Sunday, October 16, 2016

Reading Notes


If books were a drug, these (circa 1978, age 12) would have been my gateway. Every other reading experience has been an attempt to recapture that sensation of imagination coming to life.

6 comments:

BECKY said...

Oh, I know what you mean! At age 12 I was reading a lot, but I think my main favorite was Nancy Drew Books. Our grade school didn't have its own library, so a Bookmobile came every couple of weeks. I would load up with an armful of books and read a wonderful variety of fiction, some of the titles I still remember: "Lorna Doone" and "Around the World in 80 Days" are a couple. Ahh, how could we possibly live without books??

Jenny said...

Wow! I couldn't have said this any better. I know the feeling well!

Buried In Print said...

My Friend Flicka is one of those books I received as a gift when I was a girl that I never managed to read more than the first page of, but I finally got to it last year. And what an interesting story! I was so surprised to find so much about their marriage in there too, although I'm sure, if I'd actually read it as a girl, that I would've skimmed all the parts about the boring adults. *grins As a grown reader, however, it was fascinating to watch Nell in such a situation, negotiating and arranging, tackling and supporting.

Lark said...

I relate. It's those magical books I read as a child that have stayed with me my entire life. And nothing I read now ever quite matches up to those first books that were so all-encompassing. I wish I could lose myself in books now like I did then. But the real world always intrudes. :)

Connie said...

Yes! I understand what you are saying completely. I miss that feeling.

Trish said...

Such great responses! This would make an interesting and fun blog post prompt, wouldn't it? What is everyone's earliest book reading memory, when it really clicked.