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Do you remember your first favorite book?

My first real favorite: the fairy-tale The Golden Ball.
Today I looked up the author and discovered he’s still alive: a scholar, professor, and author of academic works on totalitarianism, information policy, and hybrid wars. I may never read those. But I will absolutely reread the first book I ever loved.

There’s something very moving about smart, busy, serious people who still choose to write for children.

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Mar 17 at 4:51pmWeb
Show threadNoraanniMar 17
@readit @bookstodon I remember the first book I ever read myself and I loved it so much (and still do!): A bear called Paddington.
Show threadReadit ClubMar 17
@norabjds @bookstodon Paddington 😍
Show threadGerman VidalMar 17
@readit My first book (and also one of my favourites) was Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, followed by the complete works of Edgar A. Poe. I was 10 years old by then 😅
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Show threadReadit ClubMar 17
@the_heruman @bookstodon Wow! I’m afraid to ask what are you reading now 😀
Show threadGerman VidalMar 17
@readit Ha ha. Well, I guess those early readings shaped my tastes, and I ended up becoming a huge fan of sci‑fi and horror. I recently finished Project Hail Mary ☺️ @bookstodon
Show threadJanice in GAMar 18
@readit @bookstodon I think my first fave might hv been Horton Hears a Who. It boggled me that there cd be other size worlds than ours
Show threadElectricMuscleFishMar 18
@readit @bookstodon I don't remember the title, but the first book I really went back to over and over was a book in my school's library about our solar system. I was around ten when I first checked it out. I checked it out so much that my mom went out and bought a copy for me. My first favorite whose title I actually remember is "The Gunslinger" by Stephen King. I got it at a local bookstore when I was around eleven.
Show threadPedro CoraMar 18
@readit @bookstodon I think one of the first books that I remember really enjoying was The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Which I read in my teenage years.
Show threadBlazefadeMar 19
@readit @bookstodon very first favorite book I don’t remember. I remember being a fan of wishbone, animorphs, goosebumps, choose your own adventure, Enders game, and treasure island. Nowadays, I’ve been into snow crash and currently reading the culture series by Iian m banks.
Show threadStrypeyMar 31

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> There’s something very moving about smart, busy, serious people who still choose to write for children

Some of the best writing is produced this way. Margaret Mahy, Maurice Gee, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Roald Dahl, Dr Suess, and so many other great writers of children's and young adults' fiction all fit this description.

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Show threadStrypeyMar 31

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One of favourite example is Michael Ende. Best known (if at all) as the author of The Neverending Story, the novel on which the movie and its first sequel were based.

But also the author of a fantastic work of rebel fantasy called Momo. About a young girl living free in a ruined amphitheatre who's a very skilled listener, and her attempts to thwart The Men in Grey from the "Timesavings Bank".

#books #novels #fantasy #MichaelEnde #NeverendingStory #Momo

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Show threadWolfgang PalloksApr 5
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My real first favorite book was Stephen King's 'Shining'.
I still get goosebumps while writing this!
And King is still one of my fave writers.
Show threadJuliesBits 🇺🇲 🍑Apr 12

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I remember when the librarian at my elementary school took me over to the section of the library where the "real" books were housed and introduced me to the Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

I read the first book in the series and was back for the second book right away. Thanks to that librarian, I began my very enjoyable adventure surrounded by great books - I was 8 years old, in the third grade.