My two favorites were:
and
Both made very strong impressions on me as a kid, and both were the first intimations to me that life was very dark and tenuous.
Books you loved when you were a kid
52dontfeartheringo wrote:I need people to act like grown folks and I just ain't seeing it.
Books you loved when you were a kid
54I Read 'The Westing Game' about 5 times.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
Books you loved when you were a kid
55Someone gave my Dad a subscription to Penthouse for a Christmas gift. I don't know what he did with them (it wasn't really his thing), but he held on to Vanessa Williams issue and I discovered where he was hiding it. I read the whole thing cover to cover so I wouldn't miss anything dirty.Marsupialized wrote:I found a Hustler letters in the bushes at the park when I was like 8. I read that thing cover to cover about a thousand times. definitely my favorite.
Dr. Geek wrote:I once found a soggy dollar floating in a puddle on the side of the street. I carefully picked it out of the water before it sank to the bottom. It smelled funny after it dried.
Books you loved when you were a kid
56When I was really little my Mom says I liked this book:
When I was a little older I liked Robert Newton Peck's "Soup" books, about two best friends growing up in small town Vermont in the 1930's. I read everything by Beverly Cleary - the Henry books multiple times.
When I was a little older than that I read Stephen King's early classics: Christine, Cujo, Firestarter, Carrie, etc.
When I was a little older I liked Robert Newton Peck's "Soup" books, about two best friends growing up in small town Vermont in the 1930's. I read everything by Beverly Cleary - the Henry books multiple times.
When I was a little older than that I read Stephen King's early classics: Christine, Cujo, Firestarter, Carrie, etc.
Dr. Geek wrote:I once found a soggy dollar floating in a puddle on the side of the street. I carefully picked it out of the water before it sank to the bottom. It smelled funny after it dried.
Books you loved when you were a kid
60does anyone remember this one?
the story of a curious dragon-like "aminal" that eats children's dolls. A kindly old man named Bobo cannot stand by and allow the Funny Thing to steal dolls from children. He entices it to eat "jum-jills," a concoction he makes up from seven nut cakes, five seed puddings, two cabbage salads, and fifteen little cheeses, all rolled into little balls. A happy ending is assured when the Funny Thing discovers he loves jum-jills and is convinced that they will make his tail grow longer and his blue points grow more beautiful. He returns each day for the treats and never eats another doll
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