tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post8933028073181174294..comments2024-02-18T10:58:33.157-05:00Comments on so long and thanks for all the fish: Top 5 Most Influential Books Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17058009271288566400noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-26275085225687320702015-03-28T14:57:55.828-04:002015-03-28T14:57:55.828-04:00That is so awesome! My family and a lot of my fri...That is so awesome! My family and a lot of my friends went to school in Catholic high schools and that definitely wasn't their experience (although to be fair, my family was in school a good 40 years ago). And growing up in the Bible Belt...no one likes Catholics there (or at least in my area there), so I got a lot of kindly meant religion shoved down my throat even before I stopped Elizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-91354290474471766542015-03-28T04:51:44.586-04:002015-03-28T04:51:44.586-04:00Ditto the Amber spyglass being an open space to qu...Ditto the Amber spyglass being an open space to question beliefs. I guess my experience is a bit different because I attended an open Catholic high school where we were encouraged to discuss different perspectives on viewing the world. (I remember my homeroom teacher recommended the series starting with the 1st book - Northern Lights/The Golden Compass when she found out I liked reading.)glaiza_echohttps://paperwanderer.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-9813835010535291732015-02-07T13:07:47.014-05:002015-02-07T13:07:47.014-05:00I'm like 95% certain I'm going to love it....I'm like 95% certain I'm going to love it. If I EVER get off my library ban this year (Must NOT have books stuffed into suitcases anymore!!) my guess is it'll be in my first 5 books checked out hahaElizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-31579684364714073072015-01-28T14:45:25.963-05:002015-01-28T14:45:25.963-05:00Yeeessss Scorpio Races. I heart it so much. I wi...Yeeessss Scorpio Races. I heart it so much. I will cry if you don't like it.Shannonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-7987356146018379442015-01-28T09:26:52.659-05:002015-01-28T09:26:52.659-05:00Same! Well, except I did read the rest of the seri...Same! Well, except I did read the rest of the series. The second book is much like the first, but the last two seriously lost me. *shudders* baby nightmares forever. Lol! I've actually never seen her act in anything other than Twilight, so I don't have a clue how she is in an actress. I chalk most of the acting up to the just awful script and poor source material. Bella doesn't Elizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-72222304851647098252015-01-28T08:38:20.842-05:002015-01-28T08:38:20.842-05:00Well, I can't say I know of any other authors ...Well, I can't say I know of any other authors who have much to do with goat herding hahahaha! I'll definitely let you know when I make it to Heidi (...warning, I'm SUPER BAD about reading books I mean to, so it might be a few...years....I'll try soon though!)Elizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-88692642218582668852015-01-27T04:16:17.636-05:002015-01-27T04:16:17.636-05:00Sorry about the typos, and now that I have re-read...Sorry about the typos, and now that I have re-read it, that last part sounded a little creepy. Lol. I am so happy we were talking about Heidi because the book that startedme on my chilhood goat herding obseession was a children's book titled, Moni the Goat Boy. I wanted to look up about it and the author, and it was written by thee same author as Heidi! I never connected the two books all of La La in the Libraryhttp://lalatoadstone.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-42475791861025111212015-01-26T23:18:12.907-05:002015-01-26T23:18:12.907-05:00Oh god, no, not Twilight. Actually I read it righ...Oh god, no, not Twilight. Actually I read it right before the second, or maybe third book came out. It had a follow, but nothing like it does now. This was before the movies came out. I thought the first was ok. But not interesting enough to make me read the second. I didn't hate them until the movie came out and I met my arch nemesis Kristin Stewart. I can't stand her. So I guess Shannonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-26371378935130129902015-01-26T21:24:15.714-05:002015-01-26T21:24:15.714-05:00Between the books and the movies, I'm pretty s...Between the books and the movies, I'm pretty sure the series covers at least half of my life haha, so I'm with you!Elizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-3605957014882973302015-01-26T21:21:57.990-05:002015-01-26T21:21:57.990-05:00I know right? It feels good to be writing stuff ag...I know right? It feels good to be writing stuff again, even if I'm not sure how consistently I'll be able to keep that up. Speaking of...I had A WHOLE POST on the ToG series that I had mostly written like a year ago that was supposed to go up Friday that I must have accidentally deleted before it posted!! I'm SO. UPSET. It's not like I have a backlog so that it doesn't Elizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-43590207980588440962015-01-26T21:19:54.105-05:002015-01-26T21:19:54.105-05:00I'm going to make a point to read Heidi when I...I'm going to make a point to read Heidi when I'm going through a classics phase because I honestly never knew anything about it, and cute shepherd girl wasn't enough of a push for me haha. <br /><br /><br />I don't know if the Song of the Lioness books will be a love situation for you (although I finally conned Stephanie into reading them and she's loved them so far). They Elizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-15180580027857499222015-01-22T18:25:26.769-05:002015-01-22T18:25:26.769-05:00I wouldn't have a blog if it wasn't for Ha...I wouldn't have a blog if it wasn't for Harry Potter. It was such a big part of my life for so long.Lucybirdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-32707827872628781492015-01-22T14:29:30.802-05:002015-01-22T14:29:30.802-05:00YAY a post! This is awesome, by the way. I would...YAY a post! This is awesome, by the way. I would have to think really hard about what books impacted my life. Actually, I can come up with a few off the top of my head, but they are embarrassing to admit to. ;)Shannonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-67599472753466496572015-01-22T14:06:46.732-05:002015-01-22T14:06:46.732-05:00Heidi was the first book to make an big impression...Heidi was the first book to make an big impression on my character. I think I read it when I was eight. I didn't get all of the statments being made about economic divisions, education, mental health issues, and the like, at that age, but the message of kindness and love towards everyone regardless of there "position" in life left a huge imprint on me at that age. Not to mention I La La in the Libraryhttp://lalatoadstone.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-1916530980985316652015-01-22T10:02:27.928-05:002015-01-22T10:02:27.928-05:00Yeah I imagine that it completely changes the expe...Yeah I imagine that it completely changes the experience. I was just thinking last night if I had kids, how I'd introduce/measure out reading HP for them. (...making your kid wait to read the last book until they were 17 sounds extremely unlikely to happen haha)Elizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-4130802502131809342015-01-21T21:18:48.870-05:002015-01-21T21:18:48.870-05:00I've not read the last do but totally get how ...I've not read the last do but totally get how the first three would make an impact. I was just moaning about how envious I was of folks who got to grow up with HP.Stephaniehttp://nodorkfear.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-7666192190745213092015-01-21T10:12:33.717-05:002015-01-21T10:12:33.717-05:00Yeah I was definitely lucky I got to it when I did...Yeah I was definitely lucky I got to it when I did. I mean, I still would have loved it, but I doubt it would have made this list to me. (I've got plenty of books I loved that didn't really influence me particularly). It suddenly occurs to me that I'm a crime tv junkie, but I actually don't read many mystery novels. Hmm...<br /><br /><br />I know a lot of people who have done Elizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7178753992132096505.post-6144904279592576902015-01-21T09:19:30.797-05:002015-01-21T09:19:30.797-05:00Harry Potter <3 I must admit I came to the seri...Harry Potter <3 I must admit I came to the series late, both in age and half way through its publication lol but gosh I love it. Such good books. It made me regret not picking the first one up when I was still in high school like a friend suggested. My first reaction was 'but why are you reading about a boy wizard?' and then I continued on my merry way with crime and war novels lol<br Wattlehttp://whimsical-nature.net/noreply@blogger.com