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Do you remember the books you read as a child? For me, a usually a visual or some type of music evokes very vivid and realistic settings of books that I read at a young age, although I can never remember any titles or names. What do you remember about a book long after you've read it?

>> No.10160000

>>10159980
I still own all my books I had as a child.

>> No.10160017

>>10160000
noice digits

>> No.10160454

I remember trying to breathe less to conserve oxygen while reading 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Shit was captivating.

>> No.10160473

>>10159980
My dog pissed on my sheets last night but I was too lazy to change them. I'm lying here now and the smell is all I can pay attention to

>> No.10160476

>>10159980
i remembere reading The Phantom Tollbooth, and loving it.

>> No.10160478

>>10159980
I've still got many of the books I read as a child. Mostly a Time-Life collection about airplanes, Dinotopia, some scary Russian goodnight stories, Plato's Crito Phaedo and Apology, and a Holy Bible.

What I remember most about them is spending hours on the floor reading them, looking at pictures, and imagining the world outside. Reading about Howard Hughes and experimental aircraft as a 7 year old in the late 1980s was a trip, I was convinced a Spruce Goose factory was out there somewhere. That's it. I remember the free hours, the floor, the smell of the books.

>>10160000
Checked.

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>>10160000
>Still owns all his childhood books
>Those digits

Some bastards get all the luck

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10160495

>>10160478
>Plato's Crito Phaedo Apology

I need to believe this is not a lie

>> No.10160496

Sorta, I remember which books and the emotions they evoked as I read them, but the plots usually escape me. When I've revisited them years later it's been this weird experience where I start remembering as I'm reading but am often times still surprised by major plot points. I also tend to have physical sensations associated with memories of certain books

>> No.10160501

>>10160478
>free hours
This. I remember having all the time in the world to read all of the books I wanted to, and now it's a struggle to make time.