What book got you hooked?
Do you remember your first love 鈥� literary, that is?
Many people do, and if you'd like to see what book it was that turned celebrities as diverse as , , and into readers, take a look at the website. You'll discover that Spiegelman and both claim Lewis Carroll's "" as that first great book, while votes for "" by Johann David Wyss.
The site is actually cause-oriented and you can choose to make a donation to help send books to kids and you can also vote as to which state should receive a shipment of 50,000 free books for children.
I haven't voted yet but when I do it will be for "" by Joan Aiken. Admittedly it's a less highbrow choice than J.D. Salinger's "" ('s first great love) but it's a splendid literary romp nonetheless and in all my years of reading since I have yet to come across villains with better names than Letitia Slighcarp and Mrs. Brisket.
(And if you're still wondering about Emma Thompson and Chipper Jones, it was "The Hound of the Baskervilles" and the Hardy Boys 鈥� I leave you to guess which was which.)
