View Poll Results: Which book series was your favorite growing up?
Hardy Boys
27
40.30%
Nancy Drew
3
4.48%
Bobsey Twins
1
1.49%
Three Investigators
9
13.43%
Power Boys
1
1.49%
Trixie Belden
2
2.99%
Tom Swift
0
0%
Other
24
35.82%
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What did you read growing up?
01-29-21, 08:08 AM
#52
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: What did you read growing up?
Loved the three investigators growing. I have been tempted a few times to re-read a few to see how they hold up.
Lots of RL Stine, which led into King.
Big shoutout to the Rats of NIMH series, an all time fave
Also was big on Jerry Spinelli for a while.
I could keep going, been a while since I took a trip back to my younger reading habits.
Lots of RL Stine, which led into King.
Big shoutout to the Rats of NIMH series, an all time fave
Also was big on Jerry Spinelli for a while.
I could keep going, been a while since I took a trip back to my younger reading habits.
01-29-21, 12:59 PM
#53
DVD Talk Legend
Re: What did you read growing up?
Encyclopedia Brown and the Beverly Cleary stuff was the main series, but I just read anything I could get and mostly scifi. In my teens I really got into the Star Trek and Star Wars novels, I had a huge collection of both that became a chore to pack up every time we moved.
01-29-21, 01:18 PM
#54
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: What did you read growing up?
Oh, I just remembered, I use to collect movie novelizations. Some were books that later became movies, but most were either the 'movie edition' of the book, or the novelized script. Kinda wish I still had this collection, I had probably 100 or 150, some for movies I had never heard of, but many I really liked. Some very dated and 70s/early 80s and not very good, some were really good as either standalone books or as 'expanded universe' things. My dad built me a bed headboard with a built in bookshelf and that's where these books were.
One that was really surprising, and of course the movie is still awesome, was the novelization of the Blues Brothers. There was a whole chapter or two where
One that was really surprising, and of course the movie is still awesome, was the novelization of the Blues Brothers. There was a whole chapter or two where
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02-07-21, 11:50 PM
#55
DVD Talk Legend
Re: What did you read growing up?
Abel's Island (William Steig)
Goosebumps (RL Stine)
Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark (Alvin Schwartz)
The Sword of Shannara Trilogy (Terry Brooks)
I also loved reading any Star Wars Novels I could get my hands on, even though I rarely read them in order
Goosebumps (RL Stine)
Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark (Alvin Schwartz)
The Sword of Shannara Trilogy (Terry Brooks)
I also loved reading any Star Wars Novels I could get my hands on, even though I rarely read them in order
02-17-21, 09:22 PM
#56
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: What did you read growing up?
Originally Posted by tonyc3742
Oh, I just remembered, I use to collect movie novelizations. Some were books that later became movies, but most were either the 'movie edition' of the book, or the novelized script. Kinda wish I still had this collection, I had probably 100 or 150, some for movies I had never heard of, but many I really liked. Some very dated and 70s/early 80s and not very good, some were really good as either standalone books or as 'expanded universe' things. My dad built me a bed headboard with a built in bookshelf and that's where these books were.
