tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852702753078267542.post1034512685933886139..comments2024-03-04T01:37:33.641-06:00Comments on Literally Letty: Miami Memories: The Book that Changed my LifeLettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13198944010544138783noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852702753078267542.post-11909217032494625312014-01-02T22:37:17.743-06:002014-01-02T22:37:17.743-06:00I've already told you how my reading world ope...I've already told you how my reading world opened up while you read Island of the Blue Dolphins to our class during library time--so much so that I didn't remember listening to the story inside a giant plastic bubble you constructed for story time! I just remember the story. :)<br />In high school, Mrs. West made us read The Hobbit in junior English. What a wonderful, beautiful, imaginative story! This lead directly to The Lord of the Rings--of course! These books are at the top of my list for the best ever written. I am in awe when I think about all Tolkien put into those books! The whole story line is so thoroughly complete and captivating. I can get immersed in those books, though not as thoroughly as my daughter! ;)<br />I could go on and on (example: our senior year of HS we had to read 1984--talk about something staying with you!).....<br />But thanks, Letty, for encouraging a young me in the world of reading. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12246092248509631559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852702753078267542.post-53388289556609136732014-01-01T19:41:32.330-06:002014-01-01T19:41:32.330-06:00A couple of books come mind, I was always around a...A couple of books come mind, I was always around animals growing up in Miami, until I was 13 and Dad passed. We had pigs, cows, chickens and lots of Goats, Dad sold the goats milk to several families around Miami and we did this all while living in the city limits of Miami. So most of my reading was stories of animals. The two that I recall are "Big Red & White Fang" kinda ironic these are about dogs and I never could have a dog because of all the animals around. RLJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852702753078267542.post-24123884250495227772014-01-01T19:39:25.696-06:002014-01-01T19:39:25.696-06:00i think the bible is obvious as most of us could s...i think the bible is obvious as most of us could say that ... but there are two i read asa kid that helped make me who i am one is the Lucy Maud Montgomery stories of Anne of Green gables.... i actually read them up through the 6th book when Marilla got sick and looked like she would die and I stopped right then still have the book mark in it.... the second book was Light a Single Candle... i feared going blind for years I had so many of the heroines problems.... love that book and author as well. CCSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com