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Anyone still like re reading their old childhood books ?

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dottiedodah · 26/01/2020 09:28

Just been reading thread about controversial books .I still like to re read some of my favourite childhood Authors ,Enid Blyton FF and MT, also Harry Potter .Does anyone remember Alan Garner as well ?

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Pawsin · 26/01/2020 14:46

Yes - I love re-reading Malory towers, st Clare's and the naughtiest girl in the school. I was a huge fan of Jacqueline Wilson books when I was young, and re-read one last year to bring me some nostalgia...but unfortunately for me it went the other way, I really disliked it, felt like it was poorly written etc, which disappointed me Sad

Kab30 · 26/01/2020 10:34

Folks of the faraway tree..at 43 lol

SharnaPax · 26/01/2020 10:25

I do, have tracked down a few over the years where I remembered bits of the story but not the title or author, very satisfying when I've finally found them. I love Alan Garner and Penelope Lively, and read books that I'd have liked as a child but somehow missed - I was reading 'Over Sea, Under Stone' by Susan Cooper on the train yesterday.

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dottiedodah · 26/01/2020 10:25

Scarlett OK glad to hear its not just me then! Alan Garner was a 1960s Author who wrote mystery /magical type stories ,very good had a kind of atmosphere to his work IYSWIM .Beekeeper 1 ,Just William was funny and my DMs favourite Author too .Like Enid Blyton so much .Lost my DF when I was 8 ,and would devour her books as such an escape for a little girl living in London .Missing DF and finding solace in a group of lovely children having adventures in a world of picnics,sunshine ,and bike rides true heaven !

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blissfulllife · 26/01/2020 10:21

I bought "are you there god?it's me,Margaret" by Judy Bloom for my daughter for Christmas. I'd read it myself as a child and knew she'd enjoy it. But she had to wait till I'd re read it first 😂

Beekeeper1 · 26/01/2020 10:15

Oh, I forgot!

Rudyard Kipling's 'Stalky & Co'
'The Fifth Form At St Dominics' by Talbot Baines Reed

Beekeeper1 · 26/01/2020 10:06

Yes, me too - love reading my childhood favourites over and over again:

Alan Garner
'Earthfasts' and 'A swarm In May' by William Mayne
Barbara Euphan Todd's 'Worzel Gummidge' series
All of Richmal Crompton's 'Just William' books
'Jennings' by Anthony Buckridge
'Billy Bunter'
'Bevis; The Story Of A Boy' by Richard Jeffries
'Brendon Chase', 'Down The Bright Stream' and 'The Little Grey Men' by Denys Watkins Pitchford

Pure nostalgia and escapism and I never tire of reading them

ScarlettDarling · 26/01/2020 09:31

I loved re reading my favourite childhood books to my own children when they were smaller. Don't remember Alan Garner but I have reread all of my childhood favourites dozens of times.