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[slightlymadmom]

I've been double-tagged:

Guilt What is yours? Explain yourself Culinary: chocolate chips
I have lots of food guilts, but these are unusual. It's because they are non-dairy...
Literary: children's books I read lots of kid lit, even re-reading some. Most is at least well-written or entertaining.Audiovisual: Highlander, the Series Love it for no

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[littlesnork]

Why do you feel guilty about reading children's books? I do that all the time. I have a big collection bought for me, not my child. And no guilt! I save my guilt for the trashy British "situational romances" I also read.

[slightlymadmom]

Well, I have probably 100-150 children's books. A lot of them I love and would recommend to people. In fact, if I buy any that I find I wouldn't re-read and so on, I donate them, so only a few are not loved. But I spend a lot of time reading children's books (mine and library copies) when I should probably be reading "the classics" or other books that I already own that are on my "to read" list

[littlesnork]

I enjoy the Oz books in the same sort of way that one can enjoy romance novels, ie I read them with most of my brain turned off. I have never wanted to own them but sometimes I get them out of the library. There are occasional segments that are good. I like the Queen with all the heads. :-)

A great many of the "classics" really suck to read. Read classic children's books instead! Like The Magic City, by Nesbit.

[slightlymadmom]

Hm, I've read several Nesbit (can't get in to the Bastables, but love the magic ones), but don't recall the Magic City. I'll see if I can find it.

I'm on a Noel Streatfeild kick at the moment. I re-read all the ones I had, now I'm slowly getting everything I can find by inter (intra?) library loan throughout Maryland. Somewhat predictable, but so far, still worth reading. Her autobiographical one is different, and it tells a lot about where she gets her characters and ideas.