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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Which is yours?
Mine was Noughts & Crosses by Mallory Blackman which I first read when I was 13ish. It really drove home the idea of how wrong ignorant prejudices are and it's a sentiment still close to my heart. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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no book as, but film as shape my life in music and my style, watch when I was about 11 quadrophenia. the party seen where there having sex in different rooms, what got me into swinging too  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Peter and Jane Ladybird books.
They were the books that I learnt to read from so I suppose they changed my life 
But did it keep you reading? "
Yes because I spent up to the age of ten without a TV so read a lot.
My main passion is reading, more than music even. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Which is yours?
Mine was Noughts & Crosses by Mallory Blackman which I first read when I was 13ish. It really drove home the idea of how wrong ignorant prejudices are and it's a sentiment still close to my heart."
Fly-fishing by J R Hartley |
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"Which is yours?
Mine was Noughts & Crosses by Mallory Blackman which I first read when I was 13ish. It really drove home the idea of how wrong ignorant prejudices are and it's a sentiment still close to my heart.
Fly-fishing by J R Hartley "
Only people of a certain age will get that  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Which is yours?
Mine was Noughts & Crosses by Mallory Blackman which I first read when I was 13ish. It really drove home the idea of how wrong ignorant prejudices are and it's a sentiment still close to my heart.
Fly-fishing by J R Hartley
Only people of a certain age will get that "
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"Which is yours?
Mine was Noughts & Crosses by Mallory Blackman which I first read when I was 13ish. It really drove home the idea of how wrong ignorant prejudices are and it's a sentiment still close to my heart."
The memories of Hadrian by M Youcenar. The style of writing is so light it actually seems to dance on the page. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Which is yours?
Mine was Noughts & Crosses by Mallory Blackman which I first read when I was 13ish. It really drove home the idea of how wrong ignorant prejudices are and it's a sentiment still close to my heart.
Fly-fishing by J R Hartley
Only people of a certain age will get that
Shhhh"
Didn't they update it recently for a bike on yelp?
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By (user no longer on site)
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"no book as, but film as shape my life in music and my style, watch when I was about 11 quadrophenia. the party seen where there having sex in different rooms, what got me into swinging too "
You got into swinging when you were 11?
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By (user no longer on site)
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Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman. Really helped shape my worldview during my teens and come to terms with humanity's potential for evil, by keeping an eye out for the underlying goodness.
Action Comics 775 was like my bible as a child though. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Has to be the complete Lord of the Rings all 1000+ pages cover to cover. Read it as my first book at 16, first book I really ever read cover to cover. Love reading now. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"no book as, but film as shape my life in music and my style, watch when I was about 11 quadrophenia. the party seen where there having sex in different rooms, what got me into swinging too
You got into swinging when you were 11?
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no was about 19 got my g/f who was 18 both of us met another older couple through a magazine had a four some together just felt so good. |
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To kill a mockingbird - a book that I read when I was at school. It moved me and significantly inspired me.
Otherwise some cheap scary ghost stories that I read when even younger - I was an obsessive book purchaser and reader from that time when I read into the small hours. It dawned on me just how vivid an illustration that a good book can create. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Peter and Jane Ladybird books.
They were the books that I learnt to read from so I suppose they changed my life
But did it keep you reading? "
did they have a dog called rover |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I read kidnapped and treasure island ,Ivanhoe ,the three musketeers,gullivers travels,jules Vern and anything with adventure in them as a kid went through a period of reading Sven Hassel as a teen but know like a good mystery |
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The, dare I mention it the controversial Christian Grey books.....They got me into reading erotica stories which then led to us taking the plunge to swing and actually fulfill some of our fantasies.
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By (user no longer on site)
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For me there are a few that have changed my life for the best and opened my eyes
Boys Own Books ,,from the thirties ans forties ,,as a boy I loved their action packed adventure stories
Swallows and Amazons , let children be children let them enjoy their imagination and curiosity.
Mindfulness
by Mark Williams, Danny Penman
This book taught me to relax , enjoy life and live for the moment.
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"Which is yours?
Mine was Noughts & Crosses by Mallory Blackman which I first read when I was 13ish. It really drove home the idea of how wrong ignorant prejudices are and it's a sentiment still close to my heart.
Fly-fishing by J R Hartley "
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By *s_macWoman
over a year ago
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"Which is yours?
Mine was Noughts & Crosses by Mallory Blackman which I first read when I was 13ish. It really drove home the idea of how wrong ignorant prejudices are and it's a sentiment still close to my heart.
Fly-fishing by J R Hartley
Only people of a certain age will get that "
Oh dear... I'm of that age  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Forever by Judy Blume. Opened my eyes to a whole new world I was not aware of as a teenager. I'll never think of the name 'Ralph' in the same way ever again.... |
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By *educedWoman
over a year ago
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I was an avid reader when I was a girl and read anything I could get my hands on. I remember enjoying Enid Blyton and Diana Wynne Jones. I quickly progressed to the classics like Pride and Prejudice but my absolute favourite is Wuthering Heights which was initially a very difficult read but I think I've read it every year at least once a year since I was 14 and I love it so much.
LOTR - I still have my original copies. I was a bit of a geek when I was younger and often sent love letters in Elvish to lads at school.
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I have read from early as age, forever with a nose in a book.. The one that changed me in some way... The Simarillion by Tolkien... I read this before hobbit (although heard that on jackonory) it opened me up to 'adult' literature and I started nicking Fleming, Francis and Roald Dahl books from my grandfather's bookcase.. I was about 10 |
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"I read kidnapped and treasure island ,Ivanhoe ,the three musketeers,gullivers travels,jules Vern and anything with adventure in them as a kid went through a period of reading Sven Hassel as a teen but know like a good mystery "
Sven hassle books were flipping mental, what a descriptive author he was
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The Winner, by David Baldacci. Found a copy while I was travelling in my late teens. It was the first book that I can remember really enjoying and it spurred me on to read more and eventually study literature at uni...fat lot of good that's done me!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I dint thibk I've read life changing fiction...although a few stand out, The Rats when i was a kid for how words can conjour vivid imagination, Trainspotting for the sheer innovation of text and (as corny as it counds) Catcher in the Rye for the sheer exuberance of being young and free.
Recent books of note that made me just delight in the sheer beauty of books were Ready Player One, Into the Silence (mallory and everest) and Season of the Witch which is a delightful trawl through san Francisco counter culture 60s to 80s |
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By *nne CallanWoman
over a year ago
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If it moves kiss it. I can't remember who it was by. It was about American airforce nurses. I was about 14 or 15. Bit saucy but extremely funny. To this day I can't look at a machine and not smile |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"George Orwell's Animal Farm. Read it in secondary school & showed me about politics and the way of the govt twisting things to suit themselves
Mrs _d40"
God great point..orwell's entire back catalogue totally changed my life...especially homage to catalonia and road to Wigan pier |
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By *mmabluTV/TS
over a year ago
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I read a lot when I was young fiction and non fiction,but I think the pop culture of the summer of love changed me and shaped my ideals that I still try to live by today.
It has never given me whealth or success but much love and warmth has sustained me through some hard times.
Yes a lover not a fighter,peace and love etc,sounds corny but if we all lived that way the world would be better |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Kay's catalogue and that first glimpse of semi naked women in the lingerie section trying to work out if you could see a nipple or through the knickers  "
Truly life changing until you hit the girdle section |
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By *ik MMan
over a year ago
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Shantaram - a semi autobiographical story by Gregory David Roberts. It totally unsettled me, leading to quitting my job of 10 years and going travelling. Whilst I didn't go to India I had to see some more of the world and give something back..... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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the readers digest Agatha Christy complete set. I learned to read properly very early, so my parents who to be fair were a bit lax... had nothing else for my eyes to consume... by the age of 5 I knew lots of ways to murder someone, and many of the stupid mistakes that will get you caught  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Shantaram - a semi autobiographical story by Gregory David Roberts. It totally unsettled me, leading to quitting my job of 10 years and going travelling. Whilst I didn't go to India I had to see some more of the world and give something back..... "
Great story
I don't think any book I've read has changed my life but I have felt lifted and inspired by many. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The Five People You Meet In Heaven When You Die. Can't remember the author but I cried for DAYS after reading that book! Miss C. Xx "
Mitch Albom. Loved it as well |
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By *D40Couple
over a year ago
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"George Orwell's Animal Farm. Read it in secondary school & showed me about politics and the way of the govt twisting things to suit themselves
Mrs _d40
God great point..orwell's entire back catalogue totally changed my life...especially homage to catalonia and road to Wigan pier "
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By (user no longer on site)
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Oh there's been dozens.
I'll list the ones I can remember.
Dead aid by dambisa moyo.
Confessions of an economic hitman by John Perkins.
Limits to growth by Dennis and donella meadows.
Debunking economics by Steve keen.
Animal factory by David Kirby.
Letters to a young contrarian by Christopher hitchens.... In fact anything by hitch
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The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins.
It was on the course reading list at university but it came as a complete revelation for someone trying to make sense of the natural world at that age. I know the author has since become over strident and vexatious but I will always be grateful for his changing my view of life. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Glass Houses, the Morganville vampire series 
13 of them in total and read them all, didn't read much as a kid.
As I'm dyslexic, but Eve helped me with that over the years.
and that's what my back piece is about (the book, not my dyslexia)
GEEK alert 
Adam. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Which is yours?
Mine was Noughts & Crosses by Mallory Blackman which I first read when I was 13ish. It really drove home the idea of how wrong ignorant prejudices are and it's a sentiment still close to my heart.
Fly-fishing by J R Hartley "
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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago
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"Story of O!!!! An erotic novel published in 1954 by French author Anne Desclos under the pen name Pauline Réage. "
Given that this title is incredibly well-known (I'm sutre it's now a "Penguin Classic), I don't really think you needed to explain it..... |
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By *rueone71Man
over a year ago
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"Story of O!!!! An erotic novel published in 1954 by French author Anne Desclos under the pen name Pauline Réage.
Given that this title is incredibly well-known (I'm sutre it's now a "Penguin Classic), I don't really think you needed to explain it....."
And....???.. did that disturbed your evening that you had to make a point out of it???? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Glass Houses, the Morganville vampire series
13 of them in total and read them all, didn't read much as a kid.
As I'm dyslexic, but Eve helped me with that over the years.
and that's what my back piece is about (the book, not my dyslexia)
GEEK alert
Adam."
Eve. X |
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