Kevin's Watch

Awww thats awesome FireSon .. to pick up where mum left off


And 14 and youve read all those series? Wow .. makes me interested to read your views on each.

I actually started reading them when I was 10.

wow

I was just about finishing reading Enid Blyton books when I was 10.

(Who incidentally, I will not have a word said against, in terms of her stories excellence as a means of introducing children to the joys of reading.)

Absolutely. I'm in favor of anything that gets kids to read. (Working at a bookstore, one of the challenges I both loved and dreaded was having to recommend something for a kid who didn't like reading.)

I was 14 when I first started reading SRD. Helped me get through some bad times.

Think I was 12 or 13 when somebody gave me LFB.

Fireson had an advantage though...his mother was Furls, so she was probably just waiting for him to get old enough to read it.

--A

peter wrote: I was just about finishing reading Enid Blyton books when I was 10.

(Who incidentally, I will not have a word said against, in terms of her stories excellence as a means of introducing children to the joys of reading.)

Im with you on Enid Blyton .. thats pretty much what I read at Firesons age
all her fairy books, the Wishing Chair etc, all that and Secret Seven, and Famous Five .. loved em all .. but a very different read to LFB



I agree though Sors anythig that gets kids reading is awesome

I'm looking at this thinking that it won't be all that long till I will have advanced to my third group.

Damelon wrote:I'm looking at this thinking that it won't be all that long till I will have advanced to my third group.

I just did!!

+JMJ+

Skyweir wrote:

peter wrote: I was just about finishing reading Enid Blyton books when I was 10.

(Who incidentally, I will not have a word said against, in terms of her stories excellence as a means of introducing children to the joys of reading.)

Im with you on Enid Blyton .. thats pretty much what I read at Firesons age
all her fairy books, the Wishing Chair etc, all that and Secret Seven, and Famous Five .. loved em all .. but a very different read to LFB



I agree though Sors anythig that gets kids reading is awesome

I remember reading Peter Benchley's Jaws when I was about 8 or so. I got to the part where Hooper gets it on with Brody's wife, and I was like, "Why would anyone do an icky thing with a married someone?" It just didn't make sense. Get to the shark already!

Of course you did


Eewwww ikky things .. but yeah kiddlywinks pretty much dont get them bits .. I spose could be traumatising

Wosbald wrote: I remember reading Peter Benchley's Jaws when I was about 8 or so. I got to the part where Hooper gets it on with Brody's wife, and I was like, "Why would anyone do an icky thing with a married someone?" It just didn't make sense. Get to the shark already!

Do we need a new one of these? I'm pretty sure I've moved up an age group...

Yes in a few years Ill be in the next category 60 to 69 .. but Im gunning for 70 plus

aliantha wrote:Do we need a new one of these? I'm pretty sure I've moved up an age group...

Well, the stale poll data is the sticky bit. Other than that, the thread isn't anywhere near the four nines, so it could remain a while.

If there were a way to move away from "one and done" voting so we could update as we age (like fine wine, not like leftovers!), there'd be no issue.

Vain, if you're out there...

Oooh clever .. can the poll be edited, deleted and redone?

AFAIK, not without abandoning this thread and starting a new (Age Group Poll V) thread...or if Vain notices my entreaty and can work the requisite magic.

Not as far as I know, and almost certainly not on our aging software.

Anyway, we only get a new one when I move up a bracket.

(Check out the first post in this thread. )

--A

Haha .. right you are

I mean, I guess I'm happy to stay in the 50-59 bracket for however long it takes Av to move up one more...