I should note that my mom read with me - like when I first read The Hobbit, we read it together because it was a bit "above" my reading level (and then I finished it on my own). That's it though. But they were both former academics, so we had a room in the house that was filled with their books. LOL about liking the idea of books more than reading them. I know what you mean. There's a part in Dahl's Matilda that speaks to that comfort, I think. Roald Dahl is a good example of what I was into as a kid, actually.
Ha to the desert-thirst thing. I never got into YA really - only YA author I liked was William Sleator, and that was still meh. I tried to like Madeleine L'Engle's stuff, still meh. I read a fair amount of nonfic at that age though. I also randomly read stuff lying around my aunt and uncle's house - gave up on Handmaid's Tale, but got through 1984 and She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb. Not YA. I haven't read a lot of the YA that is exalted these days (Percy Jackson, Dark Materials).
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Date: 2010-01-22 04:51 am (UTC)I should note that my mom read with me - like when I first read The Hobbit, we read it together because it was a bit "above" my reading level (and then I finished it on my own). That's it though. But they were both former academics, so we had a room in the house that was filled with their books. LOL about liking the idea of books more than reading them. I know what you mean. There's a part in Dahl's Matilda that speaks to that comfort, I think. Roald Dahl is a good example of what I was into as a kid, actually.
Ha to the desert-thirst thing. I never got into YA really - only YA author I liked was William Sleator, and that was still meh. I tried to like Madeleine L'Engle's stuff, still meh. I read a fair amount of nonfic at that age though. I also randomly read stuff lying around my aunt and uncle's house - gave up on Handmaid's Tale, but got through 1984 and She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb. Not YA. I haven't read a lot of the YA that is exalted these days (Percy Jackson, Dark Materials).