I don't read either sci-fi or fantasy! Still friends? Someone gave me a few McKillp books as a gift, though, so I'll try some.
We were always at the library and the second-hand bookstore. I liked Rumer Godden and Frances Hodgson-Burnett and any story about kids left to their own devices, from Nesbit to Hinton. I loved poetry, and one of my favorite books was actually Archy and Mehitabel. I loved detective stories too, especially Agatha Christie. When I was quite young, 11 or 12, my mom started to buy me all sorts of classics, and though I didn't understand them all, I read them avidly. Jane Eyre, Great Expectations, and so on. I believe I told you about my mom being called to school because I was reading Jane Austen. I have never trusted the public school system since!
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We were always at the library and the second-hand bookstore. I liked Rumer Godden and Frances Hodgson-Burnett and any story about kids left to their own devices, from Nesbit to Hinton. I loved poetry, and one of my favorite books was actually Archy and Mehitabel. I loved detective stories too, especially Agatha Christie. When I was quite young, 11 or 12, my mom started to buy me all sorts of classics, and though I didn't understand them all, I read them avidly. Jane Eyre, Great Expectations, and so on. I believe I told you about my mom being called to school because I was reading Jane Austen. I have never trusted the public school system since!