I grew up in the seventies and eighties. During that time, I went through elementary, junior high (we called it middle school), and high school and college! Of all the wonderful memories that stick in my mind during this period of time, the one that really stands out is my reading a book. Books have always been a huge part of my life. I recall reading everything from Nancy Drew to Laura Ingalls Wilder. When I reached my high school years in the early eighties, I discovered romance novels and I read them voraciously. At the time, there was not a whole lot of Christian fiction out there, but I read whatever novels I could find.
Every two weeks, the bookmobile would pull into our neighborhood and the driver would honk the horn, signaling it was time to get more books to read. I guess my love of fiction was kind of a sign that I wanted to be a writer, although I didn’t realize it at the time!
Are there any books that impacted you as a youth/child? If so, what books were your favorites when you were a youngster?
When I was in college in the late eighties, my freshman English teacher said that he felt that I could write well, and he tried to get me to change my major from Finance to English.
Needless to say, I didn’t listen to him. But I wish I had.
I’ll continue to post about how I came to discover the joy of writing in future blog posts.
When I was growing up back in the seventies, I remember riding my bike with the banana-style seat down to the corner five and dime and buying comic books. I read lots of them! I especially loved the Archie comic books! Remember those? Archie and his gang lived in Riverdale and the two females in the bunch, Betty and Veronica, both liked Archie? Archie dated Veronica, though, but Betty always liked him!
Those were the days, reading those comic books! They also had an Archie cartoon on TV? Remember that?
Your post reminded me of those memories…
Hi, Anonymous!
Thanks for reading my blog and for posting your comment! Yes, I do remember the Archie comic book series! Your comment has also brought back more memories from the seventies! I, too, had a banana-style seat bike! My seat had a floral pattern and the bike was bright purple! My sister and I both had the exact same bike! The way we told the bikes apart was the height of her seat. Hers was raised higher than mine since she was taller! 🙂