tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post3827034709248249817..comments2024-03-29T07:43:01.003+00:00Comments on Help! I Need a Publisher!: DANGEROUS READINGNicola Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-55872180641547117952009-06-16T08:19:05.254+01:002009-06-16T08:19:05.254+01:00One from the other side of the fence, as it were.....One from the other side of the fence, as it were... When my daughter was about 5 she had Marcia Williams' Iliad and Odyssey which she read all the time. One day I found myself shouting at her 'Will you stop reading the Odysssey and go to school?' She's now just finishing 6th form. A few months ago, I found myself saying 'Will you stop reading the Odyssey and go to college?'Stroppy Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-73161508010546230122009-06-12T02:11:31.709+01:002009-06-12T02:11:31.709+01:00Why did I never have a torch? So unfair!Why did I never have a torch? So unfair!BuffySquirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00415222406280230021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-88486221162091923752009-06-11T20:18:12.455+01:002009-06-11T20:18:12.455+01:00Dan, I did the torch thing too. Used to save up my...Dan, I did the torch thing too. Used to save up my pittance pocket money to make sure I was stocked up with batteries. And I'm sure it was Treasure Island that I was reading. As I teenager I graduated onto walking with a book in my hands, reading on the way to school. It's a wonder I wasn't bullied. Roots, was a biggie for me at this point. Then it was The Chronicles of Thomas Michael Malonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316263425112020638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-80742032823161184852009-06-11T20:18:12.456+01:002009-06-11T20:18:12.456+01:00I remember reading Yolen's The Magic Three of ...I remember reading Yolen's <i>The Magic Three of Solatia</i> till the light was gone in summer-- desperately hoping my parents wouldn't come downstairs and see I was sitting up till 2a.m.<br><br>My heart was pounding and my eyes were racing to finish before the light was gone (I didn't dare turn on my own light), but I finished in the twilight/murky dawn and swore I'd never do Amy Jane (Untangling Tales)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17781603642364189037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-21866236782282135112009-06-11T18:25:54.904+01:002009-06-11T18:25:54.904+01:00I was in classes where the teachers would have sto...I was in classes where the teachers would have stopped me from reading--so I wrote. I wrote a LOT--even through grad school I usually had two notebooks going, one for class notes and one for whatever it was I was actually thinking about/working on.HLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16516958674017214759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-408182397994802642009-06-11T14:48:25.204+01:002009-06-11T14:48:25.204+01:00When Marnie Was There by Joan G Robinson and Charl...When Marnie Was There by Joan G Robinson and Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer completely shaped my life. I spent years trying to recreate them both in my real life.<br>I re-read them as an adult and cried buckets when I read When Marnie Was There.Flixton Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15750581185429772996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-71667684171400844972009-06-11T14:43:59.632+01:002009-06-11T14:43:59.632+01:00I read the Saint books under the sheets and other ...I read the Saint books under the sheets and other mild penny horribles which gave me a double thrill, forbidden books at midnight whoo hoo!N Lumierenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-35373109292613450952009-06-11T12:57:54.465+01:002009-06-11T12:57:54.465+01:00I was constantly told off for reading as a school ...I was constantly told off for reading as a school child.<br><br>I have a clear memory of reading <i>The Bull from the Sea</i> on Bournemouth beach at the age of twelve, totally riveted. It was years before I got my hands on <i>The King Must Die</i>, the first novel of the two. I still love Mary Renault's novels, and wish I had written to tell her so before her death in 1984. I didn't wantLexihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14404818053292364819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-35226852953526061682009-06-11T11:29:29.395+01:002009-06-11T11:29:29.395+01:00I don't think I ever read a book during a less...I don't think I ever read a book during a lesson, unless it was a textbook. If only I'd thought of it! lol I do remember that when I was doing A-levels I once wrote a poem during History.<br><br>I also remember that when I was young--maybe 8 or 9--I hit on the bright idea that when my mother had put my light out, I could go out into the corridor next to my room and read there. I don&#BuffySquirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00415222406280230021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-50559899976398351462009-06-11T11:25:39.831+01:002009-06-11T11:25:39.831+01:00When I was fourteen I spent the summer holiday wor...When I was fourteen I spent the summer holiday working in an ice-cream kiosk - just me and a freezer full of ice-cream. It was a wet and cold summer in Helsinki, so I had no customers, but read a library-full of books. The manager used surprise me every now and then, once standing behind a rare customer, waiting for me to lift my gaze from Exodus by Leon Uris. He told me they'd been outside Helena Halmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658858373848443540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-87987300842139185602009-06-11T10:48:19.663+01:002009-06-11T10:48:19.663+01:00The Dark is Rising Sequence, I devoured that at ev...The Dark is Rising Sequence, I devoured that at every available opportunity, repeatedly and it's that sense of adventure I deliberately aim for now with my writing.<br><br>Having said that, I'm now equally inspired by modern children's adventure stories, how I'd have loved to have got my hands on some Eoin Colfer or Anthony Horowitz when I was a kid!lacerhttp://lacer.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-795570110082255882009-06-11T10:40:20.956+01:002009-06-11T10:40:20.956+01:00When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit... I loved (and stil...When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit... I loved (and still do love) that book with all my heart.Jen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14509363396300623342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-7767187434529204722009-06-11T10:03:00.249+01:002009-06-11T10:03:00.249+01:00I used to read and walk - it's a habit I'v...I used to read and walk - it's a habit I've had to abandon as a result of many smacks-into-lamposts and treads-in-dog's-eggs.<br><br>I remember reading lots of Robert Graves in this way; book up in my face, stomping along, assuming that all other pedestrians will get out of my way!Elen Caldecotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00445201005486291612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-7134455566788850822009-06-11T09:44:33.825+01:002009-06-11T09:44:33.825+01:00The Clan of the Cave Bear book turned my maths cla...The Clan of the Cave Bear book turned my maths classes into anatomy lessons (hurrr, hurrrr) and I inhaled The Belgariad too.Ebony McKenna.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02724727996270658767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-1749734891757351482009-06-11T08:22:18.905+01:002009-06-11T08:22:18.905+01:00I read Treasure Island late into the night when at...I read Treasure Island late into the night when at primary school. I would get told off by my folks for staying up until the early hours. Reading under the covers with a torch is a particularly child-like pleasure. <br><br>I still love that book and re-read it every few years :)dan powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14131553102349479513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-53618066548826467732009-06-11T08:12:56.125+01:002009-06-11T08:12:56.125+01:00I read To Kill a Mockingbird during Geography. We ...I read To Kill a Mockingbird during Geography. We moved from room to room back then and it was in the desk at the back. One week it wasn't there and I was quite desperate. I got my own copy from the library but I will always remember the extra frisson of anxiety given to the text by my reading it in class.<br>You can guess my Geography result.Cathiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620255379492406658noreply@blogger.com