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GA Russell · 12-05-2010, 04:08 PM

I'm quite surprised at the reports that libraries have comics! I have seen in comic book stores trade paperback books of over 200 pages of reprints of Superman, Batman and The Flash from the 50s and 60s.

I read The Hardy Boys from second through fourth grades. As I recall, there wasn't much available for kids in grades 5-7, and I got out of the habit of reading books.

I entered high school in grade 8 (a five-year program), and there was a great deal of assigned reading from then on. The Jesuits I had in high school were the most joyless men I've ever met, and whatever enjoyment there was to be found in the books they dashed from the get go.

12-05-2010, 04:08 PM	#115
GA Russell Alouettes upset Riders Posts: 7,703 Karma: 31487351 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	I'm quite surprised at the reports that libraries have comics! I have seen in comic book stores trade paperback books of over 200 pages of reprints of Superman, Batman and The Flash from the 50s and 60s. I read The Hardy Boys from second through fourth grades. As I recall, there wasn't much available for kids in grades 5-7, and I got out of the habit of reading books. I entered high school in grade 8 (a five-year program), and there was a great deal of assigned reading from then on. The Jesuits I had in high school were the most joyless men I've ever met, and whatever enjoyment there was to be found in the books they dashed from the get go.