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    I started reading books when I was 4. I don't remember what they were.
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    When I was 6 it was various fairy tales, then Ann of Green Gables when I was about seven, along with Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. After that, I recall reading Black Beauty, Jack London's Call of the Wild and Farley Mowat's Never Cry Wolf, but when I was 10 or 11 we ended up with a box of paperbacks from a friend of my Dad's who was storing some stuff in our basement. I recall reading the Valachi Papers, Valley of the Dolls, a bunch of spy thrillers - I no longer recall the titles. My mother didn't know I was reading them. After that, I moved on to science fiction - Asimov, Heinlein, E.E. Doc Smith....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hal Jordan View Post
    I started reading books when I was 4. I don't remember what they were.
    I was also reading at 4. This was the first book I ever read:
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    Pretty sure the first actual book I remember reading was Frog and Toad. Which one I don't know.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    When I was 6 it was various fairy tales, then Ann of Green Gables when I was about seven, along with Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. After that, I recall reading Black Beauty, Jack London's Call of the Wild and Farley Mowat's Never Cry Wolf, but when I was 10 or 11 we ended up with a box of paperbacks from a friend of my Dad's who was storing some stuff in our basement. I recall reading the Valachi Papers, Valley of the Dolls, a bunch of spy thrillers - I no longer recall the titles. My mother didn't know I was reading them. After that, I moved on to science fiction - Asimov, Heinlein, E.E. Doc Smith....
    I've been told to check out E.E. Doc Smith...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hal Jordan View Post
    I've been told to check out E.E. Doc Smith...
    I always enjoyed his stories.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AZ Jim View Post
    I don't mean what Mom read to you, "the little train that could" or any of the children books. I read a book in 1948 which was hot off the press and It held me captive. It had a scary mystery and plenty of suspense. Just for kicks I looked it up and Amazon still sells it. I read it as a 12 year old. What was your first book?
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