Childhood nostalgia poll

[rachelmanija]

Please reminisce, fondly or not, about any of these, or other books read in childhood, especially if they seem to have, deservedly or undeservedly, vanished from the shelves. I'd love to hear about non-US, non-British books, too.

[Poll #1720139]

Comments

[ironed_orchid]

My dad read me The Hobbit, a chapter a night, when I was about 3. There was never a time it wasn't there, and I read it myself as soon as I could.

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

There was never a time it wasn't there, and I read it myself as soon as I could.

Yes, THIS! I don't even remember if my parents read it aloud to me, but they *did* have a marvelous boxed set of LPs of Nicol Williamson reading the whole thing; I *adored* those records, and loved to listen to them even long after I was reading the books on my own.

_{Not exactly children's literature, although I did read them for the first time while I was still in high school...every time I see your username, I grin and wonder if it's a "Dancers At The End Of Time" reference?}

[ironed_orchid]

That sounds wonderful.

And yes, my username is a modified reference to the Dancers at the End of Time character.

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

It really was a marvelous recording -- you can hear the first ten minutes here, with links to streaming/downloadable versions of the rest, if you're interested; apparently it's never been rereleased, which is a damn shame.

(And hee, I am delighted to hear that! That series is a great favorite of mine, but I've never run into anyone else who knew them...)