tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post8199884590681241409..comments2023-10-02T16:29:40.087+01:00Comments on neo-resistance: What did you read in youth?Najhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-68849638466819683722007-04-05T18:13:00.000+01:002007-04-05T18:13:00.000+01:00Sorry I missed this post!Although I read Mark Twai...Sorry I missed this post!<BR/><BR/>Although I read Mark Twain, EA Poe, Jack London, Defoe and most of the childrens classics, one of my favorites was a book written by Thornton W Burgess, whos illustrator Cady was one of the best. Mostly animals as people, The Log Of The Storyteller was about: Once a week a man would ask a child in the neighborhood to bring a log, and that child would ask the Coffee Messiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16908162048706236634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-45852193164602421112007-04-04T02:41:00.000+01:002007-04-04T02:41:00.000+01:00oh good people, I had never heard of Nancy drew or...oh good people, I had never heard of Nancy drew or Enid Blyton as a child.<BR/><BR/>I have such an urge to go back to my mother's basement and pull out my books and see if there is the name of authors marked on any of them!<BR/><BR/>well I seem to have a nice weekend project ahead of me :)!Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-33852627768245742602007-04-03T23:56:00.000+01:002007-04-03T23:56:00.000+01:00Enid Blyton, of course.I will still read them if I...Enid Blyton, of course.<BR/>I will still read them if I can get hold of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-42900259629438004182007-04-03T15:33:00.000+01:002007-04-03T15:33:00.000+01:00My favorite book, Naj, im not sure if theres one y...My favorite book, Naj, im not sure if theres one yet..i loved reading MahaBharata which is the story of long ago India, but more mythical than real.. but love it anyway for all the drama.<BR/><BR/>And I still like Enid Blyton's books...:)<BR/><BR/>and ofcourse you know I like Sufi<BR/>poetry. :)Mystic Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421998236544595260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-78249073899361225022007-04-03T04:00:00.000+01:002007-04-03T04:00:00.000+01:00House plant bet :)I, too, in fact prefered the sol...House plant <B>bet</B> :)<BR/><BR/>I, too, in fact prefered the solitary confinement to my room with a book to playing and getting air in my lungs!<BR/><BR/>My father was often displeased with my zeal, he thought my brain wires would get too meshed up. My mother too thought I needed to read less, if I were to not suffer "intellectual depression" when I faced the realities of the real world! <BR/>Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-4642026144682875172007-04-03T03:50:00.000+01:002007-04-03T03:50:00.000+01:00what did i read as a kid? any nancy drew mystery/...what did i read as a kid? any nancy drew mystery/hardy boys mystery i could find. charlie and the chocolate factory- all of the little house on the prairie books by laura ingalls wilder. my mother called me a houseplant because i never wanted to be outside- i was always inside with my nose in a book. i love to read and i love it when people are turned on to reading and books. it opens up billiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16206096509976316141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-2053714512022412562007-04-03T00:33:00.000+01:002007-04-03T00:33:00.000+01:00David, Iris, Divajood, goatman and little indian; ...David, Iris, Divajood, goatman and little indian; thanks for sharing with me your favorit book.<BR/>I'll be waiting till weekend for other to respond to my invitation.<BR/><BR/>butter-tiger :))<BR/><BR/>cute!Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-32961513860654432832007-04-02T21:45:00.000+01:002007-04-02T21:45:00.000+01:00I have been reading from ever since I can remember...I have been reading from ever since I can remember, in English and in Bengali.<BR/><BR/>We had the complete set of <BR/><B>"The Childrens' Encyclopaedia"</B> by Arthur Mee (in 10 volumes).<BR/><BR/>They were my fall back reading material, if I did not have any other books, I would read these over and over again, or just look at the pictures.<BR/><BR/>Thinking back, that must have opened my mind Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-44888997645029186342007-04-02T19:07:00.000+01:002007-04-02T19:07:00.000+01:00I remember liking "Little Black Sambo" as a creatu...I remember liking "Little Black Sambo" as a creature of about 4 or 5.<BR/>This book is now banned in US as being racist. Too bad. <BR/>It involved a little black boy a tiger and a palm tree as essential elements. As I recall, the tiger ran around the tree so fast that he turned into butter! Can this be so?goatmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317617928368945316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-52904610311252057712007-04-02T15:19:00.000+01:002007-04-02T15:19:00.000+01:00I loved the book, Misty of Chincoteague - I loved ...I loved the book, Misty of Chincoteague - I loved horses, and ponies. Read this over, and over, and over as a child.<BR/><BR/>Wonderful post, Naj.DivaJoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02534571327558009753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-46243165610219779972007-04-01T10:26:00.000+01:002007-04-01T10:26:00.000+01:00Hi Naj,**Rather than entire books, it is individua...Hi Naj,<BR/><BR/>**<BR/>Rather than entire books, it is individual stories that I remember. But if there is one book that fed my wild imagination just at the right time,it was, the title, if translated verbatim:"the child who flies through the ancient world(times)". It was about a child traveling in time to the distant past accompanied by the narrator's voice which explains how life began on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-81663618587419185792007-04-01T07:00:00.000+01:002007-04-01T07:00:00.000+01:00Naj, I wasn't any sort of a reading prodigy. ;) A ...Naj, I wasn't any sort of a reading prodigy. ;) A school friend gave me The Call of the Wild as a gift. I recall feeling sorry for the dog who was abused by his master. Later in the story, I was happy for the dog when he gained his freedom and found his own way in the world. I suppose that London intended all sorts of analogies to the human world, but at age 7-8, all I saw was a dog.<BR/><BR/>I Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01494609521203854111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-71333427976567490092007-04-01T04:09:00.000+01:002007-04-01T04:09:00.000+01:00Oh no Naj, I loved the books, but I never liked th...Oh no Naj, I loved the books, but I never liked the TV show.nunyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08833886980442919570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-5431776190181624252007-04-01T02:56:00.000+01:002007-04-01T02:56:00.000+01:00Here is a link featuring English translations of ...Here is a <A HREF="http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/mcdonnell/hauff/hauff.html" REL="nofollow">link</A> featuring English translations of some of the best Hauff fairy tales. "The Adventures of Saïd" was another early favorite of mine. "A Heart of Stone" is the last of the featured stories. It is set in Black Forrest, the region of Germany I am from.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-89495314516267951392007-04-01T02:42:00.000+01:002007-04-01T02:42:00.000+01:00Yes thank you Naj, I found the recipe, and have li...Yes thank you Naj, I found the recipe, and have likewise found a shop here in New York City which carries reshteh. I will keep you posted on my culinary progress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-17047483360654406492007-04-01T01:42:00.000+01:002007-04-01T01:42:00.000+01:00Oh the Little House ... I loved it too. I used to ...Oh the Little House ... I loved it too. I used to watch it before revolution. After revolution, no more American shows, no more Spiderman, no more Superman, no more bionic Woman, no more 6million dollar man, no more Agent 007 or James Bond.<BR/><BR/>I loved Mary of course, because she was wise and looked like an angel; but I identified with Laura, because I more or less looked like her, and I tooNajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-21908605440346241442007-04-01T01:37:00.000+01:002007-04-01T01:37:00.000+01:00Ok, I'm gonna jump right in and tell you my favori...Ok, I'm gonna jump right in and tell you my favorite stories from childhood, and I'm sorry that I'm not Lebanese, German or Iranian. Neither ere my favorite stories. They were the <BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_House_on_the_Prairie" REL="nofollow"> Little House </A> series and I loved them. I own every one in hardback. That was what I wanted for birthdays and Christmas. <nunyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08833886980442919570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-20599277415396805382007-04-01T01:07:00.000+01:002007-04-01T01:07:00.000+01:00Guthman Bey, Pleased to see you here. I hope you f...Guthman Bey, <BR/><BR/>Pleased to see you here. I hope you found the soup recipe.<BR/><BR/>Snow Queen is still my favorite, and one which I often use as a metaphore of emotional states.<BR/><BR/>Am not sure I know Wilhelm Hauff, though, will look it up.Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-56584283419537788762007-04-01T00:53:00.000+01:002007-04-01T00:53:00.000+01:00Blogger has me as anonymous in the last comment, t...Blogger has me as anonymous in the last comment, though I didn't mean to be. <BR/>(Guthman).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-48330863215076420532007-04-01T00:52:00.000+01:002007-04-01T00:52:00.000+01:00I grew up in Germany (so no, I am not a Lebanese b...I grew up in Germany (so no, I am not a <I>Lebanese blogger</I>, though I have come to know that little non-country well and remain curiously attached to it) and my favorite books were collections of fairy tales by Wilhelm Hauff and, yes, Andersen. The editions I had are still being published and featured very beautiful illustrations by the aquarellist <A HREF="http://www.droemer-knaur.de/sixcms/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-20553797870249771842007-03-31T18:30:00.000+01:002007-03-31T18:30:00.000+01:00RickB thanks, read and commented on it too.Dr V, t...<B> RickB</B> thanks, read and commented on it too.<BR/><BR/><B>Dr V</B>, the only comics I had was Flash Gordon, and I have to admit I didn't like it much, but I had a crush on flash Gordon :) But there was Tin Tin of course, which I loved. and I also had one copy of Asterix and Obelix in Egypt; I read it maybe 50 times and laughed every single time <BR/><BR/><B>David </B>, Jack London at age ofNajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-36174672759725730372007-03-31T18:09:00.000+01:002007-03-31T18:09:00.000+01:00The first complete book that I ever read was Jack ...The first complete book that I ever read was Jack London's "Call of the Wild". I was 7 or 8 years old when I read it. The next book that I read was Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth".Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01494609521203854111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-34061376109600116642007-03-31T12:37:00.000+01:002007-03-31T12:37:00.000+01:00Don't forget to tell me your favorit book, Mystic ...Don't forget to tell me your favorit book, <B>Mystic Rose</B> :)Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-73151196119861174262007-03-31T07:58:00.000+01:002007-03-31T07:58:00.000+01:00wow...this is great!! thank you for the link..a wo...wow...this is great!! thank you for the link..a wonderful find!Mystic Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421998236544595260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-82132511835104630592007-03-31T02:48:00.000+01:002007-03-31T02:48:00.000+01:00“Three cheers for Naj,that's a great blog you have...<I>“Three cheers for Naj,<BR/>that's a great blog you have there.”</I> [Guthman Bey, Lebanese blogger] <BR/><BR/>Yeaaah<BR/>Make it four mate!<BR/>Sometimes, there’s a woman…<BR/><BR/>“Now this here story I'm about to unfold took place in the early '90s - just about the time of our conflict with Sad'm and the I-raqis. I only mention it because sometimes there's a man... I won't say a hero, 'causeDr Victorino de la Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03383153981550886276noreply@blogger.com