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Originally Posted by pilotbob
I think it's as much about how I changed rather than a reflection on the books. I was a much different person at 13ish than I am now that I am middle aged.
If you enjoy revisiting them, more power to ya!
BOb
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Originally Posted by HarryT
I find the majority - not all, but the majority - of children's books to be too shallow and superficial to hold my interest as an adult. There are exceptions - eg I enjoy the "Narnia" books, Harry Potter, "The Dark is Rising" series, etc, but even though I collect turn of the 20th century children's books, such as Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Tom Swift, etc, I rarely read them.
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
I tried to re-read the Tom Swift Sr. books when I bought them at a library sale years ago, but they just didn't do it. I tried Tom Swift Jr. too but he was just too goody-goody for me these days. I kept hoping he'd at least make a pass at his girlfriend, but no such luck...
Stitchawl
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These are all reasons why I tend to read the Nancy Drew books (and other YAs too) 'in conjunction with'/'at the same time as' a more adult oriented book and switch back and forth between the two. Anyway, this aproach seems to float my boat.
