as a kid before my older brothers would read me books which are not the usual happily-ever-after tales but the least unknown to all, like, THE TREE WHO ALWAYS SAYS NO, THE THREE LITTLE MONKS AND CORDUROY. during my rudimentary years my first book they gave was ANASTASIA (not the fairytale one), THE LITTLE HOUSE ON A PRAIRIE, BY THE SHORES OF SILVER LAKE and PADDLE TO THE SEA. then as i was growing up and novel became a trend in those years i bought my first pocket book THE SWEET VALLEY HIGH and SWEET VALLEY UNIVERSITY. then i've tried reading STEPHEN KING and DANIELLE STEEL and then there's CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL, MEN ARE FROM MARS WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS, THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE, and MYTHOLOGY... but after reading them i only kept it  in a shelf and thats it... until... until i met MARIO PUZO and started falling inlove with the GODFATHER... my philosophies changed afterwards and up until now... im still inlove with it!!!