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I know it's a long shot, but has anyone read the Swallows And Amazons series of children's books, written by Arthur Ransome in the 1930s? My aunt bought me the first one when I was a young teen, and I scorned it at first--but when I read it, I fell in love with the innocence and gentle adventure--I'm rereading the series now--I'm on the 4th (I read a lot since my phone got cut off) And they recall my childhood to me--it's great! Niggaz! |
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Yes, they're great. Nice, idyllic kids books. I still like the moomins and the just william books. Moomins in particular are great. I think people who refuse to read some books on the grounds that they're for kids are idiots. Alan Garners short books (The Aimer Gate, etc.) are amazing... |
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I've read a few volumes of the William books--I found them humourous--I also read a lot of the big Billy Bunter books :D I loved em--I think I have this thing about old boarding schools...I imagine it's homosexual in some way, although maybe it's perfectly innocent.... I'm just finishing off "Winter Holday" right now :) I love the maps at the beginning--really adds to the stories in an almost interactive way |
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Enid Blyton's Brere rabbit books are good too. Even more childish (can't read anything into them at all) than the above, but still good kids stories. |
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I admit I once went through a period of reading Famous Five books, when I was 18 or something--even more embarassing--when I was at school, I used to read those goddam St Claire's books for girls...the librarians musta thought I was a right gayboy |
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I read the molesworth books- never the st. trinians or st. claires ones though. You're right you probably appeared quite odd ;) When I was in sixth form I used to spend most of my time on the school bus reading. Loads of younger kids started doing it, I think they had previously been worried that they'd look geeky if they read, but having someone olde rdo it made it okay. I even saw one of the more "hip" kids a few years below me (the sort you'd think would take the piss out of other kids for choosing to read) reading lord of the flies on the way home. I assumed he was doing English homework and I said, "Bit keen there, don't you usually leave reading till the morning it has to be in?" He said he was jsut reading for entertainment and that it was a really good book. My gift to the world ;) |
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