Tuesday 24 March 2015

Favourite Books From My Childhood



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


The BFG

Matilda

Fantastic Mr Fox

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)


Animorphs Series

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!




20 comments:

  1. 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

    My TTT: https://confessionsofabookgeek.wordpress.com/2015/03/24/top-ten-tuesday-books-from-my-childhood-id-love-to-revisit/

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    1. 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!

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  2. Roald Dahl books were some of my childhood favorites too! Great list.

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    1. I loved his books! Thanks for stopping by, Sharon :)

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  3. Great choices! I considered including The Babysitter's Club on my list but it was already long enough. Picking ten was so hard!
    Cassi @ My Thoughts Literally

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    1. 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!

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  4. Yes 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!

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    1. Awwwwww! :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 :)

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  5. I enjoyed reading The BFG too!

    Here'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!!

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    1. His books are so awesome :D Thanks for stopping by!

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  6. Niiiice! I don't think I ever read Animorphs, I think I tried to, but got distracted! LOL! Great picks!!

    Here's my Tuesday Post

    Have a GREAT day!

    Old Follower :)

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    1. LOL! I loved those books so much :D Thanks for stopping by, Jessica!

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  7. Look 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

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    1. Oooh, 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

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  8. WOW. 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. :))
    Here's my TTT!

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    1. 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!

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  9. The 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 :)

    Here are my Top Ten!

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    1. 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* ;-))

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  10. Oh 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.
    This is a great list. Thanks for sharing.
    Amanda

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    1. Ooh YAY! I loved the BSC books :D Thanks for stopping by, Amanda!

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