Subj : Re: Books
To : Jimmy Anderson
From : Mortar
Date : Sun May 04 2025 01:23 pm
Re: Re: Books
By: Jimmy Anderson to Ogg on Sat May 03 2025 15:48:53
> My mom> would go to town on Saturday morning to get
> groceries and she's drop me off at the library.
Similar story, though I don't remember if my Ma hung around or not. I was about seven or eight and didn't spend a lot of time in the kiddie section. I was more interested in what the big kids were reading, so I was usually in the Young Adult section.
In fact, that's where I got my first sci-fi book, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. Been a sci-fi reader ever since. Another book I remember from back then, but haven't seen it since, is, The Shy Stegosaurus by Evelyn S. Lampman. There were two in the series, but I don't remember which I read. I don't remember the story details, but I know I liked it and I've never forgotten I read it...weird.
For some reason, I was also into flags of the world. There were these pocket-sized books that had nothing but pictures of flags froom all over the world, not just the usual country/state/province, etc., but variations on those flags used for different purposes/occations. I would often draw some of the flags I saw and put 'em on the fridge.
I was also into chess books. Didn't know how to play, but I found the mechanics facinating. My favorites were the ones that showed move-by-move of games from famous chess players. These often included lots of pics of the board as the game progressed. Ironically, I never got any good at it, so I switched my attention to backgammon, which I did got good at. Still, I thourghly those books.
Okay, 'nough ramblin'. Time for lunch.
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