Thread: Book reading
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Old 16-03-2014, 07:55   #13
Bob Dobson
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Re: Book reading

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Originally Posted by Turtle View Post
Hmmm.. 22 but several of them I read because I had to, at school. Most of these I didn't finish, just reading enough to get the gist and pass the course.

I don't read books as often as I'd like to these days, I've just gotten out of the habit I guess. I still love books, as opposed to reading from a tablet, and I've kept many old favourites (most aren't on this list) just in case I want to revisit them.

I first read Swallows and Amazons when I was at the old Springhill school in the early 60s. The class was marched up into the library which was in a dusty old tower as I recall. We would sit on the bare floorboards and read to our heart's content.
Clearly, Turtle is living in her shell, as shown by her use of the olde English phrase/ word 'gotten', with which Shakespeare would be familiar - or maybe she is imitating the Bard after reading his works.
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