This week, we sit down with a pack of hounds and talk about one of our favorite things in the world: books!
We kick it off talking about the first book we remember and then jump to the first books we ever read. Staying in the past, we then leap to discussing how important libraries were to us as children.
Stepping into the present, we talk about what we read more: fiction or non-fiction. Listen in and we’ll tell you if a book has ever changed our lives.
Want to know what books have made us laugh…and find out the worst books we’ve ever read? We cover that before moving on to the book that has seen success that we just don’t understand. Similarly, we talk about the most overrated books ever published.
It would be a travesty to do a show like this and not talk about our all-time favorite books. Find out what we’re currently reading (well, at least at the time of this recording).
We wrap it up talking about authors we’d recommend before closing it out with not only mentioning the book we’d recommend for the audience, but why we recommend our particular choices over all others.
We’d like to hear what books you love (and even hate)…hit the comments and let us know!
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The first book I remember reading, and my favorite childhood book, was The Little Poky Puppy. I also was quite fond of Little Fur Family. The Bear that Wasn’t made a huge impression on me. So did a children’s book about a lazy mouse who makes a cat be her maid. The cat eventually leaves and joins a gypsy caravan for several months, but comes back with kittens, and they all live happily ever after without the slave labor. (Forget the title.)
Next came Hergé’s Adventures of Tintin series, I read and re-read those countless times. Loved those! I also remember the Choose Your Own Adventure books. Awesome! I read and reread the hell out of Kids’ America. Every child should have a copy of Kids’ America growing up. That book was my escape.
My favorite book that stood the test of time, and the book that had the greatest impact on my life was Lord of the Flies.
During my teens, I read my mother’s hippie books, including “Be Here Now,” “Hey Beatnik!: This Is the Farm Book,” and “Whole Earth Catalog.” I know those did something profound to my brain.
My most unusual book-reading circumstance: I found a trashed and smashed book in the middle of a supermarket parking lot, and on a whim, picked it up and read it over the course of a week. It was Portnoy’s Complaint. lol Fitting, eh? Funniest book? Mr. Bean’s Diary! I didn’t it was possible for a book to be that funny! XD
Thanks for the book memories and book recommendations!
I definitely remember the Pokey Little Puppy. I had a ton of Golden Books. (I think Pokey Little Puppy was a Golden Book…) A cat in a gypsy caravan…that’s quite a thing, there.
Another fave story of mine as a kid was Dandelion, about a lion going to a party.
Lord of the Flies is one of the books that floored me when I read it, and we’re chatted about how we both spent hours looking through the Whole Earth Catalog. I’ll have to check out Mr. Bean’s Diary, ’cause Mr. Bean makes me laugh. And finding a smashed copy of Portnoy’s Complaint in a grocery store parking lot? Somebody was buying liver! 🙂
And yes, I am a blasphemer! In fairness, I will totally argue that Catcher in the Rye is one of the most important book written in the 20th century. I think I would have been more enthralled with it had I read it when I was younger than just a few years ago…
Ew… liver. lol And I don’t know what possessed me to pick up that book…
Oh yeah… “Catcher in the Rye” Kicks Ass!
Blasphemer! 😉