I will choose three winners and they will each get to choose one book (the first winner will choose first, etc). Enter the giveaway by commenting on this post with your answer to this question: what's the first book you remember reading that really affected you or that you really loved? Please make sure I can find your email on your profile or website, or you can leave it in your comment. I will take entries for two weeks until Tuesday, March 23.
Here's the list of books to choose from. I've linked to my reviews if I have one posted:
Being by Kevin Brooks (HC)
Black Angels by Linda Beatrice Brown (ARC)
The Bread of Angels by Stephanie Saldana (ARC)
A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve (HC)
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger (HC)
Invisible Lines by Mary Amato (ARC)
Legacy by Cayla Kluver (HC)
Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers (ARC)
Secrets of a Christmas Box by Steven Horby (HC)
The Smart One and the Pretty One by Claire LaZebnik (ARC)
Spellbinder by Helen Stringer (ARC)
The Swiss Courier by Tricia Goyer and Mike Yorkey (PB)
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (HC)
What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell (HC)
Thanks everyone for reading - your comments always make my day!
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One of the first books I remember really loving was Harriet the Spy. I wanted to be just like her.
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Matilda by Roald Dahl. Definitely Matilda. I read it about 5 times in elementary school alone. Thanks for the giveaway!
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one of the first books I fell in love with and really really enjoyed was the perks of being a wallflower by stephen chbosky. :)
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I loved Little Women. I remember trying not to let anyone know I was crying as I read it at my 5th grade desk.
ReplyDeleteMy book memories all swirl together in my mind, so I can't name you a "first," but I will choose a book that has inexplicably affected me - Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson. For many people, this is a childhood favorite, but I didn't stumble upon Harold until high school. In this story, Harold looks out of his window and sees the moon at night - he should be sleeping, but instead, he's ready for an adventure of his own purple-crayoned creation. Harold reminds me that I am in control of my own adventures - that I have the freedom to do anything and go anywhere I please.
ReplyDeleteI remember really loving Little House on the Prairie. The whole series really but it started, of course, with the first book. It started my love affair with history. I wanted to live in the Wild West and be just like them, blazing trails and all that.
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The Book of Three. I was in fourth grade and up until then had not enjoyed reading (Tad, Hop, Log books bored me to death!) and didn't work at moving through the "required reading." In fourth I was a given a "real" book and everything clicked. Ahhh. That's why I should read! I still love that book.
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Oh man, that's hard. I have read quite a few when I was young. Hm, I would say The Nancy Drew series.
ReplyDeleteFor me that book was "A Wrinkle in Time," which resulted in a decades-long love of science fiction books!
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I've ALWAYS been a reader, so I can't remember what came first... :D
ReplyDeleteI do remember reading 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea in 2nd grade though... took forever. :D
One of the earliest books, or should I say series of books, that I remember reading were the Boxcar Children books in 2nd grade. I loved all of their adventures and how the family stuck together.
ReplyDeleteI think it was probably The Lion, The Witch & the Wardrobe for me.
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The first book that really touched me and brought out my emotions while reading it was Little Women. It's the first book that I ever cried while reading.
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Black Beauty affected me, I don't have horses, but I treat all living things with respect. Today I removed the wholly worm from the street to the grass.
ReplyDeleteI remember reading Nancy Drew, and I wanted to be a detective when I grew up after that!
ReplyDeleteI think Little Women was one of the books that gave me my love of reading. I still have my well worn copy that I read as a child.
ReplyDeleteI really loved Matilda by Roald Dahl, all his books were quite memorable from when I was a kid, but Matilda especially because I really identified with her bookishness and love of math 8D (not a common thing among children's books sadly)
ReplyDeletethank you for this giveaway! I hope it's open to Canadians? =)
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Henry and The Clubhouse by Beverly Clearly.
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The Giver by Lois Lowry
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Some of the earliest and most frequently read books I remember from my childhood is the Amelia Bedelia series!
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The first book I read that really affected me was To Kill a Mockingbird. I was thirteen, and when I finished the last chapter I was so confused. But in a good way. I had no idea what to make of it--it was so powerful. I've reread it a million times since then, and I get something new from it every time. That's what I call a literary masterpiece at it's finest.
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Thanks for the great giveaway! I remember reading The Hobbit at 11... I never looked back and dived into the fantasy scene. Loved it...
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I've been reading forever, I don't ever remember not reading.. so I don't really have a specific memory of starting my love of reading. But I do remember when I was a teen & started reading John Saul's books. I would be so scared, I couldn't turn off the light until the book was done & the threat over. That started a lifelong habit of reading late into the night.
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growing up the book The Giving Tree was my favorite-I read that to my children when they were young
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El valle de los lobos by Laura Gallego Garcia! it was the first "big book" I remember reading and the first one I can stop reading until I finished it!
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My first foray into reading was the Dick and Jane books. I just sooo loved going to the public library each week to get a pile of books to read...and I hadn't even started school yet! I am still in love with going to the library or bookstore and reading, reading, reading!
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