Luanne Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 What books would you read now to make up for lost time? I have discovered that I absolutely love reading ... now that I can go to the library any time I want. :D Any recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Are you asking about children's fiction (chapter books) that can be enjoyed as an adult? There are so many, I don't know where to start! The Chronicles of Narnia, Anne of Green Gables, The Phantom Tollbooth, The Westing Game, The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, Homer Price, Swallows and Amazons, The Mysterious Benedict Society, I Am David, House of Sixty Fathers, The Saturdays.... When do you want me to stop? :) I love reading well-written children's fiction. It is as easy to read as popcorn books for adults, but feels so much more substantial in the language, themes, ideas, and imagination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Oh Lord!! This forum has totally corrupted me!! hehehehe I thought she was talking about the other booKs. :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Are you asking about children's fiction (chapter books) that can be enjoyed as an adult? There are so many, I don't know where to start! The Chronicles of Narnia, Anne of Green Gables, The Phantom Tollbooth, The Westing Game, The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, Homer Price, Swallows and Amazons, The Mysterious Benedict Society, I Am David, House of Sixty Fathers, The Saturdays.... When do you want me to stop? :) I love reading well-written children's fiction. It is as easy to read as popcorn books for adults, but feels so much more substantial in the language, themes, ideas, and imagination. The language is usually cleaner, and it can be every bit as challenging to read, and often even more thought-provoking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJoy Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 (edited) The language is usually cleaner, and it can be every bit as challenging to read, and often even more thought-provoking. It's nice to hear I'm not the only one who thinks this way! I hate picking up adult literature, getting into the story, then encountering "adult" situations I wasn't expecting. The majority of my favorite books were written for children or teens. Books I wouldn't have wanted to miss from my childhood are: A Little Princess Homecoming & Dicey's Song (and the rest of the series) Caddie Woodlawn Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry & Let the Circle Be Unbroken (and others in the series) Anne of Green Gables (at least the first book--it gets tedious after a while) The Giver & Gathering Blue Goodnight, Mr. Tom The Indian in the Cupboard (and sequels) Summer of the Monkeys & Where the Red Fern Grows Sarah Bishop, Island of the Blue Dolphins, and others by Scott O'Dell (most of what he has written!) Edited August 21, 2009 by AndyJoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 The first three, published in the late 1960s-early 1970s, are the best: A Wrinkle in Time A Wind in the Door A Swiftly Tilting Planet The fourth one, Many Waters, published in 1986, was good, but not as good as the first three. I haven't read the fifth one, An Acceptable Time, published in 1990. A few of my other favorites include: The Little House on the Prairie series Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (LOVED the book, but the movie is BAD) The Golden Goblet Goodbye, My Lady (now OOP) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 I'll second the Wilson Rawls books. I first read Where the Red Fern Grows at the age of 33, and I felt so incredibly gypped by my literature teachers... how could they have not even mentioned that one??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollies73 Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 I agree with many of the books mentioned. But for adult literature, I just fell in love with the old classics in high school. Like Emma, Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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