been, Oates
World According to Garp, Irving
Hotel New Hampshire, Irving
Teenage Wasteland (short story), Tyler
The Things They Carried, O’Brien
Anything by Plath & Sexton
Any erotica by Nin ( I made the mistake of getting one of her diaries for my mom for Christmas one year… oh my God…)
Trouser Press Guides
SPIN
The Chosen
et cetera… I miss reading so much. We’ve actually set aside a weekend this month specifically for reading. I can’t wait…
January 14th, 2005 at 10:07 pm
booklist
Books read during high school and my twenties…
This Side of Paradise, Fitzgerald
Catcher in the Rye, Salinger
Deenie, Blume
Forever, Blume
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been, Oates
World According to Garp, Irving
Hotel New Hampshire, Irving
Teenage Wasteland (short story), Tyler
The Things They Carried, O’Brien
Anything by Plath & Sexton
Any erotica by Nin ( I made the mistake of getting one of her diaries for my mom for Christmas one year… oh my God…)
Trouser Press Guides
SPIN
The Chosen
et cetera… I miss reading so much. We’ve actually set aside a weekend this month specifically for reading. I can’t wait…
January 14th, 2005 at 10:07 pm
booklist
Books read during high school and my twenties…
This Side of Paradise, Fitzgerald
Catcher in the Rye, Salinger
Deenie, Blume
Forever, Blume
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been, Oates
World According to Garp, Irving
Hotel New Hampshire, Irving
Teenage Wasteland (short story), Tyler
The Things They Carried, O’Brien
Anything by Plath & Sexton
Any erotica by Nin ( I made the mistake of getting one of her diaries for my mom for Christmas one year… oh my God…)
Trouser Press Guides
SPIN
The Chosen
et cetera… I miss reading so much. We’ve actually set aside a weekend this month specifically for reading. I can’t wait…
January 14th, 2005 at 10:07 pm
booklist
Books read during high school and my twenties…
This Side of Paradise, Fitzgerald
Catcher in the Rye, Salinger
Deenie, Blume
Forever, Blume
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been, Oates
World According to Garp, Irving
Hotel New Hampshire, Irving
Teenage Wasteland (short story), Tyler
The Things They Carried, O’Brien
Anything by Plath & Sexton
Any erotica by Nin ( I made the mistake of getting one of her diaries for my mom for Christmas one year… oh my God…)
Trouser Press Guides
SPIN
The Chosen
et cetera… I miss reading so much. We’ve actually set aside a weekend this month specifically for reading. I can’t wait…
January 14th, 2005 at 10:07 pm
booklist
Books read during high school and my twenties…
This Side of Paradise, Fitzgerald
Catcher in the Rye, Salinger
Deenie, Blume
Forever, Blume
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been, Oates
World According to Garp, Irving
Hotel New Hampshire, Irving
Teenage Wasteland (short story), Tyler
The Things They Carried, O’Brien
Anything by Plath & Sexton
Any erotica by Nin ( I made the mistake of getting one of her diaries for my mom for Christmas one year… oh my God…)
Trouser Press Guides
SPIN
The Chosen
et cetera… I miss reading so much. We’ve actually set aside a weekend this month specifically for reading. I can’t wait…
January 14th, 2005 at 10:07 pm
booklist
Books read during high school and my twenties…
This Side of Paradise, Fitzgerald
Catcher in the Rye, Salinger
Deenie, Blume
Forever, Blume
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been, Oates
World According to Garp, Irving
Hotel New Hampshire, Irving
Teenage Wasteland (short story), Tyler
The Things They Carried, O’Brien
Anything by Plath & Sexton
Any erotica by Nin ( I made the mistake of getting one of her diaries for my mom for Christmas one year… oh my God…)
Trouser Press Guides
SPIN
The Chosen
et cetera… I miss reading so much. We’ve actually set aside a weekend this month specifically for reading. I can’t wait…
January 14th, 2005 at 10:07 pm
booklist
Books read during high school and my twenties…
This Side of Paradise, Fitzgerald
Catcher in the Rye, Salinger
Deenie, Blume
Forever, Blume
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been, Oates
World According to Garp, Irving
Hotel New Hampshire, Irving
Teenage Wasteland (short story), Tyler
The Things They Carried, O’Brien
Anything by Plath & Sexton
Any erotica by Nin ( I made the mistake of getting one of her diaries for my mom for Christmas one year… oh my God…)
Trouser Press Guides
SPIN
The Chosen
et cetera… I miss reading so much. We’ve actually set aside a weekend this month specifically for reading. I can’t wait…
January 14th, 2005 at 10:06 pm
Only one of those is fantasy. The other is a memoir.
I’m a memoir whore. I own so many of them >_>
Oh, addition to the list? Portrait of a walrus by a young author by Laurie Foos.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:06 pm
Only one of those is fantasy. The other is a memoir.
I’m a memoir whore. I own so many of them >_>
Oh, addition to the list? Portrait of a walrus by a young author by Laurie Foos.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:06 pm
Only one of those is fantasy. The other is a memoir.
I’m a memoir whore. I own so many of them >_>
Oh, addition to the list? Portrait of a walrus by a young author by Laurie Foos.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:06 pm
Only one of those is fantasy. The other is a memoir.
I’m a memoir whore. I own so many of them >_>
Oh, addition to the list? Portrait of a walrus by a young author by Laurie Foos.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:06 pm
Only one of those is fantasy. The other is a memoir.
I’m a memoir whore. I own so many of them >_>
Oh, addition to the list? Portrait of a walrus by a young author by Laurie Foos.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:06 pm
Only one of those is fantasy. The other is a memoir.
I’m a memoir whore. I own so many of them >_>
Oh, addition to the list? Portrait of a walrus by a young author by Laurie Foos.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:06 pm
Only one of those is fantasy. The other is a memoir.
I’m a memoir whore. I own so many of them >_>
Oh, addition to the list? Portrait of a walrus by a young author by Laurie Foos.
January 14th, 2005 at 10:06 pm
Only one of those is fantasy. The other is a memoir.
I’m a memoir whore. I own so many of them >_>
Oh, addition to the list? Portrait of a walrus by a young author by Laurie Foos.
January 14th, 2005 at 9:09 pm
God, I don’t know half the books on people’s lists. These don’t even ring a bell.
I read so little SF and Fantasy. No taste for it…
January 14th, 2005 at 9:09 pm
God, I don’t know half the books on people’s lists. These don’t even ring a bell.
I read so little SF and Fantasy. No taste for it…
January 14th, 2005 at 9:09 pm
God, I don’t know half the books on people’s lists. These don’t even ring a bell.
I read so little SF and Fantasy. No taste for it…
January 14th, 2005 at 9:09 pm
God, I don’t know half the books on people’s lists. These don’t even ring a bell.
I read so little SF and Fantasy. No taste for it…
January 14th, 2005 at 9:09 pm
God, I don’t know half the books on people’s lists. These don’t even ring a bell.
I read so little SF and Fantasy. No taste for it…
January 14th, 2005 at 9:09 pm
God, I don’t know half the books on people’s lists. These don’t even ring a bell.
I read so little SF and Fantasy. No taste for it…
January 14th, 2005 at 9:09 pm
God, I don’t know half the books on people’s lists. These don’t even ring a bell.
I read so little SF and Fantasy. No taste for it…
January 14th, 2005 at 9:09 pm
God, I don’t know half the books on people’s lists. These don’t even ring a bell.
I read so little SF and Fantasy. No taste for it…
January 14th, 2005 at 9:07 pm
Winter of Fire by Sherryl Jordan
Dry by Augusten Burroughs
January 14th, 2005 at 9:07 pm
Winter of Fire by Sherryl Jordan
Dry by Augusten Burroughs
January 14th, 2005 at 9:07 pm
Winter of Fire by Sherryl Jordan
Dry by Augusten Burroughs
January 14th, 2005 at 9:07 pm
Winter of Fire by Sherryl Jordan
Dry by Augusten Burroughs
January 14th, 2005 at 9:07 pm
Winter of Fire by Sherryl Jordan
Dry by Augusten Burroughs
January 14th, 2005 at 9:07 pm
Winter of Fire by Sherryl Jordan
Dry by Augusten Burroughs
January 14th, 2005 at 9:07 pm
Winter of Fire by Sherryl Jordan
Dry by Augusten Burroughs
January 14th, 2005 at 9:07 pm
Winter of Fire by Sherryl Jordan
Dry by Augusten Burroughs
January 14th, 2005 at 8:55 pm
the mighty New York City kid triumvirate.
Down These Mean Streets-Piri Thomas. i met him a couple of years ago. i brought my yellowed copy of it to a Living Word reading so he could inscribe it for me.
The Basketball Diaries-Jim Carroll. i’ve never seen the movie. i refuse to.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn-Betty Smith. although by no means was my life a struggle in this sense, i could really relate to Francie.
other favorites: Walden-Henry David Thoreau, The Andromeda Strain-Michael Crichton (both of these were obsessions for a while).
January 14th, 2005 at 8:55 pm
the mighty New York City kid triumvirate.
Down These Mean Streets-Piri Thomas. i met him a couple of years ago. i brought my yellowed copy of it to a Living Word reading so he could inscribe it for me.
The Basketball Diaries-Jim Carroll. i’ve never seen the movie. i refuse to.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn-Betty Smith. although by no means was my life a struggle in this sense, i could really relate to Francie.
other favorites: Walden-Henry David Thoreau, The Andromeda Strain-Michael Crichton (both of these were obsessions for a while).
January 14th, 2005 at 8:55 pm
the mighty New York City kid triumvirate.
Down These Mean Streets-Piri Thomas. i met him a couple of years ago. i brought my yellowed copy of it to a Living Word reading so he could inscribe it for me.
The Basketball Diaries-Jim Carroll. i’ve never seen the movie. i refuse to.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn-Betty Smith. although by no means was my life a struggle in this sense, i could really relate to Francie.
other favorites: Walden-Henry David Thoreau, The Andromeda Strain-Michael Crichton (both of these were obsessions for a while).
January 14th, 2005 at 8:55 pm
the mighty New York City kid triumvirate.
Down These Mean Streets-Piri Thomas. i met him a couple of years ago. i brought my yellowed copy of it to a Living Word reading so he could inscribe it for me.
The Basketball Diaries-Jim Carroll. i’ve never seen the movie. i refuse to.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn-Betty Smith. although by no means was my life a struggle in this sense, i could really relate to Francie.
other favorites: Walden-Henry David Thoreau, The Andromeda Strain-Michael Crichton (both of these were obsessions for a while).
January 14th, 2005 at 8:55 pm
the mighty New York City kid triumvirate.
Down These Mean Streets-Piri Thomas. i met him a couple of years ago. i brought my yellowed copy of it to a Living Word reading so he could inscribe it for me.
The Basketball Diaries-Jim Carroll. i’ve never seen the movie. i refuse to.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn-Betty Smith. although by no means was my life a struggle in this sense, i could really relate to Francie.
other favorites: Walden-Henry David Thoreau, The Andromeda Strain-Michael Crichton (both of these were obsessions for a while).
January 14th, 2005 at 8:55 pm
the mighty New York City kid triumvirate.
Down These Mean Streets-Piri Thomas. i met him a couple of years ago. i brought my yellowed copy of it to a Living Word reading so he could inscribe it for me.
The Basketball Diaries-Jim Carroll. i’ve never seen the movie. i refuse to.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn-Betty Smith. although by no means was my life a struggle in this sense, i could really relate to Francie.
other favorites: Walden-Henry David Thoreau, The Andromeda Strain-Michael Crichton (both of these were obsessions for a while).
January 14th, 2005 at 8:55 pm
the mighty New York City kid triumvirate.
Down These Mean Streets-Piri Thomas. i met him a couple of years ago. i brought my yellowed copy of it to a Living Word reading so he could inscribe it for me.
The Basketball Diaries-Jim Carroll. i’ve never seen the movie. i refuse to.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn-Betty Smith. although by no means was my life a struggle in this sense, i could really relate to Francie.
other favorites: Walden-Henry David Thoreau, The Andromeda Strain-Michael Crichton (both of these were obsessions for a while).
January 14th, 2005 at 8:55 pm
the mighty New York City kid triumvirate.
Down These Mean Streets-Piri Thomas. i met him a couple of years ago. i brought my yellowed copy of it to a Living Word reading so he could inscribe it for me.
The Basketball Diaries-Jim Carroll. i’ve never seen the movie. i refuse to.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn-Betty Smith. although by no means was my life a struggle in this sense, i could really relate to Francie.
other favorites: Walden-Henry David Thoreau, The Andromeda Strain-Michael Crichton (both of these were obsessions for a while).
January 14th, 2005 at 8:48 pm
Re: The Good Earth
I forgot that one! Good one.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:48 pm
Re: The Good Earth
I forgot that one! Good one.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:48 pm
Re: The Good Earth
I forgot that one! Good one.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:48 pm
Re: The Good Earth
I forgot that one! Good one.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:48 pm
Re: The Good Earth
I forgot that one! Good one.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:48 pm
Re: The Good Earth
I forgot that one! Good one.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:48 pm
Re: The Good Earth
I forgot that one! Good one.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:48 pm
Re: The Good Earth
I forgot that one! Good one.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:47 pm
my list
I remember these: (early teens) Nancy Drew, the Little House on the Prairie series, Little Women, (later teens) Kurt Vonnegut, Salinger, Plath, Up the Down Staircase, Le Petit Prince, Soul on Ice, Autobiography of Malcolm X, Manchild in a Promised Land (I had a high school English teacher who marched with Martin Luther King – he got me on a kick). I also remember reading Anais Nin and Henry Miller. And Collette. I tried like hell to read James Joyce during high school without much success. Oh yeah, drug books like The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, Electric Acid Kool-Aid Test, Carlos Castaneda books. By the time I was twenty, I’d read and re-read all of Kerouac’s books. And Alan Watts.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:47 pm
my list
I remember these: (early teens) Nancy Drew, the Little House on the Prairie series, Little Women, (later teens) Kurt Vonnegut, Salinger, Plath, Up the Down Staircase, Le Petit Prince, Soul on Ice, Autobiography of Malcolm X, Manchild in a Promised Land (I had a high school English teacher who marched with Martin Luther King – he got me on a kick). I also remember reading Anais Nin and Henry Miller. And Collette. I tried like hell to read James Joyce during high school without much success. Oh yeah, drug books like The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, Electric Acid Kool-Aid Test, Carlos Castaneda books. By the time I was twenty, I’d read and re-read all of Kerouac’s books. And Alan Watts.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:47 pm
my list
I remember these: (early teens) Nancy Drew, the Little House on the Prairie series, Little Women, (later teens) Kurt Vonnegut, Salinger, Plath, Up the Down Staircase, Le Petit Prince, Soul on Ice, Autobiography of Malcolm X, Manchild in a Promised Land (I had a high school English teacher who marched with Martin Luther King – he got me on a kick). I also remember reading Anais Nin and Henry Miller. And Collette. I tried like hell to read James Joyce during high school without much success. Oh yeah, drug books like The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, Electric Acid Kool-Aid Test, Carlos Castaneda books. By the time I was twenty, I’d read and re-read all of Kerouac’s books. And Alan Watts.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:47 pm
my list
I remember these: (early teens) Nancy Drew, the Little House on the Prairie series, Little Women, (later teens) Kurt Vonnegut, Salinger, Plath, Up the Down Staircase, Le Petit Prince, Soul on Ice, Autobiography of Malcolm X, Manchild in a Promised Land (I had a high school English teacher who marched with Martin Luther King – he got me on a kick). I also remember reading Anais Nin and Henry Miller. And Collette. I tried like hell to read James Joyce during high school without much success. Oh yeah, drug books like The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, Electric Acid Kool-Aid Test, Carlos Castaneda books. By the time I was twenty, I’d read and re-read all of Kerouac’s books. And Alan Watts.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:47 pm
my list
I remember these: (early teens) Nancy Drew, the Little House on the Prairie series, Little Women, (later teens) Kurt Vonnegut, Salinger, Plath, Up the Down Staircase, Le Petit Prince, Soul on Ice, Autobiography of Malcolm X, Manchild in a Promised Land (I had a high school English teacher who marched with Martin Luther King – he got me on a kick). I also remember reading Anais Nin and Henry Miller. And Collette. I tried like hell to read James Joyce during high school without much success. Oh yeah, drug books like The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, Electric Acid Kool-Aid Test, Carlos Castaneda books. By the time I was twenty, I’d read and re-read all of Kerouac’s books. And Alan Watts.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:47 pm
my list
I remember these: (early teens) Nancy Drew, the Little House on the Prairie series, Little Women, (later teens) Kurt Vonnegut, Salinger, Plath, Up the Down Staircase, Le Petit Prince, Soul on Ice, Autobiography of Malcolm X, Manchild in a Promised Land (I had a high school English teacher who marched with Martin Luther King – he got me on a kick). I also remember reading Anais Nin and Henry Miller. And Collette. I tried like hell to read James Joyce during high school without much success. Oh yeah, drug books like The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, Electric Acid Kool-Aid Test, Carlos Castaneda books. By the time I was twenty, I’d read and re-read all of Kerouac’s books. And Alan Watts.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:47 pm
my list
I remember these: (early teens) Nancy Drew, the Little House on the Prairie series, Little Women, (later teens) Kurt Vonnegut, Salinger, Plath, Up the Down Staircase, Le Petit Prince, Soul on Ice, Autobiography of Malcolm X, Manchild in a Promised Land (I had a high school English teacher who marched with Martin Luther King – he got me on a kick). I also remember reading Anais Nin and Henry Miller. And Collette. I tried like hell to read James Joyce during high school without much success. Oh yeah, drug books like The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, Electric Acid Kool-Aid Test, Carlos Castaneda books. By the time I was twenty, I’d read and re-read all of Kerouac’s books. And Alan Watts.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:47 pm
my list
I remember these: (early teens) Nancy Drew, the Little House on the Prairie series, Little Women, (later teens) Kurt Vonnegut, Salinger, Plath, Up the Down Staircase, Le Petit Prince, Soul on Ice, Autobiography of Malcolm X, Manchild in a Promised Land (I had a high school English teacher who marched with Martin Luther King – he got me on a kick). I also remember reading Anais Nin and Henry Miller. And Collette. I tried like hell to read James Joyce during high school without much success. Oh yeah, drug books like The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, Electric Acid Kool-Aid Test, Carlos Castaneda books. By the time I was twenty, I’d read and re-read all of Kerouac’s books. And Alan Watts.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:47 pm
soul on ice
I just posted the same! i’ll post my answer here too…
January 14th, 2005 at 8:47 pm
soul on ice
I just posted the same! i’ll post my answer here too…
January 14th, 2005 at 8:47 pm
soul on ice
I just posted the same! i’ll post my answer here too…
January 14th, 2005 at 8:47 pm
soul on ice
I just posted the same! i’ll post my answer here too…
January 14th, 2005 at 8:47 pm
soul on ice
I just posted the same! i’ll post my answer here too…
January 14th, 2005 at 8:47 pm
soul on ice
I just posted the same! i’ll post my answer here too…
January 14th, 2005 at 8:47 pm
soul on ice
I just posted the same! i’ll post my answer here too…
January 14th, 2005 at 8:47 pm
soul on ice
I just posted the same! i’ll post my answer here too…
January 14th, 2005 at 8:44 pm
“The Things They Carried” is a great book.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:44 pm
“The Things They Carried” is a great book.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:44 pm
“The Things They Carried” is a great book.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:44 pm
“The Things They Carried” is a great book.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:44 pm
“The Things They Carried” is a great book.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:44 pm
“The Things They Carried” is a great book.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:44 pm
“The Things They Carried” is a great book.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:44 pm
“The Things They Carried” is a great book.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:42 pm
When I was thirteen years old I read all of Francesca Lia Block’s books, and they helped me deal with some of the depression and confusion I was facing for sure. From Weetzie Bat to Missing Angel Juan to Primavera, they helped me escape winter in Chicago, kids harassing me at school and not knowing how to talk to my parents. They’re still okay, but obviously I needed a huge escape, because the books are totally fantasy and wonderland and I wouldn’t really read them today.
In high school I read a lot of poetry by Mariadessa Ekere Tallie, which helped me for some reason. I also loved The Things They Carried, which is weird, because I’m not a big war person.
Since I just turned 20 this year, the books I read last year that didn’t really changed my life so much as my perceptions were Confessions by Augustine and Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:42 pm
When I was thirteen years old I read all of Francesca Lia Block’s books, and they helped me deal with some of the depression and confusion I was facing for sure. From Weetzie Bat to Missing Angel Juan to Primavera, they helped me escape winter in Chicago, kids harassing me at school and not knowing how to talk to my parents. They’re still okay, but obviously I needed a huge escape, because the books are totally fantasy and wonderland and I wouldn’t really read them today.
In high school I read a lot of poetry by Mariadessa Ekere Tallie, which helped me for some reason. I also loved The Things They Carried, which is weird, because I’m not a big war person.
Since I just turned 20 this year, the books I read last year that didn’t really changed my life so much as my perceptions were Confessions by Augustine and Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:42 pm
When I was thirteen years old I read all of Francesca Lia Block’s books, and they helped me deal with some of the depression and confusion I was facing for sure. From Weetzie Bat to Missing Angel Juan to Primavera, they helped me escape winter in Chicago, kids harassing me at school and not knowing how to talk to my parents. They’re still okay, but obviously I needed a huge escape, because the books are totally fantasy and wonderland and I wouldn’t really read them today.
In high school I read a lot of poetry by Mariadessa Ekere Tallie, which helped me for some reason. I also loved The Things They Carried, which is weird, because I’m not a big war person.
Since I just turned 20 this year, the books I read last year that didn’t really changed my life so much as my perceptions were Confessions by Augustine and Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:42 pm
When I was thirteen years old I read all of Francesca Lia Block’s books, and they helped me deal with some of the depression and confusion I was facing for sure. From Weetzie Bat to Missing Angel Juan to Primavera, they helped me escape winter in Chicago, kids harassing me at school and not knowing how to talk to my parents. They’re still okay, but obviously I needed a huge escape, because the books are totally fantasy and wonderland and I wouldn’t really read them today.
In high school I read a lot of poetry by Mariadessa Ekere Tallie, which helped me for some reason. I also loved The Things They Carried, which is weird, because I’m not a big war person.
Since I just turned 20 this year, the books I read last year that didn’t really changed my life so much as my perceptions were Confessions by Augustine and Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:42 pm
When I was thirteen years old I read all of Francesca Lia Block’s books, and they helped me deal with some of the depression and confusion I was facing for sure. From Weetzie Bat to Missing Angel Juan to Primavera, they helped me escape winter in Chicago, kids harassing me at school and not knowing how to talk to my parents. They’re still okay, but obviously I needed a huge escape, because the books are totally fantasy and wonderland and I wouldn’t really read them today.
In high school I read a lot of poetry by Mariadessa Ekere Tallie, which helped me for some reason. I also loved The Things They Carried, which is weird, because I’m not a big war person.
Since I just turned 20 this year, the books I read last year that didn’t really changed my life so much as my perceptions were Confessions by Augustine and Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:42 pm
When I was thirteen years old I read all of Francesca Lia Block’s books, and they helped me deal with some of the depression and confusion I was facing for sure. From Weetzie Bat to Missing Angel Juan to Primavera, they helped me escape winter in Chicago, kids harassing me at school and not knowing how to talk to my parents. They’re still okay, but obviously I needed a huge escape, because the books are totally fantasy and wonderland and I wouldn’t really read them today.
In high school I read a lot of poetry by Mariadessa Ekere Tallie, which helped me for some reason. I also loved The Things They Carried, which is weird, because I’m not a big war person.
Since I just turned 20 this year, the books I read last year that didn’t really changed my life so much as my perceptions were Confessions by Augustine and Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:42 pm
When I was thirteen years old I read all of Francesca Lia Block’s books, and they helped me deal with some of the depression and confusion I was facing for sure. From Weetzie Bat to Missing Angel Juan to Primavera, they helped me escape winter in Chicago, kids harassing me at school and not knowing how to talk to my parents. They’re still okay, but obviously I needed a huge escape, because the books are totally fantasy and wonderland and I wouldn’t really read them today.
In high school I read a lot of poetry by Mariadessa Ekere Tallie, which helped me for some reason. I also loved The Things They Carried, which is weird, because I’m not a big war person.
Since I just turned 20 this year, the books I read last year that didn’t really changed my life so much as my perceptions were Confessions by Augustine and Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:42 pm
When I was thirteen years old I read all of Francesca Lia Block’s books, and they helped me deal with some of the depression and confusion I was facing for sure. From Weetzie Bat to Missing Angel Juan to Primavera, they helped me escape winter in Chicago, kids harassing me at school and not knowing how to talk to my parents. They’re still okay, but obviously I needed a huge escape, because the books are totally fantasy and wonderland and I wouldn’t really read them today.
In high school I read a lot of poetry by Mariadessa Ekere Tallie, which helped me for some reason. I also loved The Things They Carried, which is weird, because I’m not a big war person.
Since I just turned 20 this year, the books I read last year that didn’t really changed my life so much as my perceptions were Confessions by Augustine and Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:37 pm
Re: the first three which come to mind
“Trout Fishing in America.” Wow.
I have a damn near complete set of Brautigan in paperback…with those goofy photos of him and his various girlfriends on the covers.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:37 pm
Re: the first three which come to mind
“Trout Fishing in America.” Wow.
I have a damn near complete set of Brautigan in paperback…with those goofy photos of him and his various girlfriends on the covers.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:37 pm
Re: the first three which come to mind
“Trout Fishing in America.” Wow.
I have a damn near complete set of Brautigan in paperback…with those goofy photos of him and his various girlfriends on the covers.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:37 pm
Re: the first three which come to mind
“Trout Fishing in America.” Wow.
I have a damn near complete set of Brautigan in paperback…with those goofy photos of him and his various girlfriends on the covers.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:37 pm
Re: the first three which come to mind
“Trout Fishing in America.” Wow.
I have a damn near complete set of Brautigan in paperback…with those goofy photos of him and his various girlfriends on the covers.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:37 pm
Re: the first three which come to mind
“Trout Fishing in America.” Wow.
I have a damn near complete set of Brautigan in paperback…with those goofy photos of him and his various girlfriends on the covers.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:37 pm
Re: the first three which come to mind
“Trout Fishing in America.” Wow.
I have a damn near complete set of Brautigan in paperback…with those goofy photos of him and his various girlfriends on the covers.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:37 pm
Re: the first three which come to mind
“Trout Fishing in America.” Wow.
I have a damn near complete set of Brautigan in paperback…with those goofy photos of him and his various girlfriends on the covers.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:31 pm
the first three which come to mind
breakfast of champions/kurt vonnegut
trout fishing in america/richard brautigan
east of eden/john steinbeck
high school. those were the days. read, mow the lawn, read, take out the trash, read, dry the dishes, read, clean the garage.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:31 pm
the first three which come to mind
breakfast of champions/kurt vonnegut
trout fishing in america/richard brautigan
east of eden/john steinbeck
high school. those were the days. read, mow the lawn, read, take out the trash, read, dry the dishes, read, clean the garage.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:31 pm
the first three which come to mind
breakfast of champions/kurt vonnegut
trout fishing in america/richard brautigan
east of eden/john steinbeck
high school. those were the days. read, mow the lawn, read, take out the trash, read, dry the dishes, read, clean the garage.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:31 pm
the first three which come to mind
breakfast of champions/kurt vonnegut
trout fishing in america/richard brautigan
east of eden/john steinbeck
high school. those were the days. read, mow the lawn, read, take out the trash, read, dry the dishes, read, clean the garage.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:31 pm
the first three which come to mind
breakfast of champions/kurt vonnegut
trout fishing in america/richard brautigan
east of eden/john steinbeck
high school. those were the days. read, mow the lawn, read, take out the trash, read, dry the dishes, read, clean the garage.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:31 pm
the first three which come to mind
breakfast of champions/kurt vonnegut
trout fishing in america/richard brautigan
east of eden/john steinbeck
high school. those were the days. read, mow the lawn, read, take out the trash, read, dry the dishes, read, clean the garage.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:31 pm
the first three which come to mind
breakfast of champions/kurt vonnegut
trout fishing in america/richard brautigan
east of eden/john steinbeck
high school. those were the days. read, mow the lawn, read, take out the trash, read, dry the dishes, read, clean the garage.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:31 pm
the first three which come to mind
breakfast of champions/kurt vonnegut
trout fishing in america/richard brautigan
east of eden/john steinbeck
high school. those were the days. read, mow the lawn, read, take out the trash, read, dry the dishes, read, clean the garage.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:11 pm
Re: The Good Earth
Another great one. That protracted death from cancer — what was the phrase she kept repeating?
January 14th, 2005 at 8:11 pm
Re: The Good Earth
Another great one. That protracted death from cancer — what was the phrase she kept repeating?
January 14th, 2005 at 8:11 pm
Re: The Good Earth
Another great one. That protracted death from cancer — what was the phrase she kept repeating?
January 14th, 2005 at 8:11 pm
Re: The Good Earth
Another great one. That protracted death from cancer — what was the phrase she kept repeating?
January 14th, 2005 at 8:11 pm
Re: The Good Earth
Another great one. That protracted death from cancer — what was the phrase she kept repeating?
January 14th, 2005 at 8:11 pm
Re: The Good Earth
Another great one. That protracted death from cancer — what was the phrase she kept repeating?
January 14th, 2005 at 8:11 pm
Re: The Good Earth
Another great one. That protracted death from cancer — what was the phrase she kept repeating?
January 14th, 2005 at 8:11 pm
Re: The Good Earth
Another great one. That protracted death from cancer — what was the phrase she kept repeating?
January 14th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck. It’s still one of my favorites. The message I got from it was a different definition of beauty.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck. It’s still one of my favorites. The message I got from it was a different definition of beauty.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck. It’s still one of my favorites. The message I got from it was a different definition of beauty.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck. It’s still one of my favorites. The message I got from it was a different definition of beauty.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck. It’s still one of my favorites. The message I got from it was a different definition of beauty.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck. It’s still one of my favorites. The message I got from it was a different definition of beauty.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck. It’s still one of my favorites. The message I got from it was a different definition of beauty.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck. It’s still one of my favorites. The message I got from it was a different definition of beauty.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
I loved Jane Eyre; also, Wuthering Heights. A lot.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
I loved Jane Eyre; also, Wuthering Heights. A lot.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
I loved Jane Eyre; also, Wuthering Heights. A lot.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
I loved Jane Eyre; also, Wuthering Heights. A lot.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
I loved Jane Eyre; also, Wuthering Heights. A lot.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
I loved Jane Eyre; also, Wuthering Heights. A lot.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
I loved Jane Eyre; also, Wuthering Heights. A lot.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
I loved Jane Eyre; also, Wuthering Heights. A lot.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:08 pm
seriously? jane eyre. my juinor and senior English teacher (so ages 15 and 16) gave me a copy to read because i finished exams too fast, and it’s still my favourite book, although for some reason i can’t find that exact copy anymore (shitty Penguin paperback with school number markered on the top) and it’s breaking my heart.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:08 pm
seriously? jane eyre. my juinor and senior English teacher (so ages 15 and 16) gave me a copy to read because i finished exams too fast, and it’s still my favourite book, although for some reason i can’t find that exact copy anymore (shitty Penguin paperback with school number markered on the top) and it’s breaking my heart.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:08 pm
seriously? jane eyre. my juinor and senior English teacher (so ages 15 and 16) gave me a copy to read because i finished exams too fast, and it’s still my favourite book, although for some reason i can’t find that exact copy anymore (shitty Penguin paperback with school number markered on the top) and it’s breaking my heart.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:08 pm
seriously? jane eyre. my juinor and senior English teacher (so ages 15 and 16) gave me a copy to read because i finished exams too fast, and it’s still my favourite book, although for some reason i can’t find that exact copy anymore (shitty Penguin paperback with school number markered on the top) and it’s breaking my heart.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:08 pm
seriously? jane eyre. my juinor and senior English teacher (so ages 15 and 16) gave me a copy to read because i finished exams too fast, and it’s still my favourite book, although for some reason i can’t find that exact copy anymore (shitty Penguin paperback with school number markered on the top) and it’s breaking my heart.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:08 pm
seriously? jane eyre. my juinor and senior English teacher (so ages 15 and 16) gave me a copy to read because i finished exams too fast, and it’s still my favourite book, although for some reason i can’t find that exact copy anymore (shitty Penguin paperback with school number markered on the top) and it’s breaking my heart.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:08 pm
seriously? jane eyre. my juinor and senior English teacher (so ages 15 and 16) gave me a copy to read because i finished exams too fast, and it’s still my favourite book, although for some reason i can’t find that exact copy anymore (shitty Penguin paperback with school number markered on the top) and it’s breaking my heart.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:08 pm
seriously? jane eyre. my juinor and senior English teacher (so ages 15 and 16) gave me a copy to read because i finished exams too fast, and it’s still my favourite book, although for some reason i can’t find that exact copy anymore (shitty Penguin paperback with school number markered on the top) and it’s breaking my heart.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:06 pm
Re: importing my comment from there to here, salinger
so funny and sad and angry and smart all at the same time! no shocker that john irving was one of kurt vonnegut’s students.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:06 pm
Re: importing my comment from there to here, salinger
so funny and sad and angry and smart all at the same time! no shocker that john irving was one of kurt vonnegut’s students.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:06 pm
Re: importing my comment from there to here, salinger
so funny and sad and angry and smart all at the same time! no shocker that john irving was one of kurt vonnegut’s students.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:06 pm
Re: importing my comment from there to here, salinger
so funny and sad and angry and smart all at the same time! no shocker that john irving was one of kurt vonnegut’s students.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:06 pm
Re: importing my comment from there to here, salinger
so funny and sad and angry and smart all at the same time! no shocker that john irving was one of kurt vonnegut’s students.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:06 pm
Re: importing my comment from there to here, salinger
so funny and sad and angry and smart all at the same time! no shocker that john irving was one of kurt vonnegut’s students.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:06 pm
Re: importing my comment from there to here, salinger
so funny and sad and angry and smart all at the same time! no shocker that john irving was one of kurt vonnegut’s students.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:06 pm
Re: importing my comment from there to here, salinger
so funny and sad and angry and smart all at the same time! no shocker that john irving was one of kurt vonnegut’s students.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:03 pm
My parents encouraged me to read and go to the library as a child, so I was reading stuff like Roots when I was 8. But as we got older, reading suddenly became unimportant unless it was the bible or The Watchtower. I didn’t start reading for *real* until my early 20’s.
I did, however, read Woody Allen’s Without Feathers outloud to my friend Rachel after school. I don’t really need to say how that affected me.
Oh, and, of course, The Hitchikers Guide.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:03 pm
My parents encouraged me to read and go to the library as a child, so I was reading stuff like Roots when I was 8. But as we got older, reading suddenly became unimportant unless it was the bible or The Watchtower. I didn’t start reading for *real* until my early 20’s.
I did, however, read Woody Allen’s Without Feathers outloud to my friend Rachel after school. I don’t really need to say how that affected me.
Oh, and, of course, The Hitchikers Guide.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:03 pm
My parents encouraged me to read and go to the library as a child, so I was reading stuff like Roots when I was 8. But as we got older, reading suddenly became unimportant unless it was the bible or The Watchtower. I didn’t start reading for *real* until my early 20’s.
I did, however, read Woody Allen’s Without Feathers outloud to my friend Rachel after school. I don’t really need to say how that affected me.
Oh, and, of course, The Hitchikers Guide.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:03 pm
My parents encouraged me to read and go to the library as a child, so I was reading stuff like Roots when I was 8. But as we got older, reading suddenly became unimportant unless it was the bible or The Watchtower. I didn’t start reading for *real* until my early 20’s.
I did, however, read Woody Allen’s Without Feathers outloud to my friend Rachel after school. I don’t really need to say how that affected me.
Oh, and, of course, The Hitchikers Guide.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:03 pm
My parents encouraged me to read and go to the library as a child, so I was reading stuff like Roots when I was 8. But as we got older, reading suddenly became unimportant unless it was the bible or The Watchtower. I didn’t start reading for *real* until my early 20’s.
I did, however, read Woody Allen’s Without Feathers outloud to my friend Rachel after school. I don’t really need to say how that affected me.
Oh, and, of course, The Hitchikers Guide.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:03 pm
My parents encouraged me to read and go to the library as a child, so I was reading stuff like Roots when I was 8. But as we got older, reading suddenly became unimportant unless it was the bible or The Watchtower. I didn’t start reading for *real* until my early 20’s.
I did, however, read Woody Allen’s Without Feathers outloud to my friend Rachel after school. I don’t really need to say how that affected me.
Oh, and, of course, The Hitchikers Guide.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:03 pm
My parents encouraged me to read and go to the library as a child, so I was reading stuff like Roots when I was 8. But as we got older, reading suddenly became unimportant unless it was the bible or The Watchtower. I didn’t start reading for *real* until my early 20’s.
I did, however, read Woody Allen’s Without Feathers outloud to my friend Rachel after school. I don’t really need to say how that affected me.
Oh, and, of course, The Hitchikers Guide.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:03 pm
My parents encouraged me to read and go to the library as a child, so I was reading stuff like Roots when I was 8. But as we got older, reading suddenly became unimportant unless it was the bible or The Watchtower. I didn’t start reading for *real* until my early 20’s.
I did, however, read Woody Allen’s Without Feathers outloud to my friend Rachel after school. I don’t really need to say how that affected me.
Oh, and, of course, The Hitchikers Guide.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:02 pm
Re: importing my comment from there to here, salinger
love Love LOVE Garp.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:02 pm
Re: importing my comment from there to here, salinger
love Love LOVE Garp.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:02 pm
Re: importing my comment from there to here, salinger
love Love LOVE Garp.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:02 pm
Re: importing my comment from there to here, salinger
love Love LOVE Garp.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:02 pm
Re: importing my comment from there to here, salinger
love Love LOVE Garp.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:02 pm
Re: importing my comment from there to here, salinger
love Love LOVE Garp.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:02 pm
Re: importing my comment from there to here, salinger
love Love LOVE Garp.
January 14th, 2005 at 8:02 pm
Re: importing my comment from there to here, salinger
love Love LOVE Garp.
January 14th, 2005 at 7:56 pm
importing my comment from there to here, salinger
comnes to mind, of course, but GARP was huge for me when it came out, and i was 17. It’s about a stay-at-home Dad who’s a writer, hmm…it’s possible it influenced my choices.
January 14th, 2005 at 7:56 pm
importing my comment from there to here, salinger
comnes to mind, of course, but GARP was huge for me when it came out, and i was 17. It’s about a stay-at-home Dad who’s a writer, hmm…it’s possible it influenced my choices.
January 14th, 2005 at 7:56 pm
importing my comment from there to here, salinger
comnes to mind, of course, but GARP was huge for me when it came out, and i was 17. It’s about a stay-at-home Dad who’s a writer, hmm…it’s possible it influenced my choices.
January 14th, 2005 at 7:56 pm
importing my comment from there to here, salinger
comnes to mind, of course, but GARP was huge for me when it came out, and i was 17. It’s about a stay-at-home Dad who’s a writer, hmm…it’s possible it influenced my choices.
January 14th, 2005 at 7:56 pm
importing my comment from there to here, salinger
comnes to mind, of course, but GARP was huge for me when it came out, and i was 17. It’s about a stay-at-home Dad who’s a writer, hmm…it’s possible it influenced my choices.
January 14th, 2005 at 7:56 pm
importing my comment from there to here, salinger
comnes to mind, of course, but GARP was huge for me when it came out, and i was 17. It’s about a stay-at-home Dad who’s a writer, hmm…it’s possible it influenced my choices.
January 14th, 2005 at 7:56 pm
importing my comment from there to here, salinger
comnes to mind, of course, but GARP was huge for me when it came out, and i was 17. It’s about a stay-at-home Dad who’s a writer, hmm…it’s possible it influenced my choices.
January 14th, 2005 at 7:56 pm
importing my comment from there to here, salinger
comnes to mind, of course, but GARP was huge for me when it came out, and i was 17. It’s about a stay-at-home Dad who’s a writer, hmm…it’s possible it influenced my choices.
January 14th, 2005 at 7:56 pm
Samuel L. Donaldson’s “Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever” which almost saved my life.
Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” which opened me up to cultcrit
Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath,” which began my political awakening.
Sheila Moon’s “Knee Deep in Thunder” which helped me deal with my escapist fantasies from my terrible family.
January 14th, 2005 at 7:56 pm
Samuel L. Donaldson’s “Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever” which almost saved my life.
Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” which opened me up to cultcrit
Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath,” which began my political awakening.
Sheila Moon’s “Knee Deep in Thunder” which helped me deal with my escapist fantasies from my terrible family.
January 14th, 2005 at 7:56 pm
Samuel L. Donaldson’s “Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever” which almost saved my life.
Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” which opened me up to cultcrit
Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath,” which began my political awakening.
Sheila Moon’s “Knee Deep in Thunder” which helped me deal with my escapist fantasies from my terrible family.
January 14th, 2005 at 7:56 pm
Samuel L. Donaldson’s “Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever” which almost saved my life.
Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” which opened me up to cultcrit
Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath,” which began my political awakening.
Sheila Moon’s “Knee Deep in Thunder” which helped me deal with my escapist fantasies from my terrible family.
January 14th, 2005 at 7:56 pm
Samuel L. Donaldson’s “Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever” which almost saved my life.
Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” which opened me up to cultcrit
Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath,” which began my political awakening.
Sheila Moon’s “Knee Deep in Thunder” which helped me deal with my escapist fantasies from my terrible family.
January 14th, 2005 at 7:56 pm
Samuel L. Donaldson’s “Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever” which almost saved my life.
Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” which opened me up to cultcrit
Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath,” which began my political awakening.
Sheila Moon’s “Knee Deep in Thunder” which helped me deal with my escapist fantasies from my terrible family.
January 14th, 2005 at 7:56 pm
Samuel L. Donaldson’s “Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever” which almost saved my life.
Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” which opened me up to cultcrit
Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath,” which began my political awakening.
Sheila Moon’s “Knee Deep in Thunder” which helped me deal with my escapist fantasies from my terrible family.
January 14th, 2005 at 7:56 pm
Samuel L. Donaldson’s “Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever” which almost saved my life.
Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” which opened me up to cultcrit
Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath,” which began my political awakening.
Sheila Moon’s “Knee Deep in Thunder” which helped me deal with my escapist fantasies from my terrible family.