pt2112 Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 QUOTE (The Owl @ Sep 9 2008, 02:29 PM) QUOTE (pt2112 @ Sep 9 2008, 11:35 AM) QUOTE (Slime @ Sep 9 2008, 09:56 AM) of my own volition, probably a Goosebumps book Same here. I was big into goosebumbs as a kid as well, but those are more "novellas" than full novels. But I also did read some of the other stuff R.L Stein put out that were fuller legnth and that cold be concidered Novels. I still have the complete or near complete collection of all the Goosebumbs books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Aubrey Posted September 10, 2008 Author Share Posted September 10, 2008 QUOTE (Did Lee Squat? @ Sep 9 2008, 08:01 PM) QUOTE (Jack Aubrey @ Sep 8 2008, 07:47 PM)Mine was Doctor Doolittle. I was eight or nine. Holy cow that is bizarre....I open the thread and the very first post is that book..... One of the first novels I remember reading was The Voyages of Doctor Doolittle when I was 7. Oh man that brings back some memories............ I completely fell in love with that book and I have not stopped reading since. I don't know if that was my first but it might as well have been.... Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slime Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 So nobody is going to admit reading at least a FEW Sweet Valley High or Babysitters Club books? cause I've never read those ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del_Duio Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 QUOTE (Ancient Ways @ Sep 9 2008, 09:29 PM) not sure of first but I remember reading Hardy Boys stories, the star wars novels, and a interesting book called Quag Keep by Andre Norton. It was a pretty clever book based on D&D. I can still remember my two favorite characters from the book; Naile Fangtooth and Milo Jagan. Writing about this really takes me back. Remember when you had a completely open mind, active imagination, and the naivete to believe in anything? I can, barely....... I read the Avatar Trilogy which had to do with the D&D Gods being cast down to Faerun to sort of fight it out to see who gets to return. What was really surprising about those books is that one of the 4 adventurers (Cyric, the thief) ended up killing the god of murder and taking his place. I didn't see that coming. They made some references to the events of these books in the Baldur's Gate PC games, which was cool to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Man Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Henry Huggins, Runaway Ralph and Ramona & Beezus series' by Beverly Cleary, Encyclopedia Brown, lots of Greek mythology. The first "real" novel I remember reading was Firestarter by Stephen King as a freshman in high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test4VitalSigns Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 I have read sooooo many books in my life; started very young. I'm pretty sure my first one was a S.E. Hinton book...probably "That Was Then, This Is Now." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test4VitalSigns Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ Sep 10 2008, 02:20 PM) I have read sooooo many books in my life; started very young. I'm pretty sure my first one was a S.E. Hinton book...probably "That Was Then, This Is Now." I was just reading up on Miss Hinton and found out she just turned 60 this year.... Wow! The time flies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turn Me On Dead Man Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ Sep 10 2008, 01:29 PM) QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ Sep 10 2008, 02:20 PM) I have read sooooo many books in my life; started very young. I'm pretty sure my first one was a S.E. Hinton book...probably "That Was Then, This Is Now." I was just reading up on Miss Hinton and found out she just turned 60 this year.... Wow! The time flies I started "That Was Then, This Is Now" but never finished it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Jaws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turn Me On Dead Man Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 QUOTE (ReRushed @ Sep 10 2008, 02:36 PM) Jaws Is that book any good? I've never seen the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 QUOTE (Turn Me On Dead Man @ Sep 10 2008, 06:05 PM) QUOTE (ReRushed @ Sep 10 2008, 02:36 PM) Jaws Is that book any good? I've never seen the movie. I read it when I was 11 years old. I liked it then, as for now, I can't tell you. My gut tells me probably not. The movie is fantastic, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanaceaFish Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 My memory of the first books I read in my youth are rather vague, but I think the very first was Judy Blume's Are You There God? It's Me Margaret... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphseeker Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 (edited) Kavik the Wolf Dog http://www.amazon.com/Kavik-Wolf-Dog-Walt-...y/dp/0140384235 Edited September 11, 2008 by alphseeker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoOneOneTwo Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Anyone remember... Island of the Blue Dolphins Julie of the Wolves It's Like This, Cat The Jeep Harriet the Spy The Long Secret Sport The Trouble With Terry Mrs. Coverlet's Magicians The Lost Queen of Egypt The Egypt Game My Darling, My Hamburger The Pigman ...? I still love these as an adult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 QUOTE (Imperatrix @ Sep 11 2008, 12:28 PM) Harriet the Spy The Long Secret Sport I loved this series. How many kids who read it went out and started a "spy route" like Harriet? Based on some of your other picks, I'm thinking you may have also read things like "Mom, The Wolfman, and Me," and books by Robert Cormier or M.E. Kerr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merely Space Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Oops, forgot the Paddington the Bear books. And they weren't novels, but rather more like photo essays... Anyone read the C. B. Colby books as a kid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoOneOneTwo Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Sep 11 2008, 01:56 PM) QUOTE (Imperatrix @ Sep 11 2008, 12:28 PM) Harriet the Spy The Long Secret Sport I loved this series. How many kids who read it went out and started a "spy route" like Harriet? Based on some of your other picks, I'm thinking you may have also read things like "Mom, The Wolfman, and Me," and books by Robert Cormier or M.E. Kerr. YES! I had a spy route and a notebook and tool belt and red sweatshirt and Converse and cuffed jeans! She was my idol for years. To this day I eat tomato sandwiches. I adored how Louise Fitzhugh portrayed the rich of NYC and the Hamptons. Agatha Plumber and Bunny. This is the stuff that the Coen Brothers dream about. I want to check out "Mom, The Wolfman, and Me," and stuff by Robert Cormier or M.E. Kerr. I never read these, but, as I am a pushover for great kids' books, I'm going to find 'em. Thanks for the tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 QUOTE (ReRushed @ Sep 10 2008, 05:55 PM) QUOTE (Turn Me On Dead Man @ Sep 10 2008, 06:05 PM) QUOTE (ReRushed @ Sep 10 2008, 02:36 PM) Jaws Is that book any good? I've never seen the movie. I read it when I was 11 years old. I liked it then, as for now, I can't tell you. My gut tells me probably not. The movie is fantastic, though. Great opening line, as I recall. "The great fish moved silently through the night water...with few moves of its crescent tail". Something like that. I was ten or eleven, too. I remember the affair scene between Hooper and Brody's wife as being a real distraction from the story. Other than that, it follows the movie pretty closely. Some good descriptive language, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 My earlliest would be Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (and elevator sequel), Tales of Fourth Grade Nothing, the Hobbit, and certain parts of my mom's Danielle Steel novels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. P. L. Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 It has to be some Jules Verne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Like several others have mentioned, I can't remember this at all! The first time I read an entire book and finished it? No clue. I read a fair amount of kids books - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, A Wrinkle in Time, James and the Giant Peach, a Judy Blume book or two and probably some Hardy Boys books. I was never really big into reading books though until around age 13 when I discovered science fiction and then I read voraciously for years. The first one I read was probably either Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke or Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. It's hard to remember though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostGirl Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 QUOTE (goose @ Sep 12 2008, 12:20 AM) My earlliest would be Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (and elevator sequel), Tales of Fourth Grade Nothing, the Hobbit, and certain parts of my mom's Danielle Steel novels. Awwww....I had totally forgotten about Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing... I read that, and Superfudge; Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret; Deenie...tons of Judy Blume books. When I was younger I loved the Henry/Ramona books and Charlotte's Web....and I was a huge fan of the Little House books too. I remember reading in the summers, sitting by the screened door and listening to the rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneStar Boogie Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 I think the first one I read cover to cover was "Homer Price and the Doughnut Machine." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daylin Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 QUOTE (PanaceaFish @ Sep 10 2008, 09:26 PM) My memory of the first books I read in my youth are rather vague, but I think the very first was Judy Blume's Are You There God? It's Me Margaret... Yep, same here. I see, GG has this book down, too. Also, The Outsiders. I've read so much, but I really can't remember the names of earlier books....just these two come to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady April Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 The first I ever got into enough to read all the way through was "Peony" by Pearl S. Buck. Very good story. Buck also wrote "The Good Earth". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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