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[quote=Anonymous]What's funny is that when I was a kid, I actively disliked many of the books that people here liked as kids.

I'm glad to hear Witch of Blackbird pond held up.  I still have my copy.

I read Catcher in the Rye as an adult and still don't get what the fuss is about.  I think it must have appealed tremendously to louche NYC publishing types back in the day.

I would like to re-read 1984 to see if I appreciate it more or less.  I enjoyed the plus good language and the constant revision of "truths".  The plot failed to horrify me properly.

I would also like to re-read The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frank weiner.  I watched the old movie not long ago.  The plot holds up although the main actress didn't quite succeed as the clever little girl I envisioned.

Never could get into The Outsiders which my children were forced to read in school.  They also hated it and started making cracks about "greasers".  I felt like I was in a Sha Na Na skit.  How did it become a Broadway musical!

I loved David Eddings' books when I was in high school but I outgrew that phase.  And he got cancelled.

The world goes on...[/quote]

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