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I too read " The Hobbit" and the " Fellowship of the Ring' before knowing a movie was to be made. I found the reference to " The Hobbit" in a children's book, ( The Doll in the Garden) and was curious to read it. My dad bought if for me for a gift, then bought the next three books to follow...

That's a creative way to keep a list! :) Great assortment too.

Here is a list of just the books I have immediate access to, and wish to read this year, in no particular order; Classics: The Jungle Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin David Copperfield Autobiography of a Pocket Handkerchief Lord of the Flies A Tree Grows in Brooklyn The...

Yes I've read it. I liked it too. I don't know if it can be made interesting...sometimes a person just does not like classics. I have a hard time getting interested in many modern novels. When I read " War and Peace' I was very sick for a couple of months, so I had a lot of time to read with...

My first instinct is to say " The Naked Civil Servant" by Quentin Crisp. I won't presume to believe that everyone would enjoy it but it has been quite haunting to me. The sort of book that just gets better and better in retrospect.

I don't think there was a first book. I've since I was four, and every book has made me want to read. Some books sent me in different directions for awhile. ''The Mystery of the Green Ghost'' made me want to read mysteries, as did Nancy Drew and Agatha Christie. The cover of Stephen...

The Far Pavillions--by M.M. Kaye. I was ten when I read it, and though I had already started reading adult novels by that time, they were much lighter. ( ''Hound of the Baskervilles'' for one.) " Far Pavillions " though, enthralled me. The war, the culture...it was beautiful. That same year...

John Updike, I would say of that list, though I certainly enjoyed Kesey as well.

My 2007 list. I rated all on a scale of 1/2 a star to five stars. I didn't rate non-fiction/reference. I figure they always deserve a certain respect just for effort. :) 1. Arsenic and Old Lace -Joseph Kesserling ***** 2. The Red Tent-Anita Diamant...

Aha! That's it! Thank you very much!

No..the pig in this one supposed to be a girl. Thank you though, I've never heard of this book, and would love to add it to my collection!

I read this book in third grade. It was narrated by a pig named Priscilla, who had been injured as a baby by her mother and adopted as a pet by the farmer and his wife. Does anyone know the title and author? I'm not sure it if it was a chapter book, but I know that it had a sequel, about the...

The day broke gray and dull. Of Human Bondage--Somerset Maugham

I don't know. Why is being athletic considered sexy? I never understood that one either. The only time I was ever called down from reading was by a third grade teacher. The next year, I started homeschool, and never had to deal with any social pressure. I guess I wouldn't have given it up...

You learn to multi-task so that you can honestly tell someone that you were too listening to every word they were saying. Then repeat it back to prove it, while keeping an eye on your story at the same time. (This drives some people nuts. I love it.) You artistically arrange your book...

No way! I can enjoy them, it's a simple process of dissociating cold hard logic from the hope of fantasy. After all, those green men might not be on Mars, but they might be out there somewhere. Some books, such as Philip Jose Farmer's ' Dark is the Sun' are set so far ahead in the future that we...

In August I decided to try and add a few more modern books to my ' too be read' pile every month. Just kind of chose those at random from the library shelves. Crime and Punishment-Fyodor Dostoevsky Like Water for Chocolate- Laura Esquivel...

I love the library. I lived in the country for most of my life, and only last year moved to where I had access to a library. I consider it a lifesaver, as all of my books burned in a house-fire. Over six thousand of them. It's a slow process to replace them all, and the library affords a good...

Hmmm...I don't think I have ever been judged by anyone for what I was reading in public. If they were judgin' I was too busy readin' to notice. However online, I've had some difficulties. If I am reading a 'classic' they make like a person would only read one of those to impress other people...