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Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :

I have to confess that the following books really made me feel tingly:

A Farewell to Arms
The Jungle Book
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Jane Eyre
Green Mansions
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Return of the Jedi movie novelization

Of course, it might have something to do with the fact that all these books were read when I was right at the cusp of puberty...

Still. What books have given you a thrill, even though there really weren't any "naughty bits" in them?

[ April 25, 2004, 11:34 PM: Message edited by: Jenny Gardener ]

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

Well, damn.

*scribbles kama sutra off list*

Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :

I always loved Kipling's Just So stories. I think it's the grey-green grisy Limpopo River. Yep, that's still a cool line.

John Meyers Meyers's Silverlock just makes me glad to be alive. It starts a bit dark, but it's an amazing life affirming story.

Siddhartha by Herman Hesse.

Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :

I loved the Jungle Book as a kid. Of course, I read the Chinese translation and sometimes those translators have a tendency to embellish the story a little. I really want to read the original version, but I'm afraid it might not be as good as the translation. I know. <-- Dork.

Posted by Muwahaha (Member # 6488) on :

One of my favorite books in middle school was called "The Girl Who Owned a City." It was a futuristic book thats plot was based on everyone over 12 dying of a virus, so the kids had to survive by themselves. I have to admit that I would read it even now.

Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :

I read that book! It was really good. I still have it on my bookcase.

Posted by Muwahaha (Member # 6488) on :

Oh yes...proof that I am not a dork! The way that Lisa takes a bullet always made me feel kind of weak.

Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :

"The Blue Castle," by L. M. Montgomery. Woman wakes up from her dull life and shocks her stuffy relatives by going off to lead an unconventional life. Read it when I was 18, a good age to read it at. And I did go off to lead an unconventional life... [Smile]