Weird Things We've Done Because of Something We've Read

[Holli]

That DOES work!! I've done that many times in my life...what book is that from?? That's gonna bug me until I figure it out. ;)

[Sonia]

In elementary school a group of friends and I read the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. Our school had a fantastic landscaping job done. with mulch hills, lots of trees and bushes, craggy rocks, so each recess we would be certain cats and do boarder patrol and pretend to hunt, it was wonderful. :)

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Amanda wrote: "I started my own Babysitters' Club when I was 11. hee hee hee
Great topic; now I want to think about some more weird stuff I've done. Ha!

Brushing your hair 100 times--could you do 50 times with..."

I started a babysitting service because of the Babysitters Club and I even used kid kits. :)

@Cyn, I watched Little House on the Prarrie when it was a tv series.

@Paige I didn't need to increase my busts. They were already increased by the time I was 11.

[Mary]

I remember the bust thing. I never did it personally, but every time I would use the rowing machine at the gym or the pec machine at Curves, that rhyme would flow through my head. lol.

I brushed my hair 100 times for exactly 1 night. It got all staticky.

[Robyn]

@Mary - I tried the hair thing because I saw it on Brady Bunch. Totally different effect when you have curly hair. I have since read in a magazine that brushing your hair (not sure if they specified how many strokes) before bed helps distribute the natural oils and gets out some of the product residue. For the latter reason I brush it before I wash it.

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After reading, A Walk Across America, I had to drive up to a small town in North Carolina where Peter Jenkins experienced a great deal of prejudice. I wanted to see how the town changed since he wrote his book.

[Cassie]

Roxy and Holli,
As for the alarm clock thing, I remember reading that in a James Bond novel. I'm not sure which one it was, but I do recall that he got into bed at his hotel and then looked at the alarm clock and visualized the time he wanted it to say when he woke up.. I was tempted to try, but I like staying in bed too much to risk it. :)

[Robyn]

Jennifer - so what was the outcome of your visit?

Cassie - I haven't read any James Bond so I know it wasn't from that. I want to say it was a kid who did it, 10ish maybe. Like that really helps figure out the book.

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

I want to Prince Edward Island, Canada just so I can see the places LM Montgomery talked about in her book.

[Cassie]

Roxy wrote: "Jennifer - so what was the outcome of your visit?

Cassie - I haven't read any James Bond so I know it wasn't from that. I want to say it was a kid who did it, 10ish maybe. Like that really helps..."

Aw. Well, then I can't help, but if the alarm clock trick works for ten year olds and James Bond, maybe I should try it.

[Joanne]

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "I want to Prince Edward Island, Canada just so I can see the places LM Montgomery talked about in her book."

I was in the USA and Canada a few months ago, and visited the wonderful Munro's bookshop in Victoria BC. About four times... And one of the books that overloaded my luggage was 'Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet'. We spent 3 days in Seattle, and I didn't realise until I was reading the book on the plane high over the Pacific Ocean, that it was SET in Seattle, and I could have visited the hotel!! And checked out a lot of other things! Once in a lifetime opportunity right there... Sigh... I loved the book, by the way. (Jo from Darwin, Australia)

[Robyn]

Jayme wrote: " I want to Prince Edward Island, Canada just so I can see the places LM Montgomery talked about in her book. "

I've always wanted to do that too!

[Tera, First Chick]

This time of year reminds me I always tried to make molasses candy like they did in Little House on the Praire books when it snowed. It never worked for me. :(

[Misty]

LOL - add me to the list of people who brushed her hair 100 times at night! I also visited The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park because of The Shining. :)

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Sweetvisit that place because it's haunted :)

[Mary]

I didn't ever read the Shining, but I did eat lunch at The Stanley Hotel once - I didn't get haunted. lol.

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

I don't think the restaurant is. It's the whole fourth floor and some other parts of the hotel.

[Robyn]

Misty I just finished reading The Shining. What did you think of the hotel. I heard that was only the location they used and the book wasn't based on anything that happened there.

[Misty]

Technically the hotel in the book is fictional, but Stephen King has said that The Stanley was his inspiration. Apparently he and his wife stayed there, and that's where he came up with the idea for The Shining. They did some of the filming of the television miniseries there, but not the movie. I loved the hotel, and I want to go up there and stay there sometime! It's so cool!

[Cate (The Professional Fangirl)]

Brittany wrote: "I, too, have brushed my hair 100 times because of something I read in a book!"

I am guilty of this as well. Because of a book and a shampoo commercial. XD

And oh, I went to The Met after I read The Da Vinci Code that first time and stared at the Renaissance paintings long and hard. Heh.