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Why are like half my favorite books kids' books.

Mrs. McGlinchey: "I can pronounce it 'sell-see-us' instead of 'sell-shuss'-- I just don't want to!"

Every Day and All the Time by Sis Deans is one of my favorite books ever. I'm SO glad I bought it to re-read; I like it even more than Barbara Park's Mick Harte Was Here (which deals with the same sort of issue, and has been a favorite of mine since I was nine or so). It'd definitely going on my list of books that I need revisit at least every couple of years or so. In a way, it's a good thing that a lot of the books on that list are short and easy reads-- I like being able to marathon my way through four Bruce Coville books in one day, or spend a weekend reading Hilary McKay's books about the Cassons (... or just read Indigo's Star and Permanent Rose over and over and over again; that works, too).

TL;DR: I AM NINETEEN YEARS OLD AND I BUY MOST OF MY BOOKS FROM THE CHILDREN'S SECTION.

... I can read adult literature when I want to, I swear.
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[identity profile] fruitsgrow.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
IT'S OKAY. my favorite books have v. plain prose.

[identity profile] banerry.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS?

Shh, I'm always on the lookout for new stuff to read. 8|
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[identity profile] fruitsgrow.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
A Long Way Gone, Things Fall Apart, and the Life of Pi. admittedly, the Life of Pi swings between simple prose and complicated prose.

[identity profile] banerry.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
The Life of Pi! That's definitely on my list of favorites, too. I'll have to check out the others sometime.

[identity profile] century-fox.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
It's okay, I still love A Series of Unfortunate Events! XD And Frindle!

[identity profile] banerry.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
I need to finish ASoUE. 8| ... And I remember Frindle! I read it ages ago, but.

[identity profile] century-fox.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
I also love Gail Carson Levine's books :D

I'M USING THIS ICON ON PURPOSE
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[identity profile] banerry.livejournal.com 2009-10-10 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
Ella Enchanted <3

OH HO HO

[identity profile] tenshibellaluna.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
It's all good. I'm convinced that I'll be 80 and still be reading books from the children's and young adult sections.

[identity profile] tenshibellaluna.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
*HIGH FIVE*

One of my favorite books, which I really need to buy someday is "The View From Saturday". Also, I still own my copy of the Wayside School books.

[identity profile] banerry.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
I read The View From Saturday way back when, too hell yeah trivia teams. I liked her The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler better, though.

... I would totally buy the Wayside School books if I ever saw them in stores. 8| I don't think I ever owned my own copies, but I always loved them. And they had really good messages for kids, too!

[identity profile] tenshibellaluna.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't read that one. I'll have to pick it up sometime!

I know. Mine are pretty beat up. May have to get new ones. Did you ever see the fail cartoon they made from them a year or two ago?

[identity profile] banerry.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
It's about two kids who run away to live in a museum. What more could you want?

YES. My sister and I tried to watch it to mock it once, but it was just too painful. Books like that just... don't translate well to screen, haha.

[identity profile] tenshibellaluna.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Because I totally never played pretend games in my backyard where that was the plot. >_>

Seriously. And I just feel they missed the whole point of the books.

[identity profile] banerry.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
I miss playing pretend games in my backyard. XD

They just made it into a boring slice-of-life cartoon that had absolutely no spark to it. :\ RECESS DID IT SO MUCH BETTER OKAY; WAYSIDE SCHOOL SHOULD JUST KEEP ON BEING A BOOK AND ONLY A BOOK.

[identity profile] tenshibellaluna.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
Me too. I think it's the main reason I roleplay.

Exactly! Everything was supposed to be SUPER CRAZY and WEIRD. Not...oh, school is tough.

[identity profile] banerry.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
Ahahaha saaaaame. IT'S ALSO WHY I LOVE TO BABYSIT LITTLE KIDS.

THIS.

[identity profile] tenshibellaluna.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
YES. AGREED.

[identity profile] century-fox.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
I LOVE THE VIEW FROM SATURDAY

[identity profile] banerry.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
YOU TWO ARE MAKING ME WANT TO RE-READ IT; I KNOW MY MOM LOVES IT SO SHE PROBABLY HAS IT AROUND SOMEWHERE

[identity profile] banerry.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
*adds to my ten-mile-high book pile*

[identity profile] tenshibellaluna.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
NO WAI. DON'T MAKE ME FIGHT YOU. >O

[identity profile] banerry.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
*ATTACKS*

*GODMODES*

*YOU DIE*

[identity profile] tenshibellaluna.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
...you are SUCH a cheater.

*PHOENIX DOWN*

*ATTACKS...WITH THE POWER OF LOVE*

*YOU DROWN IN ADORABLENESS*

[identity profile] tenshibellaluna.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
THROUGH THE POWERS OF LJ I SAY NAAAAAAAAAAAAY.

[identity profile] banerry.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
/complains to the mods

[identity profile] tenshibellaluna.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
There are no mods here. YOU ARE ALONE.

[identity profile] banerry.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
... Don't tell me the mods are all in my head. D:

[identity profile] tenshibellaluna.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
EVERYTHING is in your head.

[identity profile] banerry.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
Even YOU?

... *godmodes even more*

[identity profile] rinhriveiel.livejournal.com 2009-10-09 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
DO YOU REALIZE THERE ARE NO CHARLIE BONE BOOKS ON AMAZON PLANNED YET FOR SRS THERE SHD BE AT LEAST A TITLE UP BY NOW, RIGHT? >_< ALSO NO NEW ARTEMIS FOWL BOOKS PLANNED, EITHER. WHAT IS THIS TRAVESTY????

[identity profile] hattergems.livejournal.com 2009-11-06 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
HOMGOMNOMNOMCUPCAKE ...

OH HAI, CONTINUING TO SPAM. I ONLY JUST NOTICED THAT I BARELY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN YOUR ENTRIES. WHY DIDN'T I NOTICE BEFORE?

HOMGOMNOMNOMCUPCAKE.

=D

[identity profile] banerry.livejournal.com 2009-11-06 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
A lot of the time I barely know what I'm talking about in my entries.

PEOPLE TEND TO HAVE THAT REACTION 8)

[identity profile] hattergems.livejournal.com 2009-11-06 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
We may have nothing but lollies in common. Which is more than enough, of course.

THE SHINY COLOURS ARE OVERLOADING MY BRAIN.

[identity profile] banerry.livejournal.com 2009-11-06 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Pretty icons can bridge even the biggest of gaps, trufax.

JUST AS PLANNED.

[identity profile] hattergems.livejournal.com 2009-11-06 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
You are wise, my new friend.

I USUALLY HANG AROUND MY OWN JOURNAL FOR MY DOSE OF SHINY BUT THIS PLACE IS JUST AS GREAT. 8D
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