Comments on: The Books I’ll Never Forget

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:15:40 +0000

I loved Dahl, Silverstien, and Lowery. I also loved Z for Zachariah, Remembering the Good Times, and pretty much everything else my English teachers or friends handed me.

By: Audra

Audra — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:20:39 +0000

I mean’t Blume instead of Bloom. Honest mistake. I also read Ronald Dahl and Shel Silverstein as a child. Being surrounded by such imaginative writers helped me develop a creative mind.

By: Audra

Audra — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:18:16 +0000

I definitely still have The Care and Keeping Of You and still referred to it until I was about 15 (that’s kind of embarrassing to admit, but whatever). I read so much Judy Bloom and Beverly Cleary as a kid. When I go back and read Forever by Cleary I find so mamy racy things that flew over my head. I didn’t even notice the masturbation in Deenie by Bloom until a year or two ago. As a young teenager I read the Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging series over and over again. I still do. They are still the most hilarious books I have ever read. I’m just really glad my mother handed me Bloom and Cleary when I was 12 years old. I feel bad for the poor pre-teens who find their solace in the Twilight series. It is just so sad.
As for Will Arnett, he is a FOX. And Arrested Development will forever be the best show.

By: kat

kat — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:44:52 +0000

I love Will Arnett and Arrested Development. This clip was hilarious!

As for books, I remember loving L’Engle, Little House, Harry Potter, and anything by Gail Levine. I was fortunate enough to have her as a writing teacher when I was in fifth grade. I’m 20 now, but I still read these books sometimes!

By: Drewsie

Drewsie — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:32:11 +0000

i used to love the babysitters club! they were so cool. i tried to read the A-List going into 7th grade because lots of girls were, but i couldn’t do it. it was so bad. just swearing drunk girls.

By: Karlyn

Karlyn — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:29:51 +0000

I just had to part with a lot of my books today (I’m getting ready to move to college) and I found my old copy of Ella Enchanted! It was so torn and was missing about half of the pages.. I sure did love that book.

I remember reading the Judy Blume books my mom gave me and I had the American Doll book as well.. the pictures of the boobs freaked me out, they were all so nonchalantly blow-drying their hair naked.. haha
It makes me so sad that my little sister, who’s six years younger than me, enjoys Gossip Girl and the Clique more than any of those amazing classics.. I tried to get her to read Judy Blume but she just wasn’t having it. It wasn’t cool enough..

By: Becca

Becca — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:50:56 +0000

Oh, I’m so glad someone else mentioned Ella Enchanted! I first read that book in elementary school, and still have the same battered copy.

This is an issue I struggle with daily. As an English teacher not much older than her students, I’m not sure how much impact I have on them, though that certainly never stops me from trying. I’ve never bought into the “at least they’re reading’ rhetoric– there’s a lot of great literature out there for young adults, we don’t need to settle!

By: Tea

Tea — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:07:22 +0000

I’ve read all of the ones you’ve mentioned. Lois Lowry always reminds me that children’s literature is anything but light.

I also loved Half Magic, and everything else by Edward Eager, and Eva Ibbotson will always hold a special place in my heart.

By: Becca

Becca — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:13:59 +0000

Growing up in a household where both grandmothers had been active in the women’s lib movement, I was basically only allowed to read books that portrayed strong women.

In fourth grade we started having required reading, and I remember being annoyed that the book I was assigned to read had a boy as the narrator: I was used to girls solving all the problems!

I must have read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 5 times between sixth and seventh grade, not quite understanding everything but still loving Francie and her surroundings.

That and a whole host of Arthur Ransom sailing books got me through early adolescence.

By: Grace

Grace — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:08:55 +0000

I recently tried to list every book I’d ever read. I got up to four hundred titles, but I wasn’t satisfied because I knew there were more that I couldn’t remember. I cursed myself for starting the list after I’d sold a good hundred books to a used bookshop.

Some special favorites from my younger years are the Baby-sitters’ Club series, the Little House books, and Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle.