tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562301.post111944538074662365..comments2024-02-13T10:59:10.420+05:30Comments on ships, shoes, sealing wax: Bachpan Ke Woh DinLudwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03710107146505111876noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562301.post-1120024661352517272005-06-29T11:27:00.000+05:302005-06-29T11:27:00.000+05:30The 'Anne' series by LM Montgomery, for sure. Also...The 'Anne' series by LM Montgomery, for sure. Also 'Catcher in the rye'. I rather like Nesbitt's 'Railway children' - it was charming.<BR/>Judy Blume's books, too, particularly about adolescence.<BR/>But certainly 'To kill...' tops the list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562301.post-1119962654072906272005-06-28T18:14:00.000+05:302005-06-28T18:14:00.000+05:30[tmkahhi] OK, you dirty old sod, you've made your ...[tmkahhi] OK, you dirty old sod, you've made your point. I'm sorry I ever told you about this blog. May you leave the Happy Valley and NoHo soon and emerge pure of body and soul.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562301.post-1119959672398961262005-06-28T17:24:00.000+05:302005-06-28T17:24:00.000+05:30Ok. Heres a quirky choice. Not about childhood, pe...Ok. Heres a quirky choice. Not about childhood, per se, about a child.<BR/><BR/>'Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562301.post-1119930269942872052005-06-28T09:14:00.000+05:302005-06-28T09:14:00.000+05:30The scope of the list has grown a bit much. So we ...The scope of the list has grown a bit much. So we hereby cross out <I>The Prelude</I>, <I>One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest</I> (which, from one's knowledge of the movie, seems like a fairly odd choice!), <I>Of Human Bondage</I> (not a book about childhood), and <I>Golden Rendezvous</I> (the book itself has to be about childhood, not be some kind of rite of passage, although one does agree that in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562301.post-1119862494162143732005-06-27T14:24:00.000+05:302005-06-27T14:24:00.000+05:30the archetypal bitish young lads ralph, peterkin a...the archetypal bitish young lads ralph, peterkin and jack in the coral island by jm ballantyne and the chilling version of same-lord of the flies by william golding. <BR/>and of course little women. <BR/><BR/>does it count if the book remains adult but the fact that you're reading it means you've comeofage?<BR/>cos then i'd put in alistair maclean's golden rendezvous. it was the first book i readOrcaella brevirostrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14354450786271805901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562301.post-1119858481689872342005-06-27T13:18:00.000+05:302005-06-27T13:18:00.000+05:30Of Human Bondage definitely... I don't know how I ...<I>Of Human Bondage</I> definitely... I don't know how I missed it. And yes, <I>The Catcher In the Rye</I> too. I definitely had that on my mind; missed adding it to the list, though. Others that come to mind are Alcott's <I>Little Women</I> and Angelou's <I>I Know why the Caged Bird Sings</I>. Oh yes, Joyce's <I>The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man</I> - can't be missed!<BR/><BR/>You are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562301.post-1119852824704710842005-06-27T11:43:00.000+05:302005-06-27T11:43:00.000+05:30[Y] Big list. Err... Haven't read any of those. So...[Y] Big list. Err... Haven't read <I>any</I> of those. So will have to maintain lugubrious silence. 'Summer of 42' and 'How Green Was My Valley' sound like the pick of the list. Should 'Of Human Bondage' be added to the list?<BR/><BR/>[tmkahhi] Dear Friedrich, should've included 'The Catcher In The Rye'. And 'Igby Goes Down'. Or are they the same? The Apu trilogy? Haven't read it. User name is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562301.post-1119823353762649842005-06-27T03:32:00.000+05:302005-06-27T03:32:00.000+05:30comrade.the catcher in the rye,cider with rosie,an...comrade.<BR/><BR/>the catcher in the rye,<BR/>cider with rosie,<BR/><BR/>and how do you like this for a user name?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562301.post-1119811802898427672005-06-27T00:20:00.000+05:302005-06-27T00:20:00.000+05:30Interesting list - Some familiar and some not-so. ...Interesting list - Some familiar and some not-so. Do I have a list? Not one that I have compiled consciously. But yes, the names of a few books did run through my mind as I read yours. Maybe one day, I will do a more comprehensive one. But, for whatever it is worth, here you go:<BR/><BR/><B>Black Boy by Richard Wright</B>: A classic American autobiography, a subtly crafted narrative of Richard Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com