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RE: Paying it Forward (#PIF) - How much do you Love Books? Contest ed 6 (Delegations, HBI & tokens)
1) Tell us about one of the pivotal moments that cemented your love for reading. Was it a person, a place, a specific book, or a story?
When I was a kid (8 - 11?), I remember there used to be a series of stories (books) published in my native language, Titled "The five adventurers" by "Mahmoud Salim". They were about 5 kids that went onto some dangerous adventures, solving mysteries and crimes and getting in troubles along the way.
I believe that series, which had hundreds of stories was what captured me and sparked my interest in reading.
The magical worlds that are created in ones mind, detaching them from their reality and their surroundings, traveling in thoughts and expanding their experiences, was just something I fell in love with.
2) What are your top 3 books from your childhood and tell us about your social affinity to one of your faves; how it found a place in your heart.
This is somewhat related to the previous question. I don't remember specific ones, but after that series I started reading "Agatha Christie", and I don't recall what else.
I mentioned above how it found a place in my heart, but I can expand on that by saying. I loved the problem and mystery solving aspect of it, the critical thinking of the main character even during stressful times. It probably had an impact on me.
3) Share with us 3 of your favorite authors and titles that you have read as an adult, where you either had to acquire your own copy for your personal library or would go back and reread for the sheer joy and experience of it.
I will list a few, not necessarily "the" favorite, and without any specific order!
Samarkand - by Amin Maalouf
Children of Gebelawi - by Naguib Mahfouz
1984, and Animal farm - by George Orwell
Crime and punishment - by Fyodor Dostoevsky
4) Tag 3 people who you think might enjoy coming along to play with us (if one of them is a new Hiver, you get an extra entry in the draw!)
Hmmm... for me it is a person. never was a good reader till my grade school teacher made me suffer a lot just to make me able to read.
After that, I read every book that I can get my hands on. Textbooks from nursery till high school regardless of the subject... I don't differentiate but I specifically like folklore, history, and general fiction, also nursery rhymes.
I also like reading signs on a street, building names, birthday cards, tags, manuals, anything that can be read.
2.1 Interview of a with a Vampire by Anne Rice src
2.2 The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare src
2.3 Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri src
2.4 Catholic Bible src
3.1 Angels and Demons by Dan Brown src
3.2 The Fault in Our Star by John Green src
3.3 Malodrax by Ben Counter src
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I want to thank @yaziris for tagging me here... and @samsmith1971 for organizing again such an engaging event!
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That's one of mine. My dad got me both the book and movie, loved it.
That's where i learnt
"I shall have my pound of flesh"
Fav Qoute😂😂
Lovely entry Khoola, all the best and yeab this is an interesting contest👏👏
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haha, you are very welcome to another fun contest @khoola 😆 And yes...almost a post 😂 Maybe I should have just got people to create a post and link it here...ok next time if the remit lends itself to lengthy responses. It's only fair, right?
Thanks for playing along...a man after my own heart with a Shakespearean play amongst his faves❣️
You tagged loads of people, I thank you... they may not haha.
I love that you were inspired to read by a grade school teacher. I had a senior primary school teacher who used to read to our class every single day for about 1/2 hour. We would sit spellbound on the mat in front of her desk or at our own desks, listening to the magic of her voice as she weaved the stories from start to finish. She introduced me to some of my favourite children's books...which I will share in due course.
I thought I loved words...but this...I MEAN THIS...!!!
ok, this takes the cake! hehe, you win !LOLZ
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I can relate my thrist for learning the knowledge-based book, might be for exploration about the world, culture, and things which make them famous hehe.
I guess religious books are the ones with whom you are concerned throughout your life, each time you read them you have a new reality and understanding in front of you. Did, you read Shakespeare in your childhood 😂 you are legend.
Thanks for the tag dear.
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hey, thanks for the mention @khoola. I'll be back later.
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Thank you for the tag 😊
Oh wow. Someone did make me read too. It wasn't as brutal as yours, rather, it was curiosity.... Lol. Before I knew it, I was devouring more information than my age and I got addicted and boom 💥
I particularly loved the Merchant of Venice too. It was fascinating to read about someone requesting for a pound of flesh from a fellow human. I read this book as a child and it was worth the read.
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Crazy how I have never read a Shakespeare's book, tried to once and I abandoned it 😆
Also, I tried reading fault in our stars but couldn't because I already watched the movie.
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I've seen the movie long ago, and loved it, didn't read the book though.
👍 No comment!
I really should, heard about it many times and probably read excerpts here and there. That ain't a book... It's a WHOLE LIBRARY. 😁I've also read a couple by Dan Brown, just no idea about 3.2 and 3.3 you mentioned.
Brilliant! Thanks for playing along with such a great entry @yaziris. I know exactly which series of books you refer to from your childhood for I fell in love with them too. I collected and read every single one of them ... during my Junior Primary years. Every cent I had, birthdays, Christmases went on Julian, Dick, Anne, George (Georgina) and Timothy the dog 😍 I escaped into adventure upon wonderful adventure, solving mysteries along the way...I felt part of their team hehe. I would still have the books, but a friend of my mom's got cancer and she was looking for something to do with her kids that they could enjoy together and would enable her to spend time with them (as she was very poorly) so we gifted her the collection so she could read to them from bed. Sadly her body lost the fight and she never made it in the end, but I like to think that she created some lovely storytime memories with her children whilst she was still !ALIVE. !PIZZA I will certainly look at the books you have mentioned. Very interesting titles.. I am intrigued💗
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It was my pleasure to participate. You brought back those nice memories, so I had to. 😁
Yesss, that was exactly the case for me too. 😅
I had no clue back then where was the original series from, but I'm thankful for the guy who did the copying/translation because there would've been nothing instead.
Sorry to hear about your mom's friend, but I'm sure her children have had some wonderful memories because of that.
Much !LUV to you for making and bringing back good memories to them and to me in this "challenge".
!PIZZA back to you too!
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5 adventurer, I'll be checking it out asap, seems like something that I will love.
It's more of a kids / adolescents kind of series, but it's worth checking out. 😁
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Hot Dawg! My Hyumi keeps tawking about this book, it's one of his alltimeFavs too 👏.
Should listen to your hyumi bruh, they seem to know what they're tawkin bout, know what am sayin ? give it a read or 2 wen you got the time.
Cool dawg! Peace ✌
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