Well if book choices determined you future career I could see what direction I'd be going in.

In grade 3 I read a lot of Encyclopedia Brown. Grade 4 I started reading Agatha Christie novel. I read every single one by the end of the year. Also read Goosebumps a lot that year. Then in grade 5 I read Dracula and then started on Poe.:D

i read everything and anything when i was a kid.
still do ..

i remember reading every stephen king book as they came out (which is why i cant stand him now)...

i also remember the library breaking the book limit for me .. we were allowed 12 books a week .. i was finishing them in a couple of days .. soon they were letting me take out 24.

remember - this was in canada where it's winter 10 months a year, and there was no cable TV, videos, or electronic games.

ahh goosebumps was the greatest!

Don't expect members to comprehend that. Beyond capability. :p

How old is Goosebumps exactly?

Here in Denmark it has existed for about 7 years.

Jules Verne is the author that caught my young eye.

and h.g. wells ? with a dash of h rider haggard ?

that was the holy trinity for me back then

(still like them now too)

I read a bit of Wells and Haggard. Not as much as Verne though. I think the only Haggard novels I read were She & something about the Khyber river- Up the Khyber or something... you probably know the title.

I grew up in Minnesota, still live here, when it's not winter, it's road construction season, seriously, it's not just a stereo-type.

I loved Stephen King right up until I read Needful Things and he killed Raider. In the book Raider was a little terrier mix, not a big Rottweiler. Not that killing a Rottweiler is better, but in the movie at least the dog presented some kind of a threat. In the book, Leland broke into the house, was scratching little Raider on the tummy and sent a fucking corkscrew through the little white patch on the dog's chest. I never forgave Mr. King for that and haven't read one of his books since. Funny, rip a human's head off = me don't care, drive a corkscrew through a little dog's chest = I fucking hate you.

starring sidney james and the carry on gang :p




no - i dont know that one ... king solomons mines was another big one

i was into dostoyevsky (seriously - i was a weird kid)

Amen sista! :)

I made a pact
no computer over the weekend..its outside or bonding time..
so yeah..i die over the weekend. :o

No need to hide it. I know you just missed me. ;)

Thanksgiving was busy and then I spent the weekend in Pennsylvania with my family. Unfortunately, there are no computers in Pennsylvania. Lots of rednecks, though.

What part of Pennsylvania? And I know what you mean about the rednecks...I miss New York so much.

Drama queen. :rolleyes:

They live in Bethlehem, which actually isn't TOO bad... And I have to admit; the steelworks are ridiculously cool.

Where are you from?

I thought Bethlehem was a made up place full of figments of people's imaginations the place where imaginary friends are born.

I'm living in the North Hills of Pittsburgh right now. It's mostly elderly people who are either poor rednecks or incredibly arrogant wealth. And everyone here is white. I was used to a lot more diversity in both age and culture.

"Dead? Well... deadish. They all sort of fell down and then got up and started eating each other."

they're all messed up

Sounds like an orgy for the elderly.