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First Book Memories, Favorite Books and Authors
So many of us remember our reader, Dick and Jane from first grade! Nancy Drew mysteries are another favorite among Crooked Creek readers. This chart lists your first memories and your favorites according to comments made regarding the past three posts:
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1st Book Memory |
“A Tree for Peter” by Kate Seredy |
Dick & Jane (elementary school book) |
Nancy Drew books by Carolyn Keene |
“Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott |
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Favorite Books |
“A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” by Betty Smith |
“The Good Earth” by Pearl S. Buck |
Scriptures from the “Good Book” |
Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner |
Miss Julia series by Ann B. Ross |
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Favorite Authors |
Mary Higgins Clark |
Harland Coban |
Shakespeare |
Nickolas Sparks |
Jodi Picoult |
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James Patterson |
Francine Rivers |
Dean Koontz |
Stephen King |
Lisa Gardner |
Access, Storage and Disposal
Most of you indicated that you love books today even though many of you did not have books readily available in your family growing up. Some obtained books from the library or a “Bookmobile” operated in rural areas. I, too, remember those visiting libraries, but I do not if they still exist. An interesting concept today for urban readers, according to one of you is the placement of small repositories where books may be borrowed or added.
You are a generous group, mostly passing your books on to others or donating them. Some of you resale at Half-Price Bookstores. And, it seems that there are always books with which we cannot part. Only one person shared how their books are arranged and that was by alphabetical order. Readers were about 50 to 50% in preference of paper books versus electronic or audio books.
Genre
Whether you are reading for self-improvement, to learn new skills, to broaden your mind with history or poetry or simply to be entertained or thrilled you are engaging in an activity that will forever be a part of your life. Even if, like one reader, we need to keep a list of the books read so that we don’t buy them a second time, there are passages that affect us in ways of which we are unaware.
Thank You Pat, Lula, Rose, Kay, Sylvia and Others
I am honored that this blog is one of the things that you read!
“Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.” Louisa May Alcott
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