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S. C. Lewis. I remember checking the Chronicles of Narnia books from my elementary school library and reading them first chronologically, and then the way the Lewis released them. During this time my mother also read me and my sister Harry Potter, so I've got to include J. K. Rowling. Notable mentions also go to J. R. R. Tolkien and Ray Bradbury for The Hobbit and Something Wicked This Way Comes, which I still have the cassette tapes for.
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I remember that the book that really got me back into reading was Queen of Camelot by Nancy McKenzie. It was required reading for school but after that I was hooked.
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For me it was j.k rowling. After reading HP i knew i had missed a lot when i wasn't reading books.
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Enid Blyton. Her illustrated works were the first books I picked up, not counting class readers and any other material I used to learn as a kid. I thoroughly enjoyed her books for children and later, her more mature works like the Secret Seven and the Famous Five.
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When the Twilight series was born. It was Stephanie Meyer. I became a bookworm afterwards.
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One of my earliest authors was Victoria holt. This woman has serious talent. I remember reading the time of the hunter's moon (one of her novels)and i would imagine myself as one of the characters. Her books made a very deep impression on me because i was still young and believed in romance and falling deeply in love. Am still in love with her books even today because they are creative and you never tire of reading them.
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flaming_quills wrote: 23 Apr 2019, 12:04 Enid Blyton. Her illustrated works were the first books I picked up, not counting class readers and any other material I used to learn as a kid. I thoroughly enjoyed her books for children and later, her more mature works like the Secret Seven and the Famous Five.
My older sisters were Enid Blyton fans, in particular, of her Malory Towers series of school-based books. I used to read these too, even though they were probably aimed more at girls than boys. Enjoyed them hugely! I also read the Secret Seven and Famous Five sets.
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Either Jacqueline Wilson or Enid Blyton. Jacqueline Wilson was just such a big part of my childhood; I remember me and my friends going to a meet and greet and book signing of hers and it was crazy meeting someone who I'd idolised for so long!
However, I've got to mention Enid Blyton. My mum gave me her copies of the 'famous five' etc., which has the first series I ever read.
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I never enjoyed reading on my own until I was about 12. I remembered having done a CS Lewis book as a set book in about Grade 4 and thinking it was kind of interesting, but at the time I wasn’t really into it. So I went and got Prince Caspian out of the library and read it on my own. I loved it! So I went and got more CS Lewis books out and that was the beginning of my love of reading.
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John Steinbeck.
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Arthur Connan Doyle, for sure. I remember reading (more like devouring) the whole series of Sherlock Holmes books. I did start with A study in Scarlett and then had my parents buy a big collection comprising all the rest of his stories and novels, which I could not put down until it was all finished :)
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J.K.Rowling is my inspiration.
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For me it was Laura Ingalls Wilder. I’ve seriously loved reading since I was a child and the first series I finished was the Little House on the Prairie books. 😊
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Artizi wrote: 09 May 2019, 12:11 Arthur Connan Doyle, for sure. I remember reading (more like devouring) the whole series of Sherlock Holmes books. I did start with A study in Scarlett and then had my parents buy a big collection comprising all the rest of his stories and novels, which I could not put down until it was all finished :)
Yes! I love Sherlock Holmes. I have a book of his complete works of Sherlock Holmes and I read them all over one summer back in high school.
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Only1Cola wrote: 28 Apr 2019, 14:31 I never enjoyed reading on my own until I was about 12. I remembered having done a CS Lewis book as a set book in about Grade 4 and thinking it was kind of interesting, but at the time I wasn’t really into it. So I went and got Prince Caspian out of the library and read it on my own. I loved it! So I went and got more CS Lewis books out and that was the beginning of my love of reading.
Ahhh yes C.S. Lewis is one of my favorites, too. I have all seven Narnia books in one volume. Can’t wait to read them to my kids someday. 😊
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