tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post7849727666282157072..comments2023-09-29T05:32:04.308-07:00Comments on StrangePegs: Do You Remember Your First?Andrew Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-976701815425571332014-03-30T21:27:45.491-07:002014-03-30T21:27:45.491-07:00Jo: I don't know that book. I'll look it u...Jo: I don't know that book. I'll look it up.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-49697096154035187202014-03-30T16:32:17.050-07:002014-03-30T16:32:17.050-07:00I think the first one I remember is The Little Whi...I think the first one I remember is The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Gouge. I still have a copy of it although I lost the original somewhere along the way.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-7603646246959280082014-03-30T15:47:04.160-07:002014-03-30T15:47:04.160-07:00Jo: Well, what's the first one you remember?
...Jo: Well, what's the first one you remember?<br /><br />Shannon: We didn't keep books in the bathroom. Of course, other than the books in my room, there mostly weren't books in our house.<br /><br />It sounds like you needed a nightlight.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-34221333963044779802014-03-27T22:37:53.126-07:002014-03-27T22:37:53.126-07:00I think my first was "It" by Stephen Kin...I think my first was "It" by Stephen King. Funnily enough, I had this hatred of going to the bathroom in the middle of the night, because the dark trek back freaked me out. I had to go by the dark, yawning maw of the steps to the main floor, then my brother's doorway, to get to my room at the back of the hallway. And, of course, it's super dark when you first turn that light off, because your eyes adjusted to the light. But I couldn't bring myself to stand there in the dark, all exposed, while I waited for my eyes to adjust. So sometimes I would sit on the floor of the bathroom and read whatever book my parents might have left in there until I was so unbearably tired that I was no longer more scared than tired, and I'd just run to my room after I turned the light out. And one night, "It" was in there. So I read it. In elementary school. I was completely engrossed. I didn't finish the whole thing that night, but I probably stayed in there a couple hours until I heard someone shuffling to the bathroom and at least had awake company in the dark.Shannon Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934641808195675935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-5876279958019592892014-03-27T18:17:33.939-07:002014-03-27T18:17:33.939-07:00I'm afraid my memory doesn't go that far b...I'm afraid my memory doesn't go that far back. I have had many books like that over the years, but the first, nope, I don't remember. I have been a voracious reader all my life so it could have been anything.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-78160946221667147112014-03-27T10:38:16.557-07:002014-03-27T10:38:16.557-07:00Misha: You're the second person to say that! I...Misha: You're the second person to say that! It's very surprising to me.<br /><br />G_G: I can see how that could be one of those books.<br /><br />Mark: Oh, yeah, I loved those books! I passed them on to my son who also loved them. Now, I need to find the ones that were written later and re-read that series.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-74666520579693891192014-03-27T08:14:10.141-07:002014-03-27T08:14:10.141-07:00A very interesting question and, no, my mind didn&...A very interesting question and, no, my mind didn't automatically go to the gutter....o.k, well, maybe....<br /><br />Anyway, I think one of "those" books for me was the first in the "Myth" series, by Robert Aspirin..."Another Fine Myth"<br /><br />I need to go back and reread those...Mark Meanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029920604932980141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-10107239506694000962014-03-27T07:22:42.251-07:002014-03-27T07:22:42.251-07:00Great post here and at Indy Writers. I was probabl...Great post here and at Indy Writers. I was probably in about the same grade 6th or 7th when my mom started getting me the books written by Judy Blume and I think I felt the same as you reading Are You There God? It's Me Margaret. It was stuck to my hand. I couldn't seem to put it down.Gossip_Grlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06603645371306284338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-38064988578127528952014-03-27T03:48:35.263-07:002014-03-27T03:48:35.263-07:00Three Musketeers was my first. Still love the stor...Three Musketeers was my first. Still love the story, although I'm a bit dubious about the one with Orlando Bloom. :-)Misha Gerrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06364173848456424521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-88889194625732471542014-03-26T17:27:36.092-07:002014-03-26T17:27:36.092-07:00ABftS: I think I tried to Redwall once, to my olde...ABftS: I think I tried to Redwall once, to my oldest kid when he was maybe five or so. He was totally not interested and, evidently, neither was I, because I didn't finish it. However, I loved The Mouse and the Motorcycle when I was around 10.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-24147403313588251892014-03-26T14:24:43.966-07:002014-03-26T14:24:43.966-07:00Thank you much for the shout out! And my first was...Thank you much for the shout out! And my first was the Redwall series by Brian Jacques, specifically the first one, Redwall. Talking mice. I absolutely loved it. Couldn't put it down in 4th grade, and actually got me into writing.A Beer for the Showerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029139745335325356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-86698628040083960892014-03-26T11:37:31.176-07:002014-03-26T11:37:31.176-07:00Alex C: I remember Jurassic Park being a pretty qu...Alex C: I remember Jurassic Park being a pretty quick read. And I was very engrossed in Sword until being utterly disappointed by the ending.<br /><br />Alex H: See, that's part of the problem: Probably, before high school, I never had to put anything down, so I wouldn't have known if any of those books were books I couldn't put down. But I do know about Three Musketeers, and I think there is a thing that happens when you -know- that you are choosing to not put the book down, a decision that says, "me finishing this book is more important than whatever is going on around me."<br /><br />L.G.: Yeah, well, after April, we'll see.<br /><br />Crystal: I always bought my own books.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-3426855154582366722014-03-26T10:46:12.173-07:002014-03-26T10:46:12.173-07:00That's a pretty amazing gif. Love it!
The fir...That's a pretty amazing gif. Love it!<br /><br />The first book for me... It would have been one of those Serendipidy books for young girls. Unfortunately I had to buy my own books, even back then, but I do have two of them from back in the day. It was totally the colorful illustrations that won me, but then the story led to me reading larger books, and *gasp* building my own library through late elementary. Guess they did the job, eh? Crystal Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912469552483168148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-68078207816007703312014-03-26T06:11:22.364-07:002014-03-26T06:11:22.364-07:00That would have made a great blog hop. Not too lat...That would have made a great blog hop. Not too late! Luanne G. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762881276976395955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-77236444774500017752014-03-26T05:04:28.915-07:002014-03-26T05:04:28.915-07:00Hmmm.... I think A Wrinkle in Time was the first, ...Hmmm.... I think <i>A Wrinkle in Time</i> was the first, followed by <i>Julie of the Wolves</i>... first long book I couldn't put down? <i>The Glass Dragon</i> by Irene Radford.Alex Hursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556334141936498897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-60854084466251830792014-03-26T03:21:28.123-07:002014-03-26T03:21:28.123-07:00Already have my copy. Think I have all of their bo...Already have my copy. Think I have all of their books now. Just need time to read all of them.<br />Sword of Shannara was the first book I couldn't put down. I also remember reading Jurassic Park in just a few days, which for this slow reader is quite a feat.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com