They Call Me Assassin - by Jack Tatum when I was probably 9 or 10 Archived Message Posted by Jersey on February 25, 2021, 13:46:12, in reply to "What did y'all read as a kid?" The line "Stanley was a pussy" has stuck with me all these years. Previous Message -Encyclopedia Brown, plus a similar series featuring three kids, which I can't remember the name of. It might have been this one , although I thought I remembered one of the kid detectives being a girl. -anything Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume -the Great Brain series -part of the Chronicles of Narnia, though I think I petered out around The Horse and His Boy -Marvel comics, mostly X-Men -all the Archie digests I could get my hands on. My mom must have hated going to the registers at the grocery store. Message Thread: | This response ↓ ooo. - longsnapper February 25, 2021, 12:18:06 Can you find a page that has Berenstein Bears on it? * - meanjeans February 25, 2021, 13:58:00 Berenstain* - CoronaTheirAss February 25, 2021, 15:02:16 It is annoying how they changed their last name somewhere after my childhood - jayd February 25, 2021, 15:07:13 I can't imagine how anyone could be so sure about 1 letter from something so long ago. - Warrin'_Illini February 25, 2021, 15:28:53 For me it's probably due to my mother - jayd February 25, 2021, 15:48:52 It seriously is proof that we live in a simulation* - CoronaTheirAss February 25, 2021, 15:08:03 Does anyone remember a book about a HS basketball player who transfers into a school? - tvillini February 25, 2021, 13:17:05 only sports books i read were the matt christopher ones* - suburbanmyth February 25, 2021, 13:41:44 Teen Wolf? - IlliniSax05 February 25, 2021, 13:27:03 the main character, Marty McFly, already attended that high school * - illiniranger February 25, 2021, 13:38:17 but was that before or after he went back in time? - IlliniSax05 February 25, 2021, 13:47:00 Fvck im old, - TarheelIllini February 25, 2021, 12:37:45 #41 = TWSS* - ATL February 25, 2021, 12:31:26 What did y'all read as a kid? - Sammich February 25, 2021, 12:30:56 Animorphs* - illini21 February 25, 2021, 16:06:31 i was not a good reader as a kid (you could say not as and adult.) i read too many choose your own - torinese February 25, 2021, 15:44:28 Every Conan book I could find - bbonb February 25, 2021, 15:26:45 (no subject) - memyselfandillini February 25, 2021, 15:19:57 Great Brain, Taran Wanderer, collections of Peanuts, B.C., Wizard of ID - memyselfandillini February 25, 2021, 15:16:56 i had most of the garfield collection, up through like 20-something, i think - biclops February 25, 2021, 15:34:08 A few that i remember from my grade school days - Gene Parmesan February 25, 2021, 15:10:06 The only ones I really remember wanting and having a lot of were Goosebumps* - jayd February 25, 2021, 15:06:20 Big stash o nudie mags. * - haighter February 25, 2021, 14:43:41 Yeah but what about 1st and 2nd grade?* - memyselfandillini February 25, 2021, 15:44:21 The Three Investigators * - Throwsize February 25, 2021, 14:35:33 Maniac ####ing Magee was the best book ever, read that around 100 times* - reggiedunlop February 25, 2021, 13:58:57 Maniac maniac he's so cool. Maniac maniac don't go school..." - longsnapper February 25, 2021, 14:02:19 I also remember a bunch of classics that were an easy read style. Cannot think of what they actually - harb February 25, 2021, 13:58:57 The Westing Game. God I love that book* - longsnapper February 25, 2021, 13:53:36 good call* - memyselfandillini February 25, 2021, 15:07:32 Mark Twain* - Tuscy February 25, 2021, 13:48:31 They Call Me Assassin - by Jack Tatum when I was probably 9 or 10 - Jersey February 25, 2021, 13:46:12 My dad had that and I read it also at some point.* - Tuscy February 25, 2021, 13:47:54 dickens, matt christopher sports books, cowboy adventures* - suburbanmyth February 25, 2021, 13:42:34 boxcar children, encyclopedia brown, choose your own adventures and then i think matt christopher* - lcubed February 25, 2021, 13:40:28 Choose Your Own Adventure* - EffinIllini February 25, 2021, 13:38:37 And I think I'm the only GenX kid alive who never read Beverly Cleary* - Jackie February 25, 2021, 13:36:40 Whatever was around - Jackie February 25, 2021, 13:34:03 My dad's clinic had like two dozen magazine subscriptions. I ready every one... - Tuscy February 25, 2021, 13:37:37 Was it Lowly Worm? Busytown all day! - LWillhite February 25, 2021, 15:55:31 I had fun at my grandparents' houses reading whatever they had around, too - Jackie February 25, 2021, 13:41:41 Pretty much everything in your post and anything else I could get my hands on* - Taz February 25, 2021, 13:13:41 Hardy Boys. I remember reading every one that they had at the library. * - harb February 25, 2021, 13:09:29 Card catalogues were great. Dewey decimal system* - longsnapper February 25, 2021, 13:15:26 Besides those mentioned below, the plant that ate dirty socks series* - CoronaTheirAss February 25, 2021, 13:06:25 i'm taking "as a kid" to mean early elementary so i'll say beverly cleary is the only thing that - biclops February 25, 2021, 12:53:57 I didn't get into sci fi until the grand admiral thrawn trilogy* - longsnapper February 25, 2021, 13:16:10 as big of a star wars fan as i was/am, i have actually never read many of the books - biclops February 25, 2021, 13:23:14 the only ones I read as a kid were the Heir to the Empire series and Tales of the Bounty Hunters - IlliniSax05 February 25, 2021, 13:39:33 shadows of the empire was the only one i read - assassin February 25, 2021, 13:25:07 The black caldron was awesome* - GhostofPokeyStixPast February 25, 2021, 13:13:29 reading those to my daughter now, so fun* - memyselfandillini February 25, 2021, 15:22:22 other than Narnia, I never read fantasy novels until my mid-20s* - Sammich February 25, 2021, 13:12:45 How could I forget Narnia?! Jeebus.* - Tuscy February 25, 2021, 13:13:28 lol same* - biclops February 25, 2021, 13:15:24 Yeah, Blume and Lloyd Alexander should be on my list, also.* - Tuscy February 25, 2021, 13:04:29 How to Eat Fried Worms* - Sounder February 25, 2021, 13:03:42 jack london, too* - biclops February 25, 2021, 13:02:55 nothing. don't think I read book until, like, the sixth grade* - gvibes February 25, 2021, 12:53:17 I LOVED these little penguin classics. - longsnapper February 25, 2021, 12:48:45 I remember other random books with that size—flip the pages to see a cartoon drawn on the corner* - DT February 25, 2021, 15:44:02 Hell yeah! Definitely read some Twain* - Jackie February 25, 2021, 13:35:08 this reminds me that I also read a shit-ton of Norse and Greek mythology - Sammich February 25, 2021, 13:11:23 All of our 1st and 2nd grade readers had Greek myths throughout - memyselfandillini February 25, 2021, 15:25:56 i used to check out the same greek mythology book from the school library probably three times a - biclops February 25, 2021, 13:24:08 Hardy Boys. Original ERB Tarzan series. Comics. Henry Reed, Inc.... - Tuscy February 25, 2021, 12:37:15 oh, forgot encyclopedia brown. good one.* - biclops February 25, 2021, 12:56:33 Redwall. Mouse & motorcycle* - longsnapper February 25, 2021, 12:31:38 oh yes. also, all the Roald Dahl books - assassin February 25, 2021, 12:36:36 oh, indeed. Blume, Cleary, Mercer Mayer* - longsnapper February 25, 2021, 12:44:55 did you read the Tripod books? - assassin February 25, 2021, 12:55:38 growing up I probably had 50 boxcar children books - IlliniSax05 February 25, 2021, 12:20:52 That's all I've been reading with my kids the last 6 months or so.* - HamptonSki February 25, 2021, 12:52:10 okay, maybe i missed more than one* - torinese February 25, 2021, 12:32:04 I was huge into encyclopedia brown & 3 investigators* - longsnapper February 25, 2021, 12:28:43 Encyclopedia Brown and Hardy Boys.* - Tuscy February 25, 2021, 12:34:13 jupiter jones for life* - suburbanmyth February 25, 2021, 12:31:14 i was into Encyclopedia Brown as well - IlliniSax05 February 25, 2021, 12:31:05 I pretty much only had Boxcar Children and Matt Christopher books* - OB25 February 25, 2021, 12:26:07 Catcher with the glass arm was robbed of a Pulitzer* - longsnapper February 25, 2021, 12:27:29 Same is true for The Year Mom Won The Pennant* - OB25 February 25, 2021, 12:30:41 Fox Steals Home #1* - assassin February 25, 2021, 12:35:29 pretty sure i read all the boxcar children save one* - torinese February 25, 2021, 12:20:34 nobody likes a quitter* - bbonb February 25, 2021, 15:16:10 Man, I loved those flyers. Didn't get to order a lot, but once in a while.* - Tuscy February 25, 2021, 12:19:56 My kids just got theirs yesterday. They look exactly the same, which I love* - gvibes February 25, 2021, 12:27:07 When I open my bar, the menus will look just like this* - longsnapper February 25, 2021, 12:28:00 i wish to work at this bar* - assassin February 25, 2021, 12:37:08 you're hired* - longsnapper February 25, 2021, 12:41:39 I probably averaged getting 5 books per month* - longsnapper February 25, 2021, 12:26:31 #### yeah, gotta populate my house with ALL the garfield books* - assassin February 25, 2021, 12:19:20   Searching