I was looking at some things online today and saw some journal topic "prompts." One was about your favorite pastime as a child and did you prefer doing it alone or with someone else? I have always loved to read. In fact, I can't remember not loving it. I remember when I was about 9 or so, Mom forbade me from bringing home any more "Winnie-the-Pooh books from the school library. I think I read through all the small blue book series of biographes of famous people that our library had. Then it was the Nancy Drew-Hardy Boys-Louisa May Alcott binge. John Jakes and his North and South series and the Westward Ho books were also favorites. Remember, Nance and Carol, when we used to buy those for Mom, but would read them before we gave them to her because we could read faster than she did. Our lives were in three month chunks as we waited on baited breath for the lastest one. I loved reading the fairy tales in the big read bound books in the bookcase...The Snow Queen, Jack the Giant-Killer and Little Black Sambo.
In high school I got hooked on Frank G. Slaughter and his novels. I learned alot of the background of the well known Bible stories of Ruth, Joshua, Peter and Luke by reading his biblical novels. His medical suspense novels used to keep me on the edge of my seat. I remember being thrilled to look in the Jacksonville phone book and actually see his name listed as a physician! How I would have loved his autograph! I have always preferred to read alone. I don't like reading aloud and never have. I confess I didn't like to read aloud to my children and was truly grateful when they started to love reading at an early age too. Today, I eagerly await the next Patricia Cornwell, Anne Rule, John Grishom novels. I also like to read historical fiction and true crime novels. This past summer, from June 15th to August 4th, I read 2, 587, 423 words which translated into 487 AR points and $40 earned for the ESMS library. Why did I do that...simple....because I had the time and I could!
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Susie, read all you can -when you can. I think that's thescemings thing I miss must now. I still read but it's slow and a struggle.
Your example of reading has been one I have seen all my life. You always made sure we had good reading material. Thanks, Dad.
I remember sitting in the closed with a flashlight just so I could finish reading "Gone With The Wind".
I loved all of the James Michner's books. It seemed to me that the bigger the book, the better the book.
I also went through a phase of reading gothic romances. They were always suspenseful, but very romantic with the handsome, brooding man.
I LOVE Nicholas Sparks - anything he writes. I just never seem to have time to read anymore. Maybe I'll try harder at that when I get fully moved and settled in?
It seems all I read now are Reader's Digest articles while sitting in a doctor's office or old Ladies Home Journal.
I remember Mom reading to me up until the time that I could read on my own. I loved the Wizard of Oz series and she put a halt to those when that was all I was reading for awhile.
Corey loved to be read to and I loved reading to him. His favorite book was "Martha's House" which I still have somewhere.
I only wish I could remember everything I've read. I'd be so very smart!
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