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12 March 2019 @ 02:33 pm

30 day book meme...

Book meme- Day 1
I’ve seen on my f-list, and as we love talking books, thought I would bring it here. Some we have touched on before but I still thought it might be fun as we wind up for spring! Almost there!

1. Favourite book from childhood.

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2. Best bargain.
3. One with a blue cover.
4. Least favorite book by favorite author.
5. Doesn't belong to me.
6. The one I always give as a gift.
7. Forgot I owned it.
8. Have more than one copy.
9. Film or TV tie-in.
10. Reminds me of someone I love.
11. Secondhand bookshop gem.
12. I pretend to have read it.
13. Makes me laugh.
14. An old favorite.
15. Favorite fictional father.
16. Can't believe more people haven't read.
17. Future classic.
18. Bought on a recommendation.
19. Still can't stop talking about it.
20. Favorite cover.
21. Summer read.
22. Out of print.
23. Made to read at school.
24. Hooked me into reading.
25. Never finished it.
26. Should have sold more copies.
27. Want to be one of the characters.
28. Bought at my fave independent bookshop.
29. The one I have reread most often.
30. Would save if my house burned down.

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keli on March 12th, 2019 06:35 pm (UTC)

Mine is definitely The Outsiders from SE Hinton. I read and reread that book until it was falling apart!

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bellatrix.livejournal.com on March 22nd, 2019 02:47 pm (UTC)

The Outsiders is one of my all time favourites! I actually didn't read it 'til a few years back but I immediately fell in love with the story and all of the different characters :D

I love this idea too (the meme) <3

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keli on March 23rd, 2019 03:16 am (UTC)

I’m glad to hear it’s held up over the years! I remember the movie coming out a week before my 13 birthday! It was the best birthday present!!

Thanks! So glad people are participating. It’s fun to read the comments!

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blackjackcat.livejournal.com on March 12th, 2019 06:44 pm (UTC)

I can't do book favorites. Lol My favorite author was Tamora Pierce. I have all her books and read them every year a few times. I love all of them but one. Especially the one's that featured Aly, Nawat, Kel or Briar.

Btw, this is awesome! :D

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keli on March 13th, 2019 01:45 am (UTC)

I’ll have to look those books up!

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blackjackcat.livejournal.com on March 21st, 2019 04:06 am (UTC)

If you do, please share! It's so rare to be able to talk about them! <3

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blackjackcat.livejournal.com on March 24th, 2019 04:28 am (UTC)

Oh please please do! I need more people to talk with about them! <3

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brunettepet.livejournal.com on March 12th, 2019 07:32 pm (UTC)

The Chronicles of Narnia. I read my set until they were all in tatters.

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thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com on March 14th, 2019 08:51 pm (UTC)

I'd read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as a child, but didn't read the rest until university. Really enjoyed them then.

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aeris444.livejournal.com on March 17th, 2019 12:24 pm (UTC)

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is mine! I read it multiple times! And back then, it was the only book from the series that was translated in French. I learned about the other books years later!

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brunettepet.livejournal.com on March 17th, 2019 03:35 pm (UTC)

It's wild the entire series wasn't translated.

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blackjackcat.livejournal.com on March 21st, 2019 04:09 am (UTC)

The Last Battle is one of my favorites in the series. Along with Caspian. <3

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gilda-elise.livejournal.com on March 12th, 2019 07:40 pm (UTC)

Mio, My Son by Astrid Lindgren.

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capriceum.livejournal.com on March 12th, 2019 10:45 pm (UTC)

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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cornerofmadness.livejournal.com on March 12th, 2019 11:01 pm (UTC)

Hmmm any of the Nancy Drews and Lord of the Rings

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keli on March 13th, 2019 01:44 am (UTC)

Love Lord of the Rings. My mom has all the Nancy Drew books!

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cornerofmadness.livejournal.com on March 13th, 2019 02:18 am (UTC)

I think I had all the ones that were available in the 70s

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bellatrix.livejournal.com on March 22nd, 2019 02:48 pm (UTC)

Nancy Drews! <3 I used to love reading them in bed on winter nights :D

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cornerofmadness.livejournal.com on March 22nd, 2019 03:57 pm (UTC)

me too

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stellar_raven on March 13th, 2019 12:13 am (UTC)

From my early childhood, The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone, and from my preteen/teen years, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.

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keli on March 13th, 2019 01:41 am (UTC)

I love the monster at the end of this book! I read that to my kids all the time!

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stellar_raven on March 16th, 2019 08:23 pm (UTC)

I pulled out the copy I bought several years back and read it to my class on Thursday. Had to do it twice, lol. They loved it, too.

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keli on March 16th, 2019 08:37 pm (UTC)

Cute!

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stellar_raven on March 16th, 2019 08:59 pm (UTC)

They talk back to Grover in the book...it's the most precious thing.

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keli on March 16th, 2019 10:06 pm (UTC)

Awww I bet!

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green-wing.livejournal.com on March 13th, 2019 01:31 am (UTC)

The Cats by Joan Phipson

It was the very first book I read in school and it's the one that got me a lifelong passion for reading (will always have fond memories of it despite some of the content being upsetting to me today <3)

I don't know that I could read it again now, but back then, it was just what I needed to make me read.

(It was kind of a "cat's get revenge on humans" sort of book)

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keli on March 13th, 2019 01:44 am (UTC)

So glad it kicked started your love of reading. I always wonder if I could read The Outsiders again. I don’t want to lose the magic it held for me back then.

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green-wing.livejournal.com on March 13th, 2019 03:58 am (UTC)

I know how you feel, sometimes the memory is better than the re-read *hugs* <3

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ella-rose88.livejournal.com on March 13th, 2019 02:26 am (UTC)

My favourite childhood book that was read to me was Koala Lou by Mem Fox, I just remember my mum always reading that to me.

My favourite childhood book that I read myself has to be Harry Potter without a doubt.

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keli on March 13th, 2019 04:58 pm (UTC)

I love, love, love Harry Potter but I was in my 20s when it came out so I can't count it as a childhood book... darn it. LOL

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bellatrix.livejournal.com on March 22nd, 2019 02:49 pm (UTC)

Haha same here. I didn't read the series 'til I was 20!

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eurydice72.livejournal.com on March 13th, 2019 04:39 am (UTC)

I have two.

"A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle. Discovering Meg Murry was pivotal for me. I'd never read anyone I identified with as much as I did her.

"Summer of My German Soldier" by Bette Greene. I was nine when I read this the first time. It ripped my heart out. It had another heroine who feels different than everyone else, and I loved the way it addressed issues like anti-Semitism and racism.

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jat-sapphire.livejournal.com on March 13th, 2019 09:40 pm (UTC)

The Secret Garden.

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aeris444.livejournal.com on March 17th, 2019 12:23 pm (UTC)

I'm a little late to the party so I'll catch up! :-)

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bellatrix.livejournal.com on March 22nd, 2019 02:49 pm (UTC)

I love this cover <3

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bellatrix.livejournal.com on March 22nd, 2019 02:53 pm (UTC)

I honestly had so many favourites but I would have to go with A Tale of Two Cities. I read the children's version for the first time when I was 10 in school and it made such an impact on me. Especially Madame Defarge's story which broke my heart. I read it all in the one afternoon (being the children's version it was very short (https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51D%2BEa5gR2L._SR600%2C315_PIWhiteStrip%2CBottomLeft%2C0%2C35_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)) and then went to the school library to find the adult version. I'd always loved reading and been the child who carried books and notebooks to write down my own stories but that book made me realize what an effect reading and stories can have on us. It's still an all time favourite<3

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justjo2u on March 22nd, 2019 09:18 pm (UTC)

Awesome idea!

My favourite book from childhood was actually a hardback book of nursery rhymes. I kept it long after I should probably have given it up, not for the rhymes, but for the pictures. The illustrations in this book were gorgeous and there was so much detail to look for in every page. A little like 'Where's Wally', but there were little things like ladybirds, toadstools, gold coins or fairies to spot on every single page. I could have spent hours just looking for things.

I don't have the book any more and i've never even come close to finding anything so beautifully illustrated.

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keli on March 23rd, 2019 03:23 am (UTC)

How sweet. I remember my kids having some absolutely beautiful books. I passed them on but wish now I’d have kept them.

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deinonychus-1.livejournal.com on March 26th, 2019 06:51 pm (UTC)

That sounds like an awesome childrens' book. I love it when they do really detailed artwork like that.

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deinonychus-1.livejournal.com on March 26th, 2019 06:48 pm (UTC)

Project Pendulum, by Robert Silverberg. I was a huge sci-fi fan when I was younger, and I got this book out of the library *several* times, and even used it as the basis for a creative writing assignment for my GSCE English course.

I actually own a copy now - some one found it for me on Amazon or something, but I've never quite dared to re-read it as an adult, in case the reality of it doesn't live up to the memory!

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asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com on April 8th, 2019 06:07 pm (UTC)

The Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. :)

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