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My father gave it to me for Christmas when I was a kid.
You cannot do better thanThe Hobbit.
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She kind of fired my imagination.
By the time I was 10, I moved on toHarold Robbins.”
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Kelly Clarkson:Matilda
“It was the first big book I ever read.
I also loved that she was the underdog.
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(I only ever read the first one and didnt know it was a series.)
I recently reread it with my own kids, and its dated in good and bad ways.
Bad: Stereotypical gender roles.
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Good: Lets just say those kids dont need to be helicopter-parented.
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Rainn Wilson:The Phantom Tollboothby Norton Juster
“The Phantom Tollbooth.
Josephine Sittenfeld
I loved the wordplay, the humor and the fanciful characters, and the wild imagination.
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Elizabeth Gilbert:The Wizard of Ozby L. Frank Baum
“The Wizard of Oz.
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Whats not to love?
As a restless farm girl myself, I identified big-time.
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These were all happy worlds I visited so many times I lost count.”
All of them.”
A wonderful mixture of fantasy, 60s psychedelia, and Goreys macabre sense of humor.
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Chimamanda Adichie:The Famous FiveSeries by Enid Blyton
“The Famous Fiveseries by Enid Blyton.
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Jay Grabiec
It compelled me from the first day and has not let go to this day.
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Amy Schumer:The BFGby Roald Dahl
“Roald DahlsThe BFGwas huge.
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I got busted in 6th grade for reading Erica JongsFear ofFlying.
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