Comments on: How to (Cr)Eat(e) Fried (Book)Worms

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 05:52:04 +0000

I love how Mary Higgins Clark was your dirty secret! She was one of my early favorites as well and the very first author I waited in a line in the snow with no shoes on to see at a signing in D.C. I didn’t know there are a dozen Oz books, just that there’s a whole bunch.

Oh gosh, the telephone game used to stress me out! Not only did I have trouble hearing the whispers, I had trouble with English when I was a kid! The messages would get seriously warped after they passed through me.

By: Novelwhore

Novelwhore — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:41:00 +0000

I love your squiggly lines story, PCN! You always were so inventive! I was only allowed a very limited amount of TV a day and always encouraged to read, whether it have been pestering my parents to read to met before I was able, or sneaking books I wasn’t supposed to be reading (Mary Higgins Clark and R.L. Stine weren’t allowed, as they were “unnecessarily evil”). My dad and I read the entire Wizard of Oz series before bed over the course of several years – did you know there are a dozen books that take place in the crazy and wonderful world of Oz?! Talk about a way to jump start one’s imagination (he and my younger sister made it through the Harry Potter books).

Like most of the commentators, I don’t remember one pivotal moment.. Oh, it was traumatic at my 8th or so birthday party when we played telephone (the game where you sit in a circle and tell a secret that inevitably is warped before it reaches the last person) and it got to me that “Lydia EATS too much” and I was horrified, when it was supposed to be “Lydia READS too much” because I was the cool kid reading during recess.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:30:36 +0000

Ah, so THAT’S what those thingamajigs are called. Thank you, le0pard man!

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:25:56 +0000

Oh goodness, you were watching MacNeil-Lehrer as a child? No wonder you're brilliant! I was watching Banana Split and Ultra Man. Your mom reading to you during showers is AWESOME.

By: le0pard13

le0pard13 — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:23:43 +0000

An Allen Key is also known as a Hex key.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:18:34 +0000

I think many of my childhood stories are, um, unusual so I’m glad you like them, Shell. For some reason, I never read the Narnia chronicles. I’ll blame it on being Vietnamese.

And please tell, what is an allen key?!

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:00:41 +0000

I’m sorry to hear about your husband’s MS and forced retirement. I agree that reading can be a lifesaver. If my library allowed me, I’d pitch a tent in the mysteries section and move in (the bathrooms are REALLY clean).

That’s interesting about your daughter. Does she read other things besides books? Magazines? Comics? Blogs?

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:54:55 +0000

You were a little hustler for extra credit! Impressive! I sucked in P.E., too. The only skill I had there was running, which I honed daily by running away from kids wanting to pick on me.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:50:12 +0000

What?!! Someone stole your stories? Oh, that makes me want to kick that person in the shin! Hope you’ll write more. Want me to provide motivation?

By: joy

joy — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:32:23 +0000

oh, man…overabundance of curiosity got me started. : ) typical type A behavior, i guess…that and the fact that i wasn’t allowed to watch tv. well, the macneil-leher news hour and the olympics. i learned how to read by copying the newspaper and pestering my parents constantly about how to spell words. and like some of your other readers, i was read to a TON. my mom would read to me while i was taking a shower. wowsa.