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August 17, 2007 3:22 PM

The books that got celebs hooked

We've written before about the five books that encouraged and inspired us (and Laura Bush), but First Book has a new list - what book got you hooked? Nancy Drew won the public vote, but being shallow and vacuous, I was more interested in the author and celebrity favourites.

Marlee Maitlin, who played Joey Lucas, one of my favourite characters on The West Wing, voted for Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume, saying "It was the first book that spoke to me as a girl becoming a woman."

Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love chose Great Swedish Fairy Tales. "It was an elegant, hardcover tome, full of the most exquisite illustrations of trolls and witches and lost beautiful girls on dappled horses."

Mindy Klasky, author of Girl's Guide to Witchcraft chose Jennifer, Hecate, MacBeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth, by E. L. Konigsberg. "I liked the challenge of remembering the title even before I opened the book."

And actress Tichina Arnold (Everybody Hates Chris) said "The very first book I read that made me more eager to read was Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews." Ah, Flowers in the Attic. That is so getting its own post on Monday...

So can you narrow it down to one? I think I can - Enid Blyton's The Magic Faraway Tree...

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Posted by Keris on August 17, 2007 in Book related | Permalink

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