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[arethinn]

http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2965

This has definitely happened to me. Like, one time I re-read Bridge to Terabithia and I suppose it wasn't exactly "BAD AND NOT GOOD TO READ??" but it certainly wasn't like I remembered it being. I shudder to think how I would feel about the Ramona Quimby books or Baby-Sitters Club series if I were to read them now; both better left to the rosy glow of nostalgia, I think. On the other hand, Shel Silverstein is a delight every time (although poetry is a different beast, I suppose). I'm trying to think of what else I read as a kid that would be likely to fall into this category, but actually I think I transitioned to more "adult" stuff pretty early on - I was turned on to science fiction by picking up 2010: Odyssey Two when I was 11, for example (and I didn't know at the time it was a sequel and BOY was I confused, but apparently I liked it anyway because here we are).

Anyway - you? I'm sure most of the people reading this are quite old enough to have had the same experience. What's held up, what's turned to ashes?