What books/authors/genres were predominant in your childhood?
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What books/authors/genres were predominant in your childhood?I was just browsing online through the past reservations of an old library card and it resulted in me reminiscing.
R.L. Stine (especially Goosebumps) was overwhelmingly predominant as were 'Point Horror' and 'Point' books with large splodges of Horrid Henry here and there and dashes of Harry Potter.
Looking back, I would have liked my reading to have been somewhat more intelligent, but I'm not complaining as it is now.
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Re: What books/authors/genres were predominant in your childhood?fo sho Goosebumps, I think I must've read every single one in my local library, they were so awful/genius. I seem to rememeber having a video of the TV show too.
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe + all the other CS Lewis Narnia books were my favourite for a long time as well, I loved The Magician's Nephew.
I had loads of Jacqueline Wilson books too although I hated them, I just used to read them to complain about them really aha
oh and Series of Unfortunate Events! I loved those books, I refused to believe that Lemony Snicket wasn't a real person haha. -
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Re: What books/authors/genres were predominant in your childhood?Roald Dahl, Enid Blyton, Classic tales - The secrect garden etc, C.S. Lewis, Beatrix Potter, Spike Milligan poems, Horrible Histories, Jacqueline Wilson, also had a set of encyclopaedias... yes, I was a bookworm.
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The faraway tree series by Enid Blyton really makes me think of childhood. Oooh and the naughtiest girl, who as I remember was more unfortunate than naughty. When I was really little I loved those fantasy fairy tales with morals. And Beatrix Potter.
I liked goosebumps and also really liked Jaqueline Wilson, Roald Dahl and Philip Ridley, scribbleboy really appealed to me for some reason (I got to proof read Mighty Fizz Chilla as a child tester because I wrote a letter about him to my local library!).
I also liked reading non-fiction, like books about animals and the human body, history and science books for kids. And those books which were like guides... Bart Simpson's guide to life, the 'Coping with...' series, how to handle your parents etc.
Oh and captain underpants
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Re: What books/authors/genres were predominant in your childhood?Harry Potter
Roald Dahl
Jacqueline Wilson
And I don't know if anyone else remembers this series, but the Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. I remember my mum buying them from America for me before they came out in the UK, so suddenly I was popular in my class because everyone wanted to read the next book! -
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Re: What books/authors/genres were predominant in your childhood?Enid Blyton, JK Rowling, Jaqueline Wilson, I remember reading this series called the baby sitter's club or something like that O.o Also the Roman Mysteries. Really regret getting rid of all those now
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Re: What books/authors/genres were predominant in your childhood?Enid Blyton - My mum's best friend brought over a box of really old Famous Five books one summer, I ended up having two of some stories because I'd already read quite a few. I also had most of the Secret Seven series.
Roald Dahl - Matilda and the BFG were my favourites.
I had (and still have) the whole C.S. Lewis series.
The Spiderwick Chronicles! I still have the box somewhere, they were brilliant.
As I got older I read some Jacqueline Wilson ones, partly because she was encouraged by school. I never really enjoyed them though.
I never read Harry Potter as a young child, but watched every HP film in the cinema.Last edited by racheatworld; 07-07-2012 at 17:50. -
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Re: What books/authors/genres were predominant in your childhood?When younger I read a lot of things by Jacqueline Wilson, Enid Blyton and Stephen King (i had a thing for horror?
) as well as books like the Horrible Science/History series. Naturally the Harry Potter series is also in there 
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Re: What books/authors/genres were predominant in your childhood?J.K Rowling
Lemony Snicket/ Daniel Handler
Roald Dahl
Charles Dickens
Goosebumps
Point Horror
Meg Cabot
Dan Brown
Cliff McNish
Garth Nix
I remember reading a few books from the Sabrina the Teenage Witch series too
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Re: What books/authors/genres were predominant in your childhood?Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl, JK Rowling, Eoin Colfer, Charles Dickens and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle(Sherlock Holmes) were the main authors of my childhood. I'm sure that there are many more books by other authors that I haven't mentioned.
utdoor adventures - Famous 5 & Secret 7
) as well as books like the Horrible Science/History series. Naturally the Harry Potter series is also in there 
