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2019 Challenge Prompts - Regular
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02 - A book that makes you nostalgic
I want to reread The Wizard of Earthsea series, that will definitely make me feel nostalgic, and I could slot the rest of the series for reread of favourite and other prompts.
For those who don't want to re-read childhood books, something like Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her could work really well here. It focuses on Nancy Drew, but also mentions quite a few of the other series that were created by the same group of people, like The Hardy Boys and The Bobbsey Twins. Myself, I'll probably just go with a re-read as the mood strikes. Something like:
Little House on the Prairie
The Happy Hollisters and the Castle Rock Mystery
Maida's Little Theater
Or maybe read a one I hadn't read from a series I loved as a kid, like Mark Tidd, Editor (which I conveniently already put on my ATY challenge as well...).
Raquel wrote: "For those who don't want to re-read childhood books, something like Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her could work really well here. It focuses on Nancy Drew, but als..."Wow, another person who knows The Happy Hollisters! Loved those books and still have them in a box in storage.
This could be a fun prompt, and be very wide-ranging if you let it. I find myself feeling nostalgic when I read Sue Grafton because her Kinsey Milhone series is so set in the 1980s. Cara Black has her Aimee LeDuc series set in 1990s Paris. Books set in a specific locale within a very specific time period that have meaning for you are very nostalgic.I also recommend:
Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade
Merry Christmas, Mr. Baxter (or any Edward Streeter)
I have no idea what I'm going to do for this. I don't want to reread a kid's book. I just don't. I read a lot of horse books when I was a kid, so maybe The Horse Whisperer would cut it. Or maybe a book about a camping trip. Not Deliverance.
I might read one of the Babysitter's Club graphic novels. My daughter has a bunch, and I loved the original series when I was her age, so there is a lot of nostalgia with that series!Kristy's Great Idea
Yes!This one might be perfect
Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction
The first thing I thought of for this was Esio Trot. My dad read me all the Roald Dahl books and I still remember his inflection of "Esiooooo Trot!"I could use Edgar Allen Poe as I read him one really good summer as a teenager. Or Richard III or Walt Whitman as those were the first books I had memorized pieces of when I was 4.
Could also just go with something simple and obvious like Harry Potter.
I feel like this is a good excuse for a picture book........Either something from my childhood, or one ( or two) that were favorites of my daughters.
Or maybe yet another re read of The Diary of a Young Girl
No Wait!! Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret!!
It could also be something set in a time period or place that is dear to you. I felt nostalgic reading the Mm Ramotswe Ladies Detective Agency and We need new names by NoViolet Bulawayo, because they are set in Botswana and Zimbabwe where I lived parts of my childhood.
I grew up loving Anne of Green Gables so I might use the new book Marilla of Green Gables for this one.
I’m going to read Michelle Obama’s new book because I miss them so much.
I don't want to read a children's book I do that with my kids all the time as it is. So I think I'm going to read I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan. It was the 1st horror movie I went to see in the theater with my friends and I've never read this before.
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Funnily enough, my sister in law arrived about an hour ago with a copy of Springfield Confidential (a tell-all book from a longtime writer for The Simpsons). If she's willing to let me keep it a few months, I think I'll read that!
Britany wrote: "Yes!This one might be perfect
Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction"
YES! I just got this one in mail. It is on my shelf! Great idea!
I think I'll find this prompt tricky - I'm quite young so don't have a lot of nostalgia!
I just finished rereading A Wrinkle In Time with my daughter. Every time I read this I’m in 6th grade again, reading it for the first time. I may read Where the Red Fern grows or Call Of The Wild. Both were favorites from childhood.
Victoria wrote: "I’m going to read Michelle Obama’s new book because I miss them so much."Good call Victoria! The hardest part will be waiting until 2019 to read it!
Victoria wrote: "I’m going to read Michelle Obama’s new book because I miss them so much."Such a good idea!
Harry Potter is basically everything that was wonderful about my childhood...and adulthood really. And I havent read this yet!
I decided on Betsy-Tacy! My grandma read me this series when she’d visit when I was a kid. Unfortunately I only have a vague memory of what the books were about, and I’ve been meaning to revisit the series since my grandma passed in 2017. Maybe someone else here read those books too who needed reminding lol
How I am supposed to know if a book will make me feel nostalgic before I read it? Maybe I will try Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult
I'm going with Attachments by Rainbow Rowell here! It was something I picked up and read the first few pages of and even though it's "emails" all my brain could think was OMG...the days of MSN & ICQ!!! So I've decided to wait until next year!
Keri wrote: "Britany wrote: "Yes!This one might be perfect
Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction"
YES! I just got this one in mail. It is on my shelf! Gr..."
Jealous Keri!
I think I will read a Nancy Drew! I have been trying to read the classic series. I only read the newer series when I was a kid, so the classics will be fun!
Dani wrote: "I decided on Betsy-Tacy! My grandma read me this series when she’d visit when I was a kid. Unfortunately I only have a vague memory of what the books were about, and I’ve been meaning t..."Oh my goodness I remember reading this series as a kid!! That's such a good idea! The other one I'm thinking about is Elsie Dinsmore
I may read a chapter book with my kids. I have read The Witches 80 times as a kid so it may be that one. Or Around the World in Eighty Days because I loved the TV adaptation as a child.
Firefly Lane made me feel nostalgic. It is very evocative of the 70s and 80s (when I was young), and mentions lots of songs from the time period. LOL - in the GR description it says "Firefly Lane is for anyone who ever drank Boone’s Farm apple wine while listening to Abba or Fleetwood Mac."Another similar book is Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons.
On my bookshelf I have a book my mum unearthed. It was always around when I was a kid, and the illustrations fill me with nostalgia...but I don't remember ever reading it or having it read to me. So I'm going with Goldie the Dollmaker. If nothing else, it will be a quick read if I get behind in the challenge!
My first instinct is to go with the obvious Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, but I'd like to pick something I haven't re-read recently...I used to be really into The Royal Diaries. Does anyone else remember these!?
Keri wrote: "Britany wrote: "Yes!This one might be perfect
Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction"
YES! I just got this one in mail. It is on my shelf! Gr..."
I was thinking of this one too!
I have the illustrated versions of the first three Harry Potters, I've read the books themselves a lot but not the illustrated ones so I will probably read one of those. Or maybe a Narnia book, I've recently found my illustrated collection of all seven books and I adored it as a child
I found a book of Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales in my parents' attic a while back. While I don't specifically remember this book, I certainly remember some of the stories from my childhood, plus I like to have a couple books of short stories and such I can pick up when I'm not into fully committing to a new read, so think I will use that for this category.
Lindi wrote: "I used to be really into The Royal Diaries. Does anyone else remember these!?"
I see them all the time at work (library) and am thinking of using 3 of them to help me finish this years(2018) list.
I love going back and reading childrens books both ones i read as a kid and new ones that look interesting. Also reading books i should have read as a kid but didnt because at the time i disliked reading.
The first books i got into and would read by myself without being forced were goosebumps so i might go and read RL Stine. he has a new fear street book out and that was another of his series that i loved as a teen.
You May Now Kill the Bride
Since the next book in Tamora Pierce's new series in the Alanna universe is supposed to come out in 2019 I'll probably read that! If not, I'm due for a reread of Harry Potter :)
Kacey wrote: "I see them all the time at work (library) and am thinking of using 3 of them to help me finish this y..."I love reading/re-reading childrens lit as well. Also, I just noticed you're from Puyallup. Lynnwood resident here!!
My friend read & went through the trouble to text me about Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned From Eighties Movies. It seems like a fun read for people like me that spent the 80's watching movies.
The first book that comes to mind for me is No Matter What by Debi Gliori. It's a children's picture book that my daughter absolutely loved and for years and years we read it every single night as the final bedtime story. She turns 18 in a few days so it's been a few years now but, boy, just seeing the cover of that book really takes me back - snuggling under the blankets with her . I feel a bit cheaty using a picture book so I'll probably pick something else. But whatever it is won't evoke the same sense of nostalgia as No Matter What.
Nostalgia doesn't need to be connected to childhood, it could be a book that reminds you of an amazing holiday or a special event.Honestly I'm nostalgic about things from a couple of years ago!
It's been years since I reread my Harry Potter books but I have been collecting the illustrated editions as they come out and I might read one of those for this prompt.
Weirdly enough, I'm going with a Star Wars novel for this one -- I was HUGE into Star Wars during my high school/young adult days, and read Star Wars novels voraciously during that time. Hopefully Death Troopers recaptures a little bit of that era for me... or might just remind me why Disney nixed the "Expanded Universe," heh...
The first movie I ever saw in a movie theater (according to my mom, who should know) is Mary Poppins and I've always loved it. I have always meant to read the book Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers, and now seems like a good time to finally do it.
For me nostalgia is often for a more innocent time, or seemingly simpler more innocent. I recently read Dead Now Of Course which is essentially a memoir or collection of anecdotes about Law's life in England as a young actress just after WWII. I highly recommend. It is also a very short read.
I love that joining this challenge has made me search for my nostalgia book--have thought of this book often. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken. Loved this book when I was about 10 or 11 years old! So glad I "remembered" and found this book!! Can't wait to read it again!!The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
I was in a bad accident on my 13th birthday. In the wake of said accident I was confined to a bed for several weeks in which every night my dad read to me the summer of the monkeys. I think this will be my nostalgia book
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So what are books that remind you of your childhood or of happy memories from your past?
I may use this as an opportunity to reread a favorite book from my early years - something I haven't read in a few decades.