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“Nor Crystal Tears”: by Alan Dean Foster
One of the first novel length books I ever sat down to read when I was young.
The first series that I fell in love with was: “The Belgariad” by David Eddings
Say what you want about Eddings, the guy was not a nice guy, but “The Belgariad” was a great series and I leaped from it to LOTR.
Honestly I can’t remember. I’ve been reading books since 2nd grade and there’s been numerous I loved
Not even one above all? Or the last one you read 😀
The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
Edit: by Douglas Adams (yeah, like that addition was needed)
I felt personally offended when my teenage son was like yeah it’s OK.
So that’s why you gave him up for adoption ;)
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
As crazy as what we’ve discovered with physics and consciousness in the last two years, I legitimately think there may be something to it.
Like, maybe the scientific pursuit of measuring the tiniest possible details has a butterfly effect that makes everything in a level we notice completely fucking insane.
Like how Google maps when you zoom in it replaces all the pixels. Maybe zooming in anywhere causes a snowball effect where everything everywhere suddenly needs to also be determined at that level, and that’s why shit at the “human level” isn’t running right.
There’s so much in those books that sound so stupid in the surface, but honestly aren’t as far fet he’d as they initially seem.
Gives me Philip K Dick vibes but with some of the best comedic writing ever instead of meth induced paranoia like Dick.
+1
The Hobbit.
First “real” book I read at like 10 or 11 and I just went straight the the whole series after.
I still remember turning the page to start Chapter 5.
Theres A Monster At the End of This Book
One of my earliest favorites too.
Jurassic Park
Richard Scarry’s “What do people do all day” is such a fun book that even now I wish I had again just to flip through the pages and see the intricacies of the drawings
A Wrinkle in Time.
One of the first big kids’ books I read on my own. I should re-read the series as an adult since I might have been almost too young for it the first time.
The cat was a bit of an asshole, but figured out how to fit in.
I really like the cover :) So so so cute :)
Pickles, aka the fire cat, is born homelss and lives in a barrel before being adopted by a nice lady and then eventually joining the fire department and improving himself to become a better cat.
Here is Pickles being an asshole by chasing a kitten up a tree, because that is something cats do.
If I remember right Pickles wasn’t able to get down either and had to be rescued by the firemen. It leads to his journey to learn how to be nicer to other cats and improve himself.
😀
Something by Robert Munsch
The Book Thief
As a small child: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
As a teen: Lightning by Dean R. Koontz
As a high-schooler: Island by Aldous Huxley
Hitchhikers Guide, my mom got me to read it really young. I was maybe 8.
Before that, Zoobooks obviously
Almost any Golden Book (Pokey Little Puppy) or
My Side of the Mountain (Jean Craighead George),
Paddington Bear books.
Along with titles others have mentioned (Scarry, etc.). These are firsts
The first of the Dragonlance books. I loved that trilogy so much as a kid. With Raistlin and Caramon, Tika, and Riverwind, Goldmoon… Thirty years later I still remember it.
