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Every month, we announce a question that members can answer in their IWSG post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a personal experience or story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG post or let it inspire your post if you are struggling with something to say.
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June 4 question - What were some books that impacted you as a child or young adult.
I'm sitting here trying to remember what books impacted me as a child, and I can't remember my parents ever reading to me. As a young adult I remember reading The Shining. Scary, but good. Animal House, 1984, and The Catcher in the Rye were mandatory reading in school. What I learned from my English teachers was the underlining meanings in these books. Very interesting.
While I became a voracious reader, I was very much enamored with all kinds of movies.
You know, my parents didn't read much either, except to us. My mom read us kids books -- Dad working 12+ hour days, so he didn't have time/energy. I haven't fully appreciated that influence until recently.
ReplyDeleteMy mom read to me when I was little. After that, I was on my own. LOL
ReplyDeleteI wondered why people keep misspelling my name. Then I checked the IWSG sign-up page. It's Alex's fault! hahaha
Your parents never read to you?
ReplyDeleteI don't remember being read to by my parents as a kid, but maybe that's why I ended up reading so early. It's possible one of my brothers might have read Winnie the Pooh to me.
ReplyDeleteAw. My mom read to me all the time. She said I was reading on my own before I was 3.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed 1984.
ReplyDeleteApparently there is a good sized group of us that all were impacted by 1984 (for better or worse). It was a memorable book for sure.
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