Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme run by The Broke and the Bookish. This weeks topic is: Top 10 Books From My Childhood (Or teen years) That I Would Love To Revisit.
I read so many library books when I was a kid! Unfortunately, I don’t remember the titles anymore - I get a vague idea of a story or a character, but that’s about it. Some have stayed with me over the years, and others I loved so much that my mum bought me a copy all for myself! I still have the vast majority of the books she bought for me back then, but looking back on it, I don't think she realised what she was getting herself in for... bless her!
I’m not too sure what is meant by 'revisit' with this weeks topic. I love so many books from my childhood, but I don't think I'd go so far as to reread many of them now... the memories I have are so special, I don't want to ruin them! I’ve put a little spin on the topic, and chose my favourite books or series from my childhood that I still love thinking about today.
Roald Dahl
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I own all three of these books, but I wasn’t able to find them to take pictures of. If I had to choose a favourite from the three, it would be Fantastic Mr Fox! I reread it about a zillion times, and the front cover was falling off the last time I saw it. Oh how I abused my poor books back then!
Nancy Drew (Carolyn Keene)
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The Hardy Boys (Franklin W. Dixon)
I LOVED these books! I have dozens of books from each series, safely boxed away in the attic. I think this was where my love of mystery books began. They were so easy to read, and a lot of fun.
The Babysitters Club (Ann M. Martin)
I was obsessed with the BSC books when I was around 10-ish! My library had so many of these, and I built up a mini-collection over the years, too.
Enid Blyton
I don't own any of her books, but I remember reading quite a few of her Secret Seven books. I loved them so much!
The Mystery Club Series (Fiona Kelly)
I LOVED the Mystery Club series when I was 12/13! I don’t own a complete set (unfortunately), but you can see from the pictures just how many times I’ve read them!
Animorphs Series (K. A. Applegate)
As you can see, I had just a teeny tiny obsession with the Animorphs series! I almost own a full set... maybe one day I’ll manage to complete it *fingers crossed*. Rachel and Tobias were my ultimate OTP before I knew OTPing was a thing! This series made me fall in love with Sci-Fi, and I wish I’d kept up reading more books like them in my late-teen years. Out of all the books I've chosen for this list, the Animorphs series would be the ones I'd reread in a heart beat. I highly recommend them!
Have you read any of these books?? What did you think of them?
Happy Reading!
There's loads of these I haven't read, or haven't even heard of! LOVE your photos - your book collection must be huge!! :D
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Thanks Rachel! I've managed to keep so many books I got when I was a kid - it's been a bit of a struggle, but so worth it :D The memories alone when I look back at them are priceless!
DeleteRoald Dahl books were some of my childhood favorites too! Great list.
ReplyDeleteI loved his books! Thanks for stopping by, Sharon :)
DeleteGreat choices! I considered including The Babysitter's Club on my list but it was already long enough. Picking ten was so hard!
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I was so obsessed with those books when I was a kid! It really was hard to pick just 10! I think that's why I ended up putting a little spin on the topic - more books :D Thanks for stopping by, Cassi!
DeleteYes to Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl! Many hours were spent in summer holidays grabbing those books. I used my mum's best chair as The Wishing Chair until she banned me from climbing on it!
ReplyDeleteAwwwwww! :D I loved their books when I was a kid. I spent so much time over the summers reading, too. When I got to secondary school... not so much :( Thanks for stopping by, Chuckles :)
DeleteI enjoyed reading The BFG too!
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to my TTT post for this week: http://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2015/03/top-10-books-from-my-childhood-or-teen.html
Happy reading!!
His books are so awesome :D Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteNiiiice! I don't think I ever read Animorphs, I think I tried to, but got distracted! LOL! Great picks!!
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LOL! I loved those books so much :D Thanks for stopping by, Jessica!
DeleteLook at all those Animorphs books. TO BE HONEST. I didn't read that series because I was scared of the covers hahah. Also NANCY DREW
ReplyDeleteOooh, the covers are creepy! I don't know what it says about me... but I kinda wanted to read them more because the covers were creepy! :D
DeleteWOW. You seriously did well with the Animorphs collections! My family was basically that way with the Boxcar children. xD I think we even own a few second-hand doubles. hehe. I LOVE Roald Dahl! I was only reading James and the Giant Peach this month. ;-) I love it when children's books are timeless. :))
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Oooh! I remember reading James and the Giant Peach! I remember little bits from it, but not the entire story... ooh now you're making me want to reread it :D Thanks for stopping by, Cait!
DeleteThe Babysitter's Club! Aahhh! I used to read The Babysitter's Little Sister's Club (or something like that). My parents didn't let me read Animorphs though... something about the devil? Who knows! :P I used to love flipping the pages at the library though so I could see them shift! Great list :)
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Ooh really? :( Mine were a bit like that with the Harry Potter books... I thought the Animorphs were a safer bet to get past them! They were pretty awesome though, for the most part they let me read what I wanted! I was super lucky :D And YES! I LOVED flicking the page corners, hahaha :D (I may have done that again when I was taking the pictures for this post.... *cough* ;-))
DeleteOh the Babysitter's Club! I remember reading all of those. I used to have a bunch of them. I'm not sure what happened with them when I moved a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great list. Thanks for sharing.
Amanda
Ooh YAY! I loved the BSC books :D Thanks for stopping by, Amanda!
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