Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Tell us your opinions:

What is a book you loved when you were a child?

What is a book that scared you as a child?

What is a book you had to read in school and loved?

What is a book you had to read in school and hated?

What is a book that influenced you as a teenager/young adult?

What is a book that taught you something you have remembered all your life?

What is a book that helped you in your career or personal life?

What is a book you think is good for anyone of any age?

What is a book you loved when you were a child? American Girl Series based off the American Girl Dolls

What is a book that scared you as a child? Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

What is a book you had to read in school and loved? Fahrenheit 451

What is a book you had to read in school and hated? The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible equally lol

What is a book that influenced you as a teenager/young adult? Wuthering Heights

What is a book that taught you something you have remembered all your life? Tuesdays with Morrie

What is a book that helped you in your career or personal life? Living Fully: Dare to Step Into Your Most Vibrant Life

What is a book you think is good for anyone of any age? Anne of Green Gables

What is a book you loved when you were a child?
The Secret of NIMH

What is a book that scared you as a child?
Bruce Coville's Book of Nightmares: Tales to Make You Scream, specifically the story 'There's Nothing Under the Bed'

What is a book you had to read in school and loved?
There were so so many, but I'll go with the first - Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang by Mordecai Richler

What is a book you had to read in school and hated?
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler
I couldn't believe it when I realized that it was the same author for my beloved Jacob Two-Two

What is a book that influenced you as a teenager/young adult?
City of Golden Shadow

What is a book that taught you something you have remembered all your life?

What is a book that helped you in your career or personal life?
Mrs. Fields' Best Cookie Book Ever!

What is a book you think is good for anyone of any age?
The Complete Anne of Green Gables

What is a book you loved when you were a child? Little Women

What is a book that scared you as a child? Jane Eyre

What is a book you had to read in school and loved? Fifth Business

What is a book you had to read in school and hated? Heart of Darkness

What is a book that influenced you as a teenager/young adult? The Vampire Chronicles: Interview with a Vampire, Vampire Lestat and the Queen of the Damned

What is a book that taught you something you have remembered all your life? Journey to Topaz

What is a book that helped you in your career or personal life? How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth

What is a book you think is good for anyone of any age? The Complete Anne of Green Gables

What is a book you loved when you were a child? Little House on the Prairie I went through a whole "covered wagon" obssession for a while!

What is a book that scared you as a child? Wait Till Helen Comes This was the first "real" ghost story that I read and I used it to prank my younger sister, who has refused to read it ever since.

What is a book you had to read in school and loved? This feels like cheating, but I really loved Shakespeare - it's so much more fun to read it as a group/class.

What is a book you had to read in school and hated? The Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield annoyed me so much I never tried to read any other Salinger.

What is a book that influenced you as a teenager/young adult? Ender’s Game is the first time I really tried science fiction and it's probably my most read genre now.

What is a book that taught you something you have remembered all your life? Miss Rumphius Travel the world, settle down by the sea, do something to make the world more beautiful. Still a good summary of my dreams in life!

What is a book that helped you in your career or personal life? Anything by Alton Brown, who basically taught me how to cook through Good Eats.

What is a book you think is good for anyone of any age? Harold and the Purple Crayon