Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme by The Artsy Reader. This weekβs topic is Books I wish I had read as a child. I was super fortunate growing up because my parents put a high value on reading early and reading often. It didn’t take long before my favorite place to stop on road trips was the big bookstore in the neighboring town, and before I ended up actually working in a library. However, there are some books that either came out after I was a child, or ones I wasn’t aware of, that I wish I had read.
- Wonder by RJ Palacio
- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupΓ©ry
- The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan
- Goosebumps by RL Stine
- The Hardy Boys by Franklin W Dixon
- Sweet Valley High by Francine Pascal
- Babysitter’s Club by Ann M Martin
- Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
- The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
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Wonder wasn’t published when I was a kids, but it is such a wonderful story. Books I Wish I’d Read When I Was Young
I think you dodged a bullet not reading Sweet Valley High. I reread a few of them and woooooo!! Jessica Wakefield is a little sociopath!! The Sweet Valley Twins books were cute though!!
Reading The Giver was a pretty unique experience for sure! I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Great list!
My TTT: https://notprimadonna.blogspot.com/2020/04/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-enjoyed-when-i.html
I loved Sweet Valley High. So much drama!
Goosebumps + BSC certainly created some pretty magical childhood memories for me. I wouldn’t trade those for anything. Only problem is I’ve been afraid to try rereading either one as an adult, lest the magic disappear.
I wish I’d read Goosebumps as a kid too, I’d only read about half of one book when I was 10 but never finished it because I got it from a classroom library and then went to another school before I could finish it.
I wish I’d known about The Little Prince as a kid, too.
My TTT.
I found The Lightning Thief when I was about 14, and it was definitely the perfect time for me!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/28/top-ten-tuesday-261/
The Little Prince is on my list, too. I loved Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew. Thanks for sharing.
http://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2020/04/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-wish-i-had-read.html
Sweet Valley High and The Babysitters Club were both favorites of mine in middle school. Love your list. MyTTT: https://bookishhooker.wordpress.com/2020/04/28/ten-books-i-wished-id-read-as-a-child/
I Really loved The Baby sitters Club!
Thanks for sharing, be safe π
I read both Sweet Valley High and Babysitterβs Club as a kid. My friends and I even started our own baby-sitters club in our neighborhood. LOL. I didn’t read Goosebumps, but I read his books directed at teenagers. I think Goosebumps came after me.
How could I forget to include the Babysitter’s Club on my list of childhood favourites?! That was a huge part of my childhood!
My TTT post!