Beanies, it has been a slow drama year for me which sucks, but it also means I have more time to exercise other hobbies, like reading, which is good! I’ve read a couple of good books, but this book I choose because of dramas. I’ve heard of it so much being referenced in dramas, but I have never read it even though it’s been around for a long time😅. Better late than never right?!
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    I have also never read the Little Prince and have been meaning to rectify the situation for a few years now. Maybe I’ll give it a try now too.

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      It’s a short read so you can get through it on a boring afternoon:)

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    The Little Prince may be a classic children’s book, but l have never read it before 😮. I’m a late book lover! As a child I loved to read books, but I was only able to do so at school. Libraries were far away from me and my parents never let me go out on my own. By the time I got to high school, I frequented the school library as always and now the public one as well, but I got flooded with the mandatory reading that I just focused on that. It wasn’t until I got to college that I finally had free time and independence to go out on my own😀. So, since then I’ve been trying to catch up on the books I missed as a teenager and a child. Thus, why I’m finally reading this book. Which I’m glad to do so at this time! I think if I read it as a child it would all go over my head, and it probably still does to be honest. Which is why I won’t dive too deeply into it because it will just show you all how not so smart I am. There are three things I will note, though. First, I did see the movie on Netflix. I thought it was cute and adapted well to the current generation, but like always the book is better. Second, there was a short chapter on one of the adults in the planets that got to me. It’s something I see daily and it is really sad. I’m an adult, but I don’t get adults! And third, now I understand the story of the taming of the fox! This is the story I have heard in dramas. Like any media, everyone sees something different and interprets it their own way. As for me, looking at my life, all I could think of was the friendships in my life. After high school, I had a hard time keeping tight friendships. Maybe it was because we didn’t see each other every weekday anymore or maybe because I was a hermit that didn’t leave her house. I don’t know why, but I quickly lost touch with all my friends from high school. I’ve said it a couple times before here in DB, but it’s still hard for me to keep friends now. I don’t frequent any places where I could meet people or make friends. I take care of children in my home and I hardly go out during the week. The only place I visit daily is DB. And if you look at my posts you will see that I do try to get out of my comfort zone, but it’s still pretty hard for me to post my thoughts regularly. I’ll keep trying though! The only way you will miss me is if you keep seeing me, ahha.😊

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      Reading it as an adult still means a different interpretation than of a child’s (in middle school in my case). It’s interesting to know what kind of impression it left to you.

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        Hopefully I remember to pick it up in the future and see how I’ve changed:)

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        Probably the most famous line in the book is
        “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.”
        Yep this book has been a big part of my life for many many years….

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          I did really like this quote. It made you stop and think, that’s for sure.

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    I read it in my twenties. Should read again!! One of my favorite books.

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    It was the first book I borrowed from my school library. I was in grade 3 I think. The second book I borrowed was about how to plant cassava 😄
    I remember I enjoy the illustration more than the story, both from Little Prince and that cassava book.

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      Woah, you have a good memory if you can remember the first books you borrowed! I forget things really easily😅

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    *whispers* I don’t like The Little Prince. I know people love it, but after being forced to read it several times in school, and having the religious symbolism wacked into my head repeatedly, I was never able to just enjoy the story.

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      Religious symbolism??
      Guess it helps when you read the book on your own and you interpret it any way you want 🙂

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      Like I said, things like this go over my head! I feel that I never truly enjoy the books I am forced to read and I much rather pick them on my own.

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      I think I liked it BECAUSE I read it on my own. I have no idea what religious symbolism could come out of that book. So sorry it was ruined for you!
      then again, religion usually does that for me.

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      They’ve interpreted it wrong. Why they do that? I started to love children’s literature at university when I had a list of books to read for an exam and after that it never quited me. I’m prefer children’s literature to adults one.

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    It was my first classic book I read by myself in middle school at around 11/12 y.o. Even if I don’t remember much if it, it did move me. Lots of people read it as mendatory book and while I never had deep analysis of the work, I enjoyed it more than them. Now in my early twenties, I should read it again with a different mindset 🙂

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    I haven’t read the book. But there was an animated film of it on Netflix a year or two ago. I enjoyed watching it at the time, but I don’t remember most of it now

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      It was cute! I tried watching with my nephew, but he didn’t like it so I ended up watching it by myself when he slept, haha.

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    I was 21 when I read this book for the first time. We started reading it in my french class but we never finished it. I had heard so much about it that I just had to read it. I admit I don’t remember much of the details but I remember the core center of the story. I do remember though that it made me cry ‘^-^…

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      I was moved a little by it, but I didn’t cry. But that can also be because I’m going through things and I’m hardening up. I took some French in high school, but never heard of this book. I bet it’s even lovelier in French:)

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    Ah, this is one of my most favorite books in the whole world. I read it in high school and never looked back. It truly is a classic and speaks so much wisdom about what it means to love someone else.
    Antoine St Exupery was a pilot over the deserts in Africa and wrote some books about those times too. I don’t have copies of them but I think one is called the Wind Among the Stars – and it too is beautifully written.
    I hope you read it and enjoy it – you won’t be sorry….

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    It wasn’t written as a child’s book. It’s the same with Alice in Wonderland and Gulliver’s travels. There was an excellent movie done for children and me and my father did cry like babies and my son was like what’s wrong with us 😄

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Prince_(2015_film)

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      I saw the movie! I really liked it too. I think its one of those movies I can watch again and probably see something different, just like if I reread the book.

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    a truly delightful story! Enjoy!

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