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By *rmrs1234 OP Couple
over a year ago
Waterford |
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I was real bookworm when i was small. anything from enid blyton, roald dahl, asterix i was all over it. then harry potter came along in my teens.
My eldest is reading all these books now which is pretty cool. What was your fave book and character from childhood |
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By *rmrs1234 OP Couple
over a year ago
Waterford |
"Anything from the famous 5 books I had them all  "
So did I! I much preferred them to the Secret Seven. My eldest has just asked me to get her the box set of them. Ill end up reading them all first ha ha |
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Asterix was a favourite, then when I read them all in the library, I moved on to TinTin, where I discovered the Incas in the Temple of the Sun. That finished off with me having to get to Machu Picchu in 2012! Haha |
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"Anything from the famous 5 books I had them all
So did I! I much preferred them to the Secret Seven. My eldest has just asked me to get her the box set of them. Ill end up reading them all first ha ha"
I passed mine to my younger cousin she give them to her daughter.
Just William books and here's a question in a question . I loved comics.
Warlord.. Battle.. Victor..2000Ad.. I have all the Annuals
Or the Broons and Oor Wullie |
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By *rmrs1234 OP Couple
over a year ago
Waterford |
"Asterix was a favourite, then when I read them all in the library, I moved on to TinTin, where I discovered the Incas in the Temple of the Sun. That finished off with me having to get to Machu Picchu in 2012! Haha"
always wanted to go there. its on my bucket list |
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By *adylaceWoman
over a year ago
Waterford City |
I loved “the magic faraway tree” series when I was small. And then at about 13 I discovered “Jane Eyre”. There’s nothing better than getting lost in a really good book. I haven’t taken the time to read in ages. I really should sort that out. |
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By *rmrs1234 OP Couple
over a year ago
Waterford |
"I loved “the magic faraway tree” series when I was small. And then at about 13 I discovered “Jane Eyre”. There’s nothing better than getting lost in a really good book. I haven’t taken the time to read in ages. I really should sort that out. "
I read jane eyre in secondary and i loved it. Emma was another novel we did. The Secret Garden was another favourite of mine. Im waiting for my witcher books and ill be digging into those |
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"Anything from the famous 5 books I had them all
So did I! I much preferred them to the Secret Seven. My eldest has just asked me to get her the box set of them. Ill end up reading them all first ha ha I passed mine to my younger cousin she give them to her daughter.
Just William books and here's a question in a question . I loved comics.
Warlord.. Battle.. Victor..2000Ad.. I have all the Annuals
Or the Broons and Oor Wullie"
I sold an original copy of the very first 2000ad in reasonable condition for £120 a few years ago |
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"I loved “the magic faraway tree” series when I was small. And then at about 13 I discovered “Jane Eyre”. There’s nothing better than getting lost in a really good book. I haven’t taken the time to read in ages. I really should sort that out. "
Me too!! Then discovered Stephen King in high school lol |
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"Asterix was a favourite, then when I read them all in the library, I moved on to TinTin, where I discovered the Incas in the Temple of the Sun. That finished off with me having to get to Machu Picchu in 2012! Haha
always wanted to go there. its on my bucket list"
Do it, don't even think about it anymore. It was amazing, I'm considering doing another trek again! |
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"Anything from the famous 5 books I had them all
So did I! I much preferred them to the Secret Seven. My eldest has just asked me to get her the box set of them. Ill end up reading them all first ha ha I passed mine to my younger cousin she give them to her daughter.
Just William books and here's a question in a question . I loved comics.
Warlord.. Battle.. Victor..2000Ad.. I have all the Annuals
Or the Broons and Oor Wullie
I sold an original copy of the very first 2000ad in reasonable condition for £120 a few years ago"
did it have the frisbee ? |
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"robbed out of the lounge there
I was real bookworm when i was small. anything from enid blyton, roald dahl, asterix i was all over it. then harry potter came along in my teens.
My eldest is reading all these books now which is pretty cool. What was your fave book and character from childhood"
Would the Beano annual count? |
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"Anything from the famous 5 books I had them all
So did I! I much preferred them to the Secret Seven. My eldest has just asked me to get her the box set of them. Ill end up reading them all first ha ha I passed mine to my younger cousin she give them to her daughter.
Just William books and here's a question in a question . I loved comics.
Warlord.. Battle.. Victor..2000Ad.. I have all the Annuals
Or the Broons and Oor Wullie
I sold an original copy of the very first 2000ad in reasonable condition for £120 a few years ago"
Comics Book worm as a kid .
Thorgal fav .
Boxes of old Marvel too. |
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By *rmrs1234 OP Couple
over a year ago
Waterford |
"Asterix was a favourite, then when I read them all in the library, I moved on to TinTin, where I discovered the Incas in the Temple of the Sun. That finished off with me having to get to Machu Picchu in 2012! Haha
always wanted to go there. its on my bucket list
Do it, don't even think about it anymore. It was amazing, I'm considering doing another trek again! "
well get there some day. Our big move will come first though i think |
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"Anything from the famous 5 books I had them all
So did I! I much preferred them to the Secret Seven. My eldest has just asked me to get her the box set of them. Ill end up reading them all first ha ha I passed mine to my younger cousin she give them to her daughter.
Just William books and here's a question in a question . I loved comics.
Warlord.. Battle.. Victor..2000Ad.. I have all the Annuals
Or the Broons and Oor Wullie
I sold an original copy of the very first 2000ad in reasonable condition for £120 a few years ago did it have the frisbee ?"
No it was missing or I would have got more. |
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"Anything from the famous 5 books I had them all
So did I! I much preferred them to the Secret Seven. My eldest has just asked me to get her the box set of them. Ill end up reading them all first ha ha I passed mine to my younger cousin she give them to her daughter.
Just William books and here's a question in a question . I loved comics.
Warlord.. Battle.. Victor..2000Ad.. I have all the Annuals
Or the Broons and Oor Wullie
I sold an original copy of the very first 2000ad in reasonable condition for £120 a few years ago did it have the frisbee ?
No it was missing or I would have got more. "
Too right you would have ! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Enid Blyton: The magic Far away tree series and The children of Cherry Tree Farm series. All the books were listed on the back of the hardbacks, used to get one from Santa and one from the Easter bunny each year! Ah, simpler times!
Later on James Herriot: All creatures great and small.
As a big child: Harry Potter. |
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By *rmrs1234 OP Couple
over a year ago
Waterford |
"Enid Blyton: The magic Far away tree series and The children of Cherry Tree Farm series. All the books were listed on the back of the hardbacks, used to get one from Santa and one from the Easter bunny each year! Ah, simpler times!
Later on James Herriot: All creatures great and small.
As a big child: Harry Potter."
Oh my god yes. The list of books on the back so you knew exactly what to look for next. My birthday is a couple of weeks before christmas so i got one for the bday and and for christmas ans it was the best thing ever. Simpler times indeed |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
somewhere |
Even now I try to read one book a week and still appreciate the fact that my dad enrolled me in the local library at the age of 5 and im still a member 50 years later
When I was a kid I absolutely loved "The magic far away Tree" series and I use to dream of living there.
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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago
Somewhere in Co. Down |
"Even now I try to read one book a week and still appreciate the fact that my dad enrolled me in the local library at the age of 5 and im still a member 50 years later
When I was a kid I absolutely loved "The magic far away Tree" series and I use to dream of living there.
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Oh so did I they were brilliant. And the famous five as well. And the lion the witch and the wardrobe. I have always had a love of reading but it's hard now to find really good books I find. Kids books were so much more fun |
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"Even now I try to read one book a week and still appreciate the fact that my dad enrolled me in the local library at the age of 5 and im still a member 50 years later
When I was a kid I absolutely loved "The magic far away Tree" series and I use to dream of living there.
Oh so did I they were brilliant. And the famous five as well. And the lion the witch and the wardrobe. I have always had a love of reading but it's hard now to find really good books I find. Kids books were so much more fun "
Famous five was great  |
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Yeah a bit of Encyloeaedia Britannica, loved that. Then Encarta came out.
At the time people thought I was a geek, but look at me now, winning arguments on the internet like a boss. Who is the geek now? |
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"Roald Dahl books were always awesome  "
Details, which one? The witches or James and the Giant peach?
Or were you one of these sensitive guys reading Matilda? Telling all the lads "yeah playing with my gi-joe", then off upstairs to wonder how matilda is doing? |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
somewhere |
"Yeah a bit of Encyloeaedia Britannica, loved that. Then Encarta came out.
At the time people thought I was a geek, but look at me now, winning arguments on the internet like a boss. Who is the geek now?"
In fairness you didnt look at the cover to learn how to spell
Encyclopedia
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"In fairness you didnt look at the cover to learn how to spell
Encyclopedia
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I did, I am only one letter off, its called a typo.
encyclopaedia
You thought I was further off than I am, because you spelled it totally wrong. |
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By *etite_RosyWoman
over a year ago
Now in MALAGA (SPAIN) |
Loads! Im still a book worm  And I have books everywhere: in my house, holidays home, any friends house, my parents house. I love them!
My fav as a child fairy tales of H Ch Andersen, then CS Louis series Chronicles of Narnia, Tolkien and all his adventurous books (my older sister has a scar when we organized a war lol), of course Harry Potter and romances Jane Eyre, Emma, etc. Next stage was S King, and Swedish authors...
I don't mind to read some professional books re medicine, physics, chemistry, biology, psychology, etc
You don't know when it will be an occassion and you might surprise some people
Reading books is cool  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Anything from the famous 5 books I had them all
So did I! I much preferred them to the Secret Seven. My eldest has just asked me to get her the box set of them. Ill end up reading them all first ha ha I passed mine to my younger cousin she give them to her daughter.
Just William books and here's a question in a question . I loved comics.
Warlord.. Battle.. Victor..2000Ad.. I have all the Annuals
Or the Broons and Oor Wullie
I sold an original copy of the very first 2000ad in reasonable condition for £120 a few years ago"
I have the 1st ten in very good condition. And as I said all the Annuals |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
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"In fairness you didnt look at the cover to learn how to spell
Encyclopedia
I did, I am only one letter off, its called a typo.
encyclopaedia
You thought I was further off than I am, because you spelled it totally wrong."
I fecking checked it 4 fecking times a d even tried to copy a d paste but couldn't
Well played ...you win good sir |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Anything from the famous 5 books I had them all
So did I! I much preferred them to the Secret Seven. My eldest has just asked me to get her the box set of them. Ill end up reading them all first ha ha I passed mine to my younger cousin she give them to her daughter.
Just William books and here's a question in a question . I loved comics.
Warlord.. Battle.. Victor..2000Ad.. I have all the Annuals
Or the Broons and Oor Wullie
I sold an original copy of the very first 2000ad in reasonable condition for £120 a few years ago I have the 1st ten in very good condition. And as I said all the Annuals"
I just looked I have the stickers and the red thing and they was 8p each |
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"I fecking checked it 4 fecking times a d even tried to copy a d paste but couldn't
Well played ...you win good sir "
Lol, You spelled Encyclopedia right, but thats not what the book is called. I did a typo where the p was an e, but the rest was right. I'm not messing with you its a bit of a joke in the name they put in the pronunciation symbol instead of the spelling.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica |
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Did anyone else read those mad adventure books.
You got to a page and it was like "To take the left path go to page 43, to take the right go to page 78"
and on page 78 it would be like "You died" and youd be like "sonofabitch" |
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By *yesgreenMan
over a year ago
north and south |
"Think they were called the lone pine club... Similar to famous 5 and secret 7 but different author.. Set when on holiday around church Stretton and the long mynnd.. "
The edge western theme one man on a mission
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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago
Somewhere in Co. Down |
"Did anyone else read those mad adventure books.
You got to a page and it was like "To take the left path go to page 43, to take the right go to page 78"
and on page 78 it would be like "You died" and youd be like "sonofabitch""
Oh ye I did you had to roll a dice for the fights. Ye I read loads of them . |
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By (user no longer on site)
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From my own childhood, Enid Blyton's books, the Just William series, Little Women series, and the World Book series which I could only access at my cousins' house, they were both boys and while they were doing boy things with my brother, I holed up in an attic cubby hole with the books.
Our own house was full of adult literature (no, not that kind!) and I read a lot of Bronte and Jane Austen. My uncle left behind a copy of "The Exorcist" which I read aged about 11, it traumatised me for years 
My favourite books from reading with my kids are Roald Dahl's - clever, gross and full of life lessons. Revolting Rhymes always make me laugh "the small girl smiles, one eyelid flickers, she whips a pistol from her knickers"
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Roald Dahl books were always awesome
Details, which one? The witches or James and the Giant peach?
Or were you one of these sensitive guys reading Matilda? Telling all the lads "yeah playing with my gi-joe", then off upstairs to wonder how matilda is doing?"
Oooh DUK you connoisseur of literature
To be specific as requested:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Twits
James and the Giant Peach
Fantastic Mr Fox
BFG
How's them GI Joe's coming along? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"What was your fave book and character from childhood"
Where the wild things are... a tattered copy was on my bookshelf for years.... loved it.
Then, Hitchhikers guide the galaxy...all of them, not a dud in the bunch...
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"Oooh DUK you connoisseur of literature
To be specific as requested:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Twits
James and the Giant Peach
Fantastic Mr Fox
BFG
How's them GI Joe's coming along? "
Soon as I clicked post I thought "should have said bfg".
I actually asked for a Ken Doll when I was a kid and my dad was having none of it, his son wasn't gonna be playing with a doll. So he got me a fighter jet instead, you tilted it around and it made going faster and slower noises. I dont know what it was about that toy but it for sure made me straight. |
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"Oooh DUK you connoisseur of literature
To be specific as requested:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Twits
James and the Giant Peach
Fantastic Mr Fox
BFG
How's them GI Joe's coming along?
Soon as I clicked post I thought "should have said bfg".
I actually asked for a Ken Doll when I was a kid and my dad was having none of it, his son wasn't gonna be playing with a doll. So he got me a fighter jet instead, you tilted it around and it made going faster and slower noises. I dont know what it was about that toy but it for sure made me straight."
Whoah! 
You've got issues maaan |
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ved The Famous 5 and Run with the Wind, the main character was a fox called Black Tip, the author was Tom McCaughran who was an RTE newsreader.
Before that The Sky is Falling Down, with Henny Penny, Goosey Lucy and Co.
Great memories |
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"Did anyone else read those mad adventure books.
You got to a page and it was like "To take the left path go to page 43, to take the right go to page 78"
and on page 78 it would be like "You died" and youd be like "sonofabitch""
choose your own adventure if I remember correctly? |
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"Did anyone else read those mad adventure books.
You got to a page and it was like "To take the left path go to page 43, to take the right go to page 78"
and on page 78 it would be like "You died" and youd be like "sonofabitch" choose your own adventure if I remember correctly? "
Yeah apparantly 250 million sold world wide, I had no idea it was so popular. |
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"Did anyone else read those mad adventure books.
You got to a page and it was like "To take the left path go to page 43, to take the right go to page 78"
and on page 78 it would be like "You died" and youd be like "sonofabitch" choose your own adventure if I remember correctly?
Yeah apparantly 250 million sold world wide, I had no idea it was so popular."
I remember reading them too, I used to always go back and pick a different option if I didn't like the way it was going |
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"Did anyone else read those mad adventure books.
You got to a page and it was like "To take the left path go to page 43, to take the right go to page 78"
and on page 78 it would be like "You died" and youd be like "sonofabitch" choose your own adventure if I remember correctly?
Yeah apparantly 250 million sold world wide, I had no idea it was so popular. I remember reading them too, I used to always go back and pick a different option if I didn't like the way it was going "
If that counts then so does the Shoot Annual |
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