The Best Books Ever - Page 3

Seil · 03-24-2008, 08:50 PM

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I remember reading that book. There was also a sequel, told from the perspective of the Bully character that was very good.

You mean totally awesome. Unless you're not referring to the one that has the bully-man in an assembly, get selected by the female alien teacher, put into a magic smart machine and getting addicted to said machine and then helping the other kids, because no -, that one was just good.

Mike McC · 03-26-2008, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Fifthfiend

Maniac McGee.

Fucking Yes. I just remembered it, was coming in here to post it, and was sad when I saw I was beat by 2 days.

Anyway, when I was in school, it was right around the time of the revival of The Boxcar Children, a few years behind The Babysitter's Club. So my sister, who was a few years older than me, was collecting The Babysitter's Club, while I was getting The Boxcar Children. Then there was Goosebumps a year after The Boxcar Children revival. Which was awesome.

Huh, you know, the supernatural stuff started in children's stuff a year (Goosebumps) or two (Are You Afraid of the Dark?) before The X-Files came on the air. Cool! We were ahead of the curve.

PCD · 03-26-2008, 10:51 PM

Yeah, you guys have named basically all my old timey memories. Bunnicula, Bailey School Kids, Animorphs (oh man I was so obsessed with that one), Redwall, The Boxcar Children... Classic action.

I'm slightly ashamed to admit to Baby Sitter Little Sister. It was laaaame, but man I liked it. Also, Choose Your Own Adventure classics were awesome. I'd do the same one like twenty times.

Seil · 03-26-2008, 11:00 PM

HARDY BOYS.

My dad collected them.

(>>)

...Yeah, I didn't read them either.

Jeneralissimo · 03-27-2008, 08:32 AM

Don't forget Nancy Drew! And did anyone else read Encyclopedia Brown?

I didn't start Redwall until I was a senior in high school. I only read Ender's Game last year. When I was a kid, I was reading Boxcar, Goosebumps, Babysitters Club, and the Pick Your Own Adventure series. I think I read some Animorphs but I can't really remember.

Seil · 03-29-2008, 01:03 AM

Went to the library today, and I saw this series:

Brought back all sorts of memories. Man, I loved these.

Savage Thinking · 03-29-2008, 01:49 AM

I remember obsessing over the Hank the Cowdog series back when I was a wee lad. Read every single book I got my hands on.

Fifthfiend · 03-29-2008, 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by BraveFencer Shinryuu

Fucking Yes.

is correct.

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The Babysitter's Club

I read like all of those.

...Fuck man I don't know.

Mesden · 03-29-2008, 03:51 AM

I had this love of some of the Odyssey Books (Gabbage Cup stands out the most in memory) and almost anything from Piers Anthony caught my interest. Castle Roogna was pretty awesome.

Dragonriders of Pern/Anne McCaffrey had some great memories attached to it, too. Jaxom and Ruth totally rocked.

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(Are You Afraid of the Dark?)

My best and scariest childhood memories wrapped into a package of awesome.

PCD · 03-29-2008, 01:39 PM

OH and Dav Pilkey's books! His stuff was great. CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS! TRA LA LAAAAA.

The Dealing With Dragons series is pretty fantastic, too.

03-27-2008, 08:32 AM	#25
Jeneralissimo Happy quails come from California Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Neverwhere Posts: 682	Don't forget Nancy Drew! And did anyone else read Encyclopedia Brown? I didn't start Redwall until I was a senior in high school. I only read Ender's Game last year. When I was a kid, I was reading Boxcar, Goosebumps, Babysitters Club, and the Pick Your Own Adventure series. I think I read some Animorphs but I can't really remember. __________________ Hey, if they expected writers to know grammar, they wouldn't hire editors. ~ Fifthfiend *Warning: Long-time exposure to chat8bit has been known to cause severe brain damage, mental retardation, seizures, eyeball bleeding, violent fits, spontaneous combustion, death, reanimation, and a total disregard for physics. ~ RZ

03-29-2008, 01:49 AM	#27
Savage Thinking Yeeeah, son. Join Date: May 2005 Location: Stranded in the middle of the ocean with no desire to be rescued. Posts: 755	I remember obsessing over the Hank the Cowdog series back when I was a wee lad. Read every single book I got my hands on. __________________ The artist formerly known as 'ZutsuJin'. "It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself"

03-26-2008, 11:00 PM	#24
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	HARDY BOYS. My dad collected them. (>>) ...Yeah, I didn't read them either.

03-29-2008, 01:03 AM	#26
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	Went to the library today, and I saw this series: Brought back all sorts of memories. Man, I loved these.