Do you remember your first novel that you have read
@amadeo (111948)
United States
February 20, 2017 12:07pm CST
Good afternoon.running late.Being a great day.Spend some time outdoor.
Do you remember your first novel that you read.
Mine is when at Jr.High School in the 8th grade I believe.
We had to read Lady in the Lake by Walter Scott.
Not sure that this is a novel or poetry or sorts.
I vaguely remember this.The only thing that I know is I hated it.
We had to read this for a test.Yep,I flunk it.did not care for hated it.
Did not understand the story or poetry whatever they call it.
All I know this was not for me.
do you recall your first novel.?
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Notes from a Native sons he was a remarkable man and a writer.
Have you read anything by him.He has quite a few.After this will be
Go tell it to the Mountain.
Have a good afternoon,Photo is domain
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
20 Feb 17
Wow no I don't but I was always a voracious reader and probably was 7 years old when I read my first complete novel.
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@manasamanu (3746)
• Bangalore, India
4 Apr 17
Ahm! I don't remember my first novel, but recently I read "The three mistakes of my life" written by Chetan Bhagath. And planning on reading some new novel(don't know which) and still deciding.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
4 Apr 17
@manasamanu The title sounds interesting there.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
20 Feb 17
The first book I read was Little Women.
I could possibly read it again today.
I always strongly identified with Jo in the book.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
20 Feb 17
@TiarasOceanView I see.What she the tom boy there?
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Feb 17
No I do not recall any books in school but I read Amityville horror and Rapture as my first novels at age 12.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
20 Feb 17
@andriaperry I remember the first one.Not Rapture
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Feb 17
@amadeo Rapture is a religious book, scared the he ll out of me!
@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
20 Feb 17
Well, if you count Beverley Cleary, The Mouse and the Motor Cycle. If not, I have no idea.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
20 Feb 17
@teamfreak16 who is Beverley Cleary and the mouse there.
Never read a novel Scott
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
20 Feb 17
@amadeo - She writes books for kids, often the first real books kids read. She's 93 and still going strong!
@Happy2BeMe (99386)
• Canada
20 Feb 17
I sure do it was in grade five and it was Anne of Green Gables.
Throughout the year we read the entire series and at the end of the
year the teacher took the whole class on a weekend trip to PEI so
that we could see the Anne of Green Gables house and where L.M. Montgomery
was born. We even went to her gravesite. It was so cool and a memory that
I hold very dear.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
20 Feb 17
@Happy2BeMe yes I remember this series.Not read them Good for you
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@ichchhe_mrityu (1144)
• Bangalore, India
20 Feb 17
Very interesting topic... I thought a lot.. but I could not remember.. Probably I read my 1st novel when I was in 5/6th standard and definitely not the novels meant for that age.. because I used to read the books which my father/elder sister used to bring from library for their age.. and I used to read them in secret... :)
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
20 Feb 17
@ichchhe_mrityu secret why is that.Too young for you to read them.
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@ichchhe_mrityu (1144)
• Bangalore, India
21 Feb 17
@amadeo yes.. I was a kid then and not supposed to read books for meant for Adults.. However.. I had to read some of them again because I did not understand lot of things as kid..
@DianneN (247216)
• United States
20 Feb 17
Wowie! I've always been a reader and believe my first novels were the Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boy novels at age 7 or 8. I snuck Peyton Place under my blanket and read it with a flashlight when my parents went to bed. Unfortunately, I was discovered! I finished the book years later. Lol!
@Poppylicious (11133)
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21 Feb 17
I have no idea. I loved reading as a child and a teenager and read most of the books in my village library. If I had to guess I would say that my first proper adult novel was probably a Stephen King one. But that is just a guess.
