Oh, how could I forget - my Dad introduced me to TCTC
And Enya, for that matter.Do your parents like what you like/liked
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My dad is the one who made reading fun for me. It really started with the Uncle Remus stories about Briar Rabbit(There's a movie called Song of the South). He never really pushed any books on me. He just suggested books when I asked. I owe it to him for introducing me to Tolkien and Donaldson. He aslo suggested Asimov, Brin, Andre Norton, and Heinlein. I stumbled on to Martin and Jordan myself.
I also owe my music taste to him aswell. I grew up on a steady diet of the Beatles, Eric Clapton, the Police, the Doobie Brothers, the Eagles and Pink Floyd.
I also owe my music taste to him aswell. I grew up on a steady diet of the Beatles, Eric Clapton, the Police, the Doobie Brothers, the Eagles and Pink Floyd.
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Byrn, good brain food there. All good stuff
I have always loved to apply quotes from books, poetry, TV shows, and movies in just about everything, so my son and daughter grew up loving it, making a game out of anything and everything we did. I homeschooled them, and I tried to make every subject as interesting as possible by integrating it into our life somehow or getting it into conversation at the strangest times. I would break forth with a quote from something from history, literature classics, novels, poems, prose, or a movie and they would say, "What is that from?" To which I would reply, "From what is that?", in correction, English major that I am. It would make them want to know why it was so funny or so profound or so applicable.
Even now, my 34 yr old daughter always puts in a quote or two in all our conversations when she calls me from Biloxi. When she comes home, we really carry on.
My son, who still lives with us, (yes at 32), is a private person, but he does still love the quotes. He was a big fan of the games, like those on the Pursuit of Mallory page. His favorite as a little guy was name that tune (TV show themes).
I am so glad they are both booklovers, and now my three grandchildren, 12,7,and 1 1/2 are booklovers as well.
Paris, is anxious to begin her first read of the Chronicles. I am so pleased. (Maybe I did SOMETHING right, huh?)
I have always loved to apply quotes from books, poetry, TV shows, and movies in just about everything, so my son and daughter grew up loving it, making a game out of anything and everything we did. I homeschooled them, and I tried to make every subject as interesting as possible by integrating it into our life somehow or getting it into conversation at the strangest times. I would break forth with a quote from something from history, literature classics, novels, poems, prose, or a movie and they would say, "What is that from?" To which I would reply, "From what is that?", in correction, English major that I am. It would make them want to know why it was so funny or so profound or so applicable.
Even now, my 34 yr old daughter always puts in a quote or two in all our conversations when she calls me from Biloxi. When she comes home, we really carry on.
My son, who still lives with us, (yes at 32), is a private person, but he does still love the quotes. He was a big fan of the games, like those on the Pursuit of Mallory page. His favorite as a little guy was name that tune (TV show themes).
I am so glad they are both booklovers, and now my three grandchildren, 12,7,and 1 1/2 are booklovers as well.
Paris, is anxious to begin her first read of the Chronicles. I am so pleased. (Maybe I did SOMETHING right, huh?)
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