If my brother never read "The Hobbit" to me as a kid, I would never have read books, and I wouldn't want to be a novelist.

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Yeah...

My daughters are your age. Maybe you're "transgendered" if those stories bothered you.

See, this pisses me off. Because if you hate reading and love the legend of zelda, how do you know what it's about? YOU'RE READING ALL THE F**KING TIME.

Dude, I read books like Mistborn, the Hobbit, The March of Folly (a history book, mind you), and many, many others. I like reading. I'm pointing out, however, why students THESE days will hate reading due to the English Canon. Like I said in another post, I'm 30, and if it weren't for my brother reading me the Hobbit when I was, what, seven years old, then I think I wouldn't like reading books. They made us read "Where the Red Fern Grows" in Elementary School! That's not something a young 6-11 year old should read. :/

No, I'm kinda talking to anyone who thinks that way, it wasn't directed at anyone in particular.

Ah, I see. Again, I apologize. And I agree with your original comment there.

Though, if your comment wasn't directed at me, I apologize.

I read when i was eight. i though all books would be that good, and was dissapointed.

At least See Spot Run doesn't have a implicit rape scene in it. I remember I read a 'classic' called "Orange" ... something--I cannot even remember the name of the book--in high school. The two main characters, female Spanish immigrants, get raped by a couple of clowns. Again, it's not excitedly stated or described, but the rape is obvious. I also only remember the line "I love you, spanish girl" from that book. Same scene. X.x;

Was it Clockwork Orange? They made it into a movie

No... it was... I think the title had either the words related to a tree or a house.

Okay, because there was a rape scene in both the novel and the film Clockwork Orange