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<<::�I often feel sorry for people who don't read good books; they are missing a chance to lead an extra life.� - Scott Corbett::>>
06 July 2003 @ 11:50 pm
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All right you two, I give in. *waves a white flag* You have convinced me; I just ordered the Harry Potter Vol. 1-4 boxed set. Are you happy now? I have been doing a lot of things like that lately, that is, catching up on movies I should've seen and books I should've read. I saw the The Godfather parts 1 & 2 for the first time a few days ago. I just put copies of Uncle Tom's Cabin, Lord of the Flies, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and To Kill a Mockingbird on my bookshelf, none of which I have ever read I am ashamed to admit. I even gave in and got The White Stripes' White Blood Cells and Norah Jones' Come Away With Me, and both of them are every bit as good as I had heard. Can you tell that I only asked for giftcards for my birthday? Cash money is always the right size. Why not do a Friday Five? 1. What were your favorite childhood stories? I didn't start reading much fiction until I started homeschooling in high school because I was concerned that not reading the required fiction in high school might adversely affect me in college lit classes. I remember reading Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume with my class and liking it. Being in a Christian elementary school, I read all of The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis; they were my favorites. 2. What books from your childhood would you like to share with [your] children? The Cay by Theodore Taylor, My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George, The Pigman by Paul Zindel, and Rascal by Sterling North. 3. Have you re-read any of those childhood stories and been surprised by anything? I re-read The Chronicles of Narnia last winter and was amazed at the Christian symbolism. I picked up on a lot of it during my initial readings in elementary school, but I am able to see it in every aspect of the novels now. 4. How old were you when you first learned to read? I was younger than 2 1/2, but I really don't know exactly how old I was. See entry. 5. Do you remember the first 'grown-up' book you read? How old were you? I have no idea. My mom had old editions of the Physician's Desk Reference and Lippincott's Manual from nursing school that I read quite a bit. I read the NIV Bible at 7 and the King James at 8. I remember reading the unabridged versions of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne and The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas for projects early in elementary school. To bed! -Jason
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