Subj : Re: Books
To   : Jimmy Anderson
From : Mortar
Date : Sun May 04 2025 13:23:49

  Re: Re: Books
  By: Jimmy Anderson to Ogg on Sat May 03 2025 15:48:53

 > My mom> would go to town on Saturday morning to get
 > groceries and she's drop me off at the library.

Similar story, though I don't remember if my Ma hung around or not.  I was about seven or eight and didn't spend a lot of time in the kiddie section.  I was more interested in what the big kids were reading, so I was usually in the Young Adult section.

In fact, that's where I got my first sci-fi book, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle.  Been a sci-fi reader ever since.  Another book I remember from back then, but haven't seen it since, is, The Shy Stegosaurus by Evelyn S. Lampman.  There were two in the series, but I don't remember which I read.  I don't remember the story details, but I know I liked it and I've never forgotten I read it...weird.

For some reason, I was also into flags of the world.  There were these pocket-sized books that had nothing but pictures of flags froom all over the world, not just the usual country/state/province, etc., but variations on those flags used for different purposes/occations.  I would often draw some of the flags I saw and put 'em on the fridge.

I was also into chess books.  Didn't know how to play, but I found the mechanics facinating.  My favorites were the ones that showed move-by-move of games from famous chess players.  These often included lots of pics of the board as the game progressed.  Ironically, I never got any good at it, so I switched my attention to backgammon, which I did got good at.  Still, I thourghly those books.

Okay, 'nough ramblin'.  Time for lunch.

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