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over a year ago
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Roald Dahl all day long.
I guess J.K Rowling is an ovvious choice. I binged thw Maze Runner films last night. Guessing they were teen novels. I might give them a passing look... |
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Nope. I didn't really read children's authors when I was a child.
Mostly grew up reading Alfred Hitchcock Omnibus books of gothic horror borrowed from the library.
Read the Hobbit, Narnia, LOTR as well but I wouldn't read them now.
Read my first adult horror book at about 10/11 - 'Slugs' by Shaun Hutson - and never looked back.  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Roald Dahl all day long.
I guess J.K Rowling is an ovvious choice. I binged thw Maze Runner films last night. Guessing they were teen novels. I might give them a passing look..."
I managed to forget about Roald Dahl! Almost half of the top shelf of my bookcase is full of his books that I've had for twenty odd years. Definitely where my taste for darker fiction came from. |
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"Nope. I didn't really read children's authors when I was a child.
Mostly grew up reading Alfred Hitchcock Omnibus books of gothic horror borrowed from the library.
Read the Hobbit, Narnia, LOTR as well but I wouldn't read them now.
Read my first adult horror book at about 10/11 - 'Slugs' by Shaun Hutson - and never looked back. "
I had to put Slugs down at the point where a man put his hand on a gardening glove full of them  |
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"Read Pullman Northern Lights when I was late teens, and followed the series into early adulthood. Have read since and holds up. Superb trilogy."
I didn't discover His Dark Materials until my early 20s |
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"Roald Dahl all day long.
I guess J.K Rowling is an ovvious choice. I binged thw Maze Runner films last night. Guessing they were teen novels. I might give them a passing look...
I managed to forget about Roald Dahl! Almost half of the top shelf of my bookcase is full of his books that I've had for twenty odd years. Definitely where my taste for darker fiction came from."
Do you know I don't own any!! That hadn't occurred to me until you posted this thread. I've picked them up at friend's houses. Might have to collect them up again... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Nope. I didn't really read children's authors when I was a child.
Mostly grew up reading Alfred Hitchcock Omnibus books of gothic horror borrowed from the library.
Read the Hobbit, Narnia, LOTR as well but I wouldn't read them now.
Read my first adult horror book at about 10/11 - 'Slugs' by Shaun Hutson - and never looked back.
I had to put Slugs down at the point where a man put his hand on a gardening glove full of them "
I was a major horror fan in my teens. James Herbert, Hutson, early Stephen King, Necroscope series by Brian Lumley, Anne Rice. All the way up to the short lived Splatterpunk. |
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"Roald Dahl all day long.
I guess J.K Rowling is an ovvious choice. I binged thw Maze Runner films last night. Guessing they were teen novels. I might give them a passing look...
I managed to forget about Roald Dahl! Almost half of the top shelf of my bookcase is full of his books that I've had for twenty odd years. Definitely where my taste for darker fiction came from.
Do you know I don't own any!! That hadn't occurred to me until you posted this thread. I've picked them up at friend's houses. Might have to collect them up again..."
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"I really enjoy reading Julia Donaldson books to my kids. They are fun and I get to do silly voices."
I've heard of her, like The Gruffulo, but I've never experienced any of her books. My mum's cat likes watching The Gruffulo's Child on TV though |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Nope. I didn't really read children's authors when I was a child.
Mostly grew up reading Alfred Hitchcock Omnibus books of gothic horror borrowed from the library.
Read the Hobbit, Narnia, LOTR as well but I wouldn't read them now.
Read my first adult horror book at about 10/11 - 'Slugs' by Shaun Hutson - and never looked back.
I had to put Slugs down at the point where a man put his hand on a gardening glove full of them
I was a major horror fan in my teens. James Herbert, Hutson, early Stephen King, Necroscope series by Brian Lumley, Anne Rice. All the way up to the short lived Splatterpunk. "
Same, still am really. The very first adult horror novel I ever read was Carrie when I was 13 and I never looked back! I was addicted to Richard Laymon in my late teens. Definitely a warped mind. Can't beat a bit of James Herbert too, my first of his came from a big box of books that my mum's friend gave me, and that was The Magic Cottage. No Sanctuary by Richard Laymon & a gruesome book by Dean Koontz was in it too. |
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"I really enjoy reading Julia Donaldson books to my kids. They are fun and I get to do silly voices.
I've heard of her, like The Gruffulo, but I've never experienced any of her books. My mum's cat likes watching The Gruffulo's Child on TV though "
My favourite is What the Ladybird Heard. That's a great story. |
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"I really enjoy reading Julia Donaldson books to my kids. They are fun and I get to do silly voices.
I've heard of her, like The Gruffulo, but I've never experienced any of her books. My mum's cat likes watching The Gruffulo's Child on TV though
My favourite is What the Ladybird Heard. That's a great story. "
I'm tempted to see if there's any on Kindle Unlimited |
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"I really enjoy reading Julia Donaldson books to my kids. They are fun and I get to do silly voices.
I've heard of her, like The Gruffulo, but I've never experienced any of her books. My mum's cat likes watching The Gruffulo's Child on TV though
My favourite is What the Ladybird Heard. That's a great story.
I'm tempted to see if there's any on Kindle Unlimited "
Make sure it has pictures. It doesn't work without the pictures. |
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"I really enjoy reading Julia Donaldson books to my kids. They are fun and I get to do silly voices.
I've heard of her, like The Gruffulo, but I've never experienced any of her books. My mum's cat likes watching The Gruffulo's Child on TV though
My favourite is What the Ladybird Heard. That's a great story.
I'm tempted to see if there's any on Kindle Unlimited
Make sure it has pictures. It doesn't work without the pictures. "
Yeah, my tablet would be better. The Kindle's marvellous but all black and white |
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Absolutely not J K Rowling for me. I know it s a bit of a contentious issue and the line between free speech and hate speech is very blurry but personally for me she steps over that line.
But anyway, I doubt op wanted this to get political so I’ll just say my favourites would be for young children Julia Donaldson, for more grown up children douglas Adams and Terry pratchett |
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"Absolutely not J K Rowling for me. I know it s a bit of a contentious issue and the line between free speech and hate speech is very blurry but personally for me she steps over that line.
But anyway, I doubt op wanted this to get political so I’ll just say my favourites would be for young children Julia Donaldson, for more grown up children douglas Adams and Terry pratchett "
No, no politics but I do agree with you. I was partway through the Potters - most of the way Half Blood Prince and about to watch it when everything really kicked off. Just left a bit of a sour taste in my mouth as I love Harry Potter but I don't particularly like her right now. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Darren Shan- Demonata series. Read it to my daughter and we still love it today.
Neil Gaiman- Coraline
Barry Hutchinson- invisible fiends"
Oooh Darren Shan, I started reading his Cirque du Freak books as an adult. And you cannot go wrong with Neil Gaiman. |
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"I'm reading Roal Dahl at the moment to kids.. "
Which one? I listened to Kate Winslet read Matilda & Emma Thompson read The Witches at the start of lockdown |
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"I'm reading Roal Dahl at the moment to kids..
Which one? I listened to Kate Winslet read Matilda & Emma Thompson read The Witches at the start of lockdown "
Exactly this one! They saw a movie too. |
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By *eliWoman
over a year ago
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Neil Gaiman definitely. Ronald Dahl as well, I'm really enjoying reading his adult literature atm; it's surprisingly twisted and macabre (yeah, I know they are not children's books but they are worth a mention!). |
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