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| twins1729 | Aug 25 2009, 11:00 AM Post #76 |
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Boxcar Children!!!!!!!! OMG! I never really got into the whole series but I probably read the first book a dozen times when I was little. I know those scary books, too! I LOVED them! What about those poem books. Like, "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and "A Light in the Attic." |
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| twins1729 | Aug 25 2009, 11:01 AM Post #77 |
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Has anyone mentioned Captain Planet, yet?
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"That is what the cool people will call it now. Because we take two words and we make them one. Which is so hip you know." - King Julian![]() LukeandNoahFans.com | |
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| Mirax | Aug 25 2009, 11:42 AM Post #78 |
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Oh, Boxcar Children! I owned way more of those books than I think I will ever be comfortable admitting. |
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| monday | Aug 25 2009, 05:28 PM Post #79 |
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Those two books of poetry are by Shel Silverstein - as was The Giving Tree, which I can't stand but most people love. i loved the Babysitter Clubs books, not only because the author was a Smithie, but because all the females were so different. i read the hardback nancy drews, and have always had a passion for children's picture books. I also read all the Paula Danziger's and Judy Blume's, etc, etc. |
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"I have been a writer since 1949. I am self-taught. I have no theories about writing that might help others. When I write I simply become what I seemingly must become. I am six feet two and weigh nearly two hundred pounds and am badly coordinated, except when I swim. All that borrowed meat does the writing. In the water I am beautiful." -Kurt Vonnegut | |
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| carrot_cake | Aug 25 2009, 05:43 PM Post #80 |
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I remember my mother reading me If you give a Mouse a Cookie, If you give a Moose a Muffin, and The very Hungry Caterpillar. LOL I never noticed but all the books I used to read were about food. |
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| SunshineKat | Aug 25 2009, 05:45 PM Post #81 |
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Shel Silverstein wrote the books, I think. I read them when I was younger. I LOVED The Babysitter's Club - all the girls were just so great and individual. I was ADDICTED to Christopher Pike and R. L. Stine - not the Goosebumps books though - they had some freaky material, man. I also read Shakespeare when I was 11. Blame my mother, lol. I loved to read so she bought this Completed Works of Shakespeare compliation and gave it me. Had NO CLUE what it was all about at the time but I LOVED the words. LOVED. THEM. It also lead into other reading so I was happy.
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| Honey | Aug 25 2009, 05:49 PM Post #82 |
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BABY-SITTER'S CLUB FTMFW!!! |
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| SunshineKat | Aug 25 2009, 05:52 PM Post #83 |
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THIS. VERY TRUE. I have this fabulous erotic novel titled "Enchantment" that really delves into the dark aspect of the fairytales. It's pretty awesome. And I have NO CLUE if you find comics at ALL interesting, monday, but if you do I recommend "Fables". It's based on fairytale characters in our modern day world. It's my favorite title right now. Edited by SunshineKat, Aug 25 2009, 05:55 PM.
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| bbwqueen1004 | Aug 25 2009, 05:56 PM Post #84 |
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I used to read all those "young adult" books back in the day when I actually had time to read. Babysitters Club AND the spin-off Babysitter's Little Sister (you know, the one with little Karen. )Nancy Drew (the old school hardback books) Fingerprints Almost anything written by Francine Pascal (Fearless, Sweet Valley High and Junior High....) Almost anything written by Judy Blume ( Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, Blubber, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing...) Harry Potter (of course) The Outsiders (will forever love this book) |
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| twins1729 | Aug 25 2009, 06:35 PM Post #85 |
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Huh, I honestly didn't like the Babysitter's Club. I remember being in, like, the 5th grade and it was probably just a TAD over my head. Nicole LOVED The Outsiders.
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| monday | Aug 25 2009, 07:54 PM Post #86 |
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I collect tons of stuff about fairy tales - a bunch of erotica ones, but in general i'm a fairy tale buff. Wanna talk Jack Zipes or the history of various tales, I'm your gal? Took classes on it in college and everything. And I confess that i meant to say snow white, not sleeping beauty. i like disney's sleeping beauty, i cannot stand disney's snow white. I never got into comics much because growing up i had no money, so if it wasn't in the library, i wasn't reading it. anyone here read Jane Yolen, Mercedes Lackey, or Marion Zimmer Bradley? |
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"I have been a writer since 1949. I am self-taught. I have no theories about writing that might help others. When I write I simply become what I seemingly must become. I am six feet two and weigh nearly two hundred pounds and am badly coordinated, except when I swim. All that borrowed meat does the writing. In the water I am beautiful." -Kurt Vonnegut | |
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| bbwqueen1004 | Aug 25 2009, 11:47 PM Post #87 |
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| sarafim | Aug 26 2009, 12:07 AM Post #88 |
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Woah, that's weird. I was reading this thread earlier, and flipping out cause somebody mentioned the Scary Story books, which I ADORED when I was younger. I read them over and over and over and over again. Seriously. Cause they had effing scary-as-shit illustrations. BUT! My point, is that I was about to post in here, too about this book that I used to get out of the elementary school library like, every other trip, about Vampires. So I looked it up, and it's by Jane Yolen. I found it because I remembered that inside the front cover, I'm pretty sure there was a single line that read "Ve vant to bite your neck." ...and I liked it. HEE. I was obsessed with that book for quite a while. I don't even remember what was in it now, though. Oh, and just for fun: ALDSKFJALDKFJADFDJKFSDF!!! SCARY STORY ILLUSTRATIONS: ![]() ![]()
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| Magicman G | Aug 26 2009, 12:43 AM Post #89 |
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OMG the Scary Story books!! When I was in elementary school my best friend and I would have sleepovers and her sister would read those books to us and totally creep us out for the night! I remember there was some story about a rat in a bucket of fried chicken...? Or something like that.And I also LOVED the Baby-Sitter's Club series. I actually still have them all packed in boxes in my attic. Seriously, Ann M. Martin taught me how to write. It's because of the Baby-Sitter's Club books and her other book, Me and Katie (the Pest), that I learned how to write novels. I also loved the R. L. Stine books....wasn't he the one who had the Fear Street series? I always loved his books because you spent the first half of it suspecting one person, and then by the end it totally turned out to be someone else! Also, I remember reading an article about him, where he talked about how he was told to shorten his name (Robert Lawrence) to R. L. because it sounded creepier and therefore fit the image of his books better.
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| bluejeanbaby | Aug 26 2009, 01:28 AM Post #90 |
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Those Scary Stories books were the shit. Actually scary stories, scary illustrations to accompany the stories, and they were super short and easy to read - perfect for campouts and sleepovers. Alvin Schwartz -
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| monday | Aug 26 2009, 06:44 AM Post #91 |
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I don't know these Scary Stories of which everyone speaks. I feel so ignorant. I'll have to check them out. However, as I'm still afraid of the dark, maybe that's not the best idea. I loved all Jane Yolen books, still do. I teach them to my students. There were two books of hers; Dragon's Blood and Heart's Blood, which i will forever hold dear. A Sending of Dragons (the third in the story) is not my favorite, but it does complete the series. And anyone who loves fairy tale re-tellings should read Briar Rose. They just should. |
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"I have been a writer since 1949. I am self-taught. I have no theories about writing that might help others. When I write I simply become what I seemingly must become. I am six feet two and weigh nearly two hundred pounds and am badly coordinated, except when I swim. All that borrowed meat does the writing. In the water I am beautiful." -Kurt Vonnegut | |
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| Lis | Aug 27 2009, 08:29 PM Post #92 |
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On threads like these, I thank god for bringing me into this world in the 90s! Nick was at it's best! You could wake up every Saturday morning and watch cartoons! You were there to watch the Rugrats NEVER age and you remember asking, "Wait, who is living in a pinapple under the sea?" in 1999. Everything was just ![]() It's sad to say that I still watch Nick when I get bored or nothing else is on but I'd MUCH rather watch old Nick then the crap that's on now. I think Disney (which I never really watched as a kid) is better than Nick now. I feel like Nick shows after like 1 P.M. are for only Pre-teens. It wasn't like that back in the 90s, where in the afternoon the shows were are almost everyone (even parents!) And there were actually CARTOONS. All we have now (I think?) is Spongebob and Fairly Oddparents. And they haven't even put up new episodes of Fairly Oddparents in awhile..which makes me sad ![]() Some shows I look back fondly on: AAAHH!!! Real Monsters The Angry Beavers CatDog Doug Gumby Hey Arnold! (Move it Football Head! To this day, the episode of them singing opera is still fresh in my mind) KaBlam! Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon Oh Yeah! Cartoons Pinky and the Brain (Poor Brain never got to take over the world, did he?) The Ren & Stimpy Show ("Happy Happy, Joy Joy!", "Don't Pee on The Electric Fence", "Don't Push the Spiny Red Button"/"Oh my beloved ice creeeam bar!") Rocko's Modern Life ("I AM THE CHEESE!", "You are all wild pigs! I'M A WILD PIG!" ...my dad used that quote about an hour ago..not even kidding you. And if you don't remember it, here's a little reminder from good ol' YT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHM3uuzBwRg )Rugrats (and the movies! Who else cried in the first movie when Tommy was sleeping with the slipper and singing to himself or when Tommy and Dill were in the cave and Tommy threw his compass? )Tiny Toon Adventures The Wild Thornberrys Are You Afraid of the Dark (that STILL scares the piss out of me!) Double Dare Figure It Out Nickelodeon GUTS/Global GUTS Legends of the Hidden Temple All That (Original Cast was the BEST) The Adventures of Pete & Pete Clarissa Explains It All The Journey of Allen Strange Kenan & Kel ("Who Loves Orange Soda? Kel loves orange soda. Is it true? Mmhmm, I do, I do, I do-oooo") Salute Your Shorts (I think everyone can sing the Camp Anawana Theme Song!) The Secret World of Alex Mack 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowed Oh, and their hosts! Who remembers Face in the morning and Stick Stickly in the Afternoon? ![]() Books wise? I wasn't a HUGE reader back then. And if I did read, I don't remember what I read. I remember not being interested in many of the Goosebump classics but I LOVED R.L. Stine's "older" version called "Fear Street". Now I read a little bit more but only when I'm in the library not doing classwork or when I'm NOT on the computer at home But come on, fanfiction is reading too....right? ![]() Edited by Lis, Aug 27 2009, 08:51 PM.
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| dazzling_icer | Aug 27 2009, 09:01 PM Post #93 |
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Oh man...we are like Nick TV show brain buddies! I loved all of those! Did you ever watch The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo? I LOVED that show, too! It was one of my favorite SNICK shows! |
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| amie | Aug 27 2009, 09:09 PM Post #94 |
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Way, way, way back in the day..... Hardy Boys (Shawn Cassidy = love) Pop Rocks and coke Wylie cyote cartoons Gumby and Pokey Mr. Bill |
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| Lis | Aug 27 2009, 09:16 PM Post #95 |
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Yup! I probably just didn't remember it as much as the others. If I saw an episode, I'd probably smile like the rest. SNICK was the best! There wasn't anything else like it! Oh, and speaking of shows again, who never truly got the meaning of the Ear of Corn being on All That? Seriously, I could go on and on about the BEST segments of the originial "All That" Good Burger ("Welcome to Good Burger, Home of the Good Burger, May I Take Your Order?") Vital Information for your Everyday Life with Lori Beth Demberg (sp?) Everyday French with your Host, Pierre Escargot ( hehe, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93sxInETZKo&feature=related ) |
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| bluejeanbaby | Aug 27 2009, 09:28 PM Post #96 |
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Still, a Wednesday! And Wylie Coyote cartoons are
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| amie | Aug 27 2009, 09:34 PM Post #97 |
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Wylie cyote, road runner, bugs bunny. The poor stupid Wylie Cyote always, always got squashed by the rock or blown up by the TNT . |
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| bluejeanbaby | Aug 29 2009, 01:40 AM Post #98 |
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Don Bluth movies. All Dogs Go to Heaven - I loved as a little girl but when watched recently it's rather sad and a bit scary. Giant singing alligator anyone? Not to mention that whole going to hell thing. An American Tail - Jesus if I don't cry every time those little mice warble their way (off key) to the moon. Seriously. And Tiger is serious love. Plus, the history lessen it unknowingly offers is great for little kids.The Land Before Time - It's subsequent, and far inferior, sequels don't exist in my mind and yes, I still get all weepy over the song at the end when the little ones are reunited with their families. Duckie ![]() The Secret of Nimh - My all-time fave DB film. The concept is eerily relevant, the animation is outstanding, and it's just his most beautiful movie. |
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| bbwqueen1004 | Aug 29 2009, 02:34 AM Post #99 |
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Oh man. The Secret of Nimh. Now that movie both intrigued and scared the shit outta me. Holy crap. Just the whole concept of it......... Now I feel like watching it.
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| dazzling_icer | Aug 29 2009, 02:47 AM Post #100 |
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LOVE! I read the book first before I saw the movie when I was in middle school...and I loved it! Scared the crap out of me, but I still loved it! And the movie was even better! Good memory on that one! |
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When I was in elementary school my best friend and I would have sleepovers and her sister would read those books to us and totally creep us out for the night! I remember there was some story about a rat in a bucket of fried chicken...? Or something like that.



But come on, fanfiction is reading too....right? 

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