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5 books (or series of books) you liked as a kid/teenager:
1. Bruce Coville - Goblins in the Castle
2. Clive Barker - Thief of Always
3. Jerry Spinelli - Maniac Mcgee
4. Ray Bradbury - Halloween Tree
5. Lois Lowry - The Giver
4 favorite poems or short stories:
1. S. T. Coleridge - Kublai Khan
2. E. A. Poe - Israfel
3. H. P. Lovecraft - The Colour Out of Space
4. Neil Gaiman - Babycakes
3 books, plays, or poems that you couldn't stand:
1. Stephen King - DT 6: Song Of Susannah
2. Stephen King - DT 7: The Dark Tower
3. John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath
2 books, plays or poems that haven't been made into movies yet but should be:
1. Clive Barker - Imajica
2. Mick Farren - Jim Morrison's Adventures in the Afterlife
1 book (or series) that you think everyone should read:
1. Ellen Raskin - The Westing Game
[EDIT - Just to clarify, I loved, loved, loved the first 4 Dark Tower books, and was quite close to putting them else where in my list in a better light. It is perhaps because I felt so strongly for those books that what I say as a drop in quality for the last couple bothered me so much. I wouldn't want anyone to think I dislike the series. The reason they are in the "books I couldn't stand" section is not that I think they are the worst ever by any means, but since I very rarely read books I'm not interested in, my only real source for disliked reading comes from something that I kept on with because of a strong bond to the series (Harry Potter feels like it may be heading the same way - HP:5 came quite close to beating Grapes of Wrath on to the list).]
5 books (or series of books) you liked as a kid/teenager:
1. Bruce Coville - Goblins in the Castle
2. Clive Barker - Thief of Always
3. Jerry Spinelli - Maniac Mcgee
4. Ray Bradbury - Halloween Tree
5. Lois Lowry - The Giver
4 favorite poems or short stories:
1. S. T. Coleridge - Kublai Khan
2. E. A. Poe - Israfel
3. H. P. Lovecraft - The Colour Out of Space
4. Neil Gaiman - Babycakes
3 books, plays, or poems that you couldn't stand:
1. Stephen King - DT 6: Song Of Susannah
2. Stephen King - DT 7: The Dark Tower
3. John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath
2 books, plays or poems that haven't been made into movies yet but should be:
1. Clive Barker - Imajica
2. Mick Farren - Jim Morrison's Adventures in the Afterlife
1 book (or series) that you think everyone should read:
1. Ellen Raskin - The Westing Game
[EDIT - Just to clarify, I loved, loved, loved the first 4 Dark Tower books, and was quite close to putting them else where in my list in a better light. It is perhaps because I felt so strongly for those books that what I say as a drop in quality for the last couple bothered me so much. I wouldn't want anyone to think I dislike the series. The reason they are in the "books I couldn't stand" section is not that I think they are the worst ever by any means, but since I very rarely read books I'm not interested in, my only real source for disliked reading comes from something that I kept on with because of a strong bond to the series (Harry Potter feels like it may be heading the same way - HP:5 came quite close to beating Grapes of Wrath on to the list).]