not only did this series get me into reading, it also made a huge history nerd out of me. perfect combo of magic, arthurian legend, adventure and historical fiction, with true facts and events woven in
Jun 16, 2025
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Series: magic treehouse, Geronimo Stilton, warriors, Percy Jackson, mysterious Benedict society
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Yes to magic tree house!!! I wanted that trunk of clothes so bad. I was one that read the American girl books but never had a doll, and no I won't carry that bitterness to my grave. Felicity is my problematic fav. Tintin also falls in that category. Guess I loved adventure stories!
As an older child, it was Ella enchanted, holes, chasing Redbird, and Harry Potter (rip)
Apr 18, 2025
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I remember Where the Wild Things Are and other art books the most. Reading The Hobbit when I did (9 or 10?) was pretty important to me. A good mix of adventure. I learned to use a dictionary really well because I had never seen many of the words in the book. Growing up in rural eastern Kentucky coal fields I didn't get a lot of help from the adults around me in that regard. I also still remember the feeling of tension and fear in the scenes with the ogres and Gollum having some comedic elements here and there to make being a little afraid fun.
Then I probably got into fantasy novels well above my age shortly after. lol Piers Anthony made several of his books anatomy lessons.
Jun 17, 2025
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being in a new hyperfixation phase is so fun and exciting. it's also painful because the interest is so intense that i almost don't know what to do with it, and a part of me dreads the moment the obsession will inevitably start to fade...
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tiny, perfect flowers with whimsical, angelic fairy names
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