Ten Books that Affected You

[docicu3]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Read Catch 22 again and it didn't stand up to my HS remembrances.

Speaking of HS books, The Good Earth may deserve another try, when I'm in hospice.

Do you think kids read less or more these days because of the development of the internet Del? I'm voting for less because nothing is read cover to cover...

Books That Changed My Life....

1) Tale of Two Cities
2) World According to Garp...
3) Cats Cradle and all the KV similar works
4) Cried The Beloved Country
5) Animal Farm
6) Fear and Loathing in Las Vagas
7) Les Miserables
8) Even Cowgirls Get The Blues......Thumbs Up!!
9) One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
10) Deadzone

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by docicu3

Do you think kids read less or more these days because of the development of the internet Del? I'm voting for less because nothing is read cover to cover...

Outside of the Harry Potter series I would have to agree with you as far as books go. They do however seem to read their phones constantly.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by docicu3

Do you think kids read less or more these days because of the development of the internet Del? I'm voting for less because nothing is read cover to cover...

Books That Changed My Life....

1) Tale of Two Cities
2) World According to Garp...
3) Cats Cradle and all the KV similar works
4) Cried The Beloved Country
5) Animal Farm
6) Fear and Loathing in Las Vagas
7) Les Miserables
8) Even Cowgirls Get The Blues......Thumbs Up!!
9) One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
10) Deadzone

First of all, I love The Dead Zone. First Stephen King I read that made me cry.

Second, I think kids are reading today, just we're more out of the loop on what they read. Unless it's a big thing, like the Harry Potter novels were. My nieces are voracious readers; they spend holiday visits with the family curled up with their Nooks. I just don't know what they're reading, although their mom keeps a pretty close eye on them, so I suspect it's parent-approved material. As opposed to when I grew up, and my grandparents' attic contained every pulp bestseller from about 1935 to 1975, or so it seemed, and the less the grownups saw us, the happier they were. I think I got most of my sex education from Jacqueline Susann.

[Danzig]

i think some are still reading. my kids are all big readers.

as for my list...i hope no one thought i was making a joke. instilling the love of reading early into a child pretty much guarantees a life long love. kids who read have a better vocabulary, reading actually grows brain cells.

i doubt i'd have the book collection i have now, were it not for books on my list.

i could have listed war and peace, eugene onegin, to kill a mockingbird, the pickwick papers, huck finn, etc...but i'd have never bought and read those were it not for experiencing the joy of reading harolds adventures with his crayon. i still like to watch modern marvels, and i love to see how machines are built, how they work-thank to mike mulligan for that. green eggs and ham-perfect example of not knocking something til you tried it. justin morgan--success can come from the humblest beginnings....and what lesson is better learned than 'i think i can'?

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i think some are still reading. my kids are all big readers.

as for my list...i hope no one thought i was making a joke. instilling the love of reading early into a child pretty much guarantees a life long love. kids who read have a better vocabulary, reading actually grows brain cells.

i doubt i'd have the book collection i have now, were it not for books on my list.

i could have listed war and peace, eugene onegin, to kill a mockingbird, the pickwick papers, huck finn, etc...but i'd have never bought and read those were it not for experiencing the joy of reading harolds adventures with his crayon. i still like to watch modern marvels, and i love to see how machines are built, how they work-thank to mike mulligan for that. green eggs and ham-perfect example of not knocking something til you tried it. justin morgan--success can come from the humblest beginnings....and what lesson is better learned than 'i think i can'?

I thought your list was great. Some of my best memories of childhood are my dad reading me Horton Hatches an Egg: "I meant what I said and I said what I meant. And an elephant's faithful one hundred percent!". And I still have my copy of Misty of Chincoteague from when I was a child. I read most everything Marguerite Henry wrote and have a photo somewhere of me standing next to Stormy, who was still alive when I visited the island.

[Danzig]

i was lucky enough to see stormy a couple times. hell, i even bought 'misty's twilight' however many years ago, about one of her grand or great granddaughters. i still have misty, stormy, sea star, king of the wind...and maybe brighty on my bookshelf at home.
love the story of sham and agba! hell, i wanted to get into adventures like that. it's why i'm jealous of my oldest sons job, he's working on barge boats up and down the mississippi! i wanted to be huck finn, or alec ramsey, or pippi longstocking (she lived with no adults, just her, her horse and a monkey-what a life!!), and part of me still does.

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by docicu3

Do you think kids read less or more these days because of the development of the internet Del? I'm voting for less because nothing is read cover to cover...

Books That Changed My Life....

1) Tale of Two Cities
2) World According to Garp...
3) Cats Cradle and all the KV similar works
4) Cried The Beloved Country
5) Animal Farm
6) Fear and Loathing in Las Vagas..Hunter S. Thompson-gonzo
7) Les Miserables
8) Even Cowgirls Get The Blues......Thumbs Up!!
9) One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest..great movie also
10) Deadzone