tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704325586983583256.post8941383713388609479..comments2023-10-27T10:49:42.190-07:00Comments on Kim Kasch Blogsite - A Writer's Blog: Favorite Stories from My ChildhoodKimbra Kaschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16955657301998255029noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704325586983583256.post-76705625064395907492012-07-20T12:25:54.792-07:002012-07-20T12:25:54.792-07:00Oh yeah, David, I'd forgotten John Saul - love...Oh yeah, David, I'd forgotten John Saul - loved him too :D<br /><br />I used to read Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys too and I read all the Ingalls Wilder stories to my kids. I also read a lot of old classics cuz they were sitting around the house from my grandma. I even read the encyclopedia when I ran out of books. That's one reason I'm such a huge supporter of the libraries today :DKimbra Kaschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16955657301998255029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704325586983583256.post-85610449807041038872012-07-20T06:14:02.384-07:002012-07-20T06:14:02.384-07:00Like you, we grew up with very little in the way o...Like you, we grew up with very little in the way of entertainment. Although, being that it was the 80s, we did have one color tv. :) One of those bulky floor model thingies, though.<br /><br />But, yeah, books were my only form of real escapism from the drudgery of living in urban blight at the time. My earliest faves were the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Read them all! I graduated up to Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, and Charles Dickens shortly after. By my pre-teens, I was heavily into mysteries: Sherlock Holmes, The Hardy Boys, Encyclopedia Brown -- I was hooked! But around 13 or so is when I got into Stephen King, Peter Straub, and John Saul.<br /><br />Then in high school was when my sci-fi obsession began--and never quit! :)David Batistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447011239238933425noreply@blogger.com