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Topic: What were you reading when....
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Sat 08/06/11 11:00 AM
you were 13?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/06/reading-when-i-was-13-_n_919927.html?ref=fb&src=sp#s323704&title=S_E_Emmanuel

I was reading lots of Judy Blume, Chronicles of Narnia and Harlequin Romance novels.

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Sat 08/06/11 11:55 AM
GOOSEBUMPS, Stephen King,and J.R. Tolkien

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Sat 08/06/11 12:55 PM
Jean Auel, various romances, science-fictions, etc.

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Sat 08/06/11 01:58 PM

GOOSEBUMPS, Stephen King,and J.R. Tolkien


Loved Stephen King, but I don't think I read him until high school. I'm not sure, but I think the first book I read by him was Pet Semetary.

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Sat 08/06/11 01:59 PM

Jean Auel, various romances, science-fictions, etc.



I don't think I read Jean Auel until high school. But, her books were awesome!

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Sat 08/06/11 02:38 PM
Mad Magazine, Cracked Magazine, Playboy ( only for the articles:wink: laugh )Creepy and Eerie comic books.

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Sat 08/06/11 05:15 PM


Hustler, National Lampoon, Stephen King (or whatever he was going by), Runes and Sanskrit.

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Sat 08/06/11 07:45 PM
the writing on the walls

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Sat 08/06/11 08:11 PM
Anything I could get my hands on! I was a bookworm at this stage of my life...hadn't gotten interested in boys yet, so other than playing baseball, I had my head stuck in a book constantly.

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Mon 08/08/11 08:01 AM
Stephen King, Edgar Rice Burroughs(mainly his Barsoom and Pellucidar series), Tolkien, H Beam Piper, Robert Heinlein, Stephen R Donaldson Hardy Boys...

Whatever books that looked interesting from my parent's and sisters' collections.

Mad, Cracked, Crazy, Heavy Metal, Epic, Eerie, Creepy, The Savage Sword Of Conan magazines.

Archie comics, also a lot of the horror themed comics like House Of Mystery, House Of Secrets, Midnight Tales, Ghostly Haunts, Scary Tales, The Witching Hour, Weird Mystery Tales.....

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Mon 08/08/11 10:06 AM
Edited by oldhippie1952 on Mon 08/08/11 10:06 AM
I was re-reading Lord of the Rings for the umpteenth time, as well as westerns and sci-fi.

Favorite magazine was the monthly Reader's Digest. I devoured it.

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Mon 08/08/11 01:02 PM

I was re-reading Lord of the Rings for the umpteenth time, as well as westerns and sci-fi.

Favorite magazine was the monthly Reader's Digest. I devoured it.


How old were you the first time you read LOTR?

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Mon 08/08/11 01:06 PM


I was re-reading Lord of the Rings for the umpteenth time, as well as westerns and sci-fi.

Favorite magazine was the monthly Reader's Digest. I devoured it.


How old were you the first time you read LOTR?


I bought Fellowship in the third grade so 8 I guess. Shocked me, first time I read a book where it did not end! But I was hooked....

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Mon 08/08/11 01:08 PM

I bought Fellowship in the third grade so 8 I guess. Shocked me, first time I read a book where it did not end! But I was hooked....


Wow, I think that's pretty advanced reading for an 8 year old. :thumbsup:

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Mon 08/08/11 01:16 PM


I bought Fellowship in the third grade so 8 I guess. Shocked me, first time I read a book where it did not end! But I was hooked....


Wow, I think that's pretty advanced reading for an 8 year old. :thumbsup:


I was a reader. I bought it from the book mobile for 35 cents. I only got it cuz it said something about elves in the synopsis!!!

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Mon 08/08/11 02:05 PM


GOOSEBUMPS, Stephen King,and J.R. Tolkien


Loved Stephen King, but I don't think I read him until high school. I'm not sure, but I think the first book I read by him was Pet Semetary.


I can't remember what my first King book was, it might have been The Shining. I know I was watching King adaptations before I had read his books, I remember watching and being freaked out by Salems' Lot when it originally aired on TV.

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Mon 08/08/11 06:21 PM



GOOSEBUMPS, Stephen King,and J.R. Tolkien


Loved Stephen King, but I don't think I read him until high school. I'm not sure, but I think the first book I read by him was Pet Semetary.


I can't remember what my first King book was, it might have been The Shining. I know I was watching King adaptations before I had read his books, I remember watching and being freaked out by Salems' Lot when it originally aired on TV.


I have a hard time remembering if I read the book or watched the movie when it comes to his stuff. I think maybe I read Carrie first.

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Mon 08/08/11 07:34 PM

Jane's Manuals
Roy F. Dunlap gunsmiths books
American Home gunsmith digest by Tom Bish
American Rifleman
Extreme life saving technical manuals
Desert survival
Mountain survival
Weapons design.
Knife making manuals.

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Tue 08/09/11 10:04 AM
Edited by EquusDancer on Tue 08/09/11 10:06 AM


Jean Auel, various romances, science-fictions, etc.



I don't think I read Jean Auel until high school. But, her books were awesome!


The were. The last two just sucked though. Ugh.

Clan of the Cave Bear was the only book that I was allowed to read, but not allowed to discuss with other kids. I didn't do a lot of that anyways, since the kids didn't care, but this was the book that mom emphasized due to the sex and rape scenes.


LOL! What she didn't realize was that book was mild compared to some of the other old sci-fi/fantasy books I got my hands on at the library. Sharon Green wrote a really interesting Amazons one, that was along the lines of Edgar Rice Burroughs and similar sorts.

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Tue 08/09/11 12:49 PM
The Shining -Stephen King-

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