What Book had the biggest influence on you?

[dem in texas]

291. Swiss Family Robinson

Way back in the late 1940's I was on Christmas vacation, about 9 years old. Bored and found an old copy of this book in the house. It was the first book I ever read without pictures and the writing was old fashioned and slow going, I had to go ask my mother for help with some of the words, but it was the first time that the words really spoke to me and let my mind take over and supply the images. I long regarded this book as the best I ever read, of course I know better know, but it was a real milestone in my reading.

My grandson was like me, didn't really like to read. Back when Jurassic Park was a best seller book, I thought he'd like the book, he was about 12 then. He read it and like me, it took him to a new place in his imagination. He became a confirmed bookworm, that summer, he went on a reading binge, reading one book after another.

Both me and my grandson are confirmed readers, I read every night. I no longer like fiction, just read the book about the Irish Potato Famine, everyone should read that, so many lessons about what happened then and how much things are still the same today. Also read the book about Michael Rockefeller going missing, a good read. Reading about the Lucchese boot family right now.