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So what was the first book you ever fell in love with and how old were you?

I was in 4th grade and the book was House of The Scorpion. It was the first book i actually read. Before then, I never liked books or reading, since then I have obsessed over Shakespeare, Alighieri, Homer, Plato, and of course Poe.

The whole theme of survival and doing what was necessary to stay alive really interested me and kept me hooked until the end!

Please share yours

>> No.2879313

The Antichrist by Nietzsche

Watch out. Don't cut yourself on my sharp edges

>> No.2879326

>>2879299
The Shadow on the Glass by Ian Irvine, I read books beforehand, but I fell in love with the major antagonist/anti-hero.

>> No.2879327

Where The Wild Things Are - Kindergarten

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captain motherfucking Blood

>> No.2879348

Not my first favorite by a longshot, but I really liked Gary Paulson's The Transvaal Saga. I also loved House of the Scorpion, too.

The Eye the Ear and the Arm (or whatever it's called) was great (Africa in the future!!).

>> No.2879351

>>2879348
whoops, I meant "Transall"

Post apocalyptic YA fiction before it was cool

>> No.2879368

The Da Vinci Code.

Oh well...

>> No.2879372

Swiss Family Robinson. It was a Disney edition, or something and I've never found it again. It must have belonged to my father, it was so old. I still have it, though. I was six and I must have read it a dozen times. I loved that book. I have to find it again.

>> No.2879378

>>2879313

9/10 lel'd

The original Redwall for me, think it was 2nd grade.

>> No.2879403

Dante's Inferno when I was 13. I loved Virgil.

>> No.2879458

>>2879403
I hated that bitch Dante. Always passing out from crying too hard.

>> No.2879466

The Alice, Winnie the Pooh and Narnia books, all long before I could read.

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>> No.2879484

The Lord of the Rings, when I was 8. I memorized the names of all of the members of the fucking Hobbit families, too. I was an odd kid.

>> No.2879509

1st grade, charlotte's web

>> No.2879580

>>2879378
You have good taste.

I read Redwall, Marlfox, Salamandastron, Martin the Warrior, Mattimeo, Pearls of Lutria and Mossflower before I moved on to other things. I hope my kids enjoy them as much as I did some day.

>> No.2879628

i am legend - 16

incoming plebshots

>> No.2879672

The Martian Chronicles when I was 12.

>> No.2879675

The Iron Ring by Lloyd Alexander.

Also really liked the Redwall books.

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GOAT kid's book.

>> No.2880975

White Fang. I dunno, I was probably between 9 and 12. It's one of the few books I remember reading when I was young, so it must have been important to me. I've been thinking about reading it again, once I get over this high fantasy kick.

>> No.2881010

Darren Shan, the 3rd book in the series.

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>>2879695
This book provided the imagery for my deep decent into depression when I was younger. That math wizard was a douche.

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grade one