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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.
J. K. Rowling. I'm sorry if this sounds like a very un-original/cliche answer but I was eleven and the first ever novel to land on my lap was about a boy wizard who turns eleven and has a giant break down the door to the cottage he was at that night, wishing him a happy birthday and telling him he is a wizard. I grew up with him and I was so overwhelmed to see what powers writers have!
SpiritPhoenix wrote: ↑21 May 2019, 09:57
J. K. Rowling. I'm sorry if this sounds like a very un-original/cliche answer but I was eleven and the first ever novel to land on my lap was about a boy wizard who turns eleven and has a giant break down the door to the cottage he was at that night, wishing him a happy birthday and telling him he is a wizard. I grew up with him and I was so overwhelmed to see what powers writers have!
It doesn't sound cliche to me, as a young girl it really did encourage me to keep reading!
Artizi wrote: ↑22 May 2019, 21:45
It doesn't sound cliche to me, as a young girl it really did encourage me to keep reading!
Oh my God yes! I did feel a little lost when the series ended, because I've joined the reader community really late, until the end of the series I had merely read a few Enid Blytons and local comics. But I met a few friends who read and they recommended me brilliant stuff and that's how I realized there's so many things out there! But yes, it all started with Rowling! <3
A ship may be safe in the harbour, but that's not what ships are meant for.
I guess it was "Have You Seen My Mother?" I don't have a clue who it was by, but I was 4 years old. I knew there were a ton of books out there, and in order to get through them all I started reading very young.
----"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."----
For me, it was H. G. Wells. I was in 8th grade at the time and although I was a pretty good student, I really only read because I had to for school. When I read War of the Worlds as part of a summer reading program, I fell in love with the story and Wells' writing style.
War of the Worlds quickly became my favorite book (and was so for a long time), and Wells had opened up the world of SciFi literature to me. I began reading Heinlen, Orson Scott Card, and many other SciFi authors after that. I also really enjoy Well's other works, such as The Invisible Man.
Wells is the author that opened all of the other reading doors for me and I am thankful for his writing!
Melissa Marr. I think she's a wonderful author, just a tad underrated. Hers was the first book I ever owned (Ink Exchange) and I have it to this day. I love that book to bits and I reread it every once in a while to 'go back to my roots'
Her books should definitely get more praise.
The first book I got really into was The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas (or Epitaph of a Small Winner) by Brazilian author Machado de Assis, which I must've read at least three times. Together with Voltaire's Candide, this novel had a huge influence on my writing style (hell, it was one of my inspirations for starting to write in the first place) and sense of humor. I devoured Machado's and Voltaire's works one after the other for quite a while, and then went on to read all sorts of authors, from Dostoyevski to Meyer.
That said, I hadn't been reading all that much after graduating from school... until my "second re-awakening", at least. I don't know if you count web novels, but they sure set me on a reading frenzy that carries on to this day. I don't remember the first web novel I've ever read, but the first one I've read like a madman was definitely Er Mu's Release that Witch.
Johnathan Livingston Seagull. Odd choice, I know, but it's the one book where words became visual images in my mind. I'm not a big fan of the sea-rats these days, but the book will always hold a warm place in my heart. Just a bit of my youth flying ever higher, and at times, further away.
I’m in love with all of Harlan Cobens work he is incredible! I read a lot before I discovered him but after I was in constant search of titles by him! He amazes me with the plot twists and badass characters.
