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Originally Posted by Lalwendė
I was about 12 and as my mother once said "I would read the side of the cornflakes box if I had nothing else around to read". I'd previously had obsessions with Brer Rabbit, Alice In Wonderland, Heidi (there are about 4 Heidi books, did you know she even grows up and has kids?....  ), What Katy Did and Mallory Towers. |
My story is somewhat similar. A few months before my dad had bought the dvds of the movies and we had watched all three of them straight through. As soon as I found out that there were books I knew I wanted them. So for my twelfth birthday I was allowed to order about half a dozen books. I can't even remember what most of them are now but one of them was Lord of the Rings. I read it straight through that weekend and then carried it around for weeks rereading passages. It has now lasted longer then any of my other obsessions like Nancy Drew or Harry Potter. Which is saying a lot since I own over a hundred ND books.
As a side note you're the first person that I've ever heard of that's read What Katy Did besides me.