Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the Broke and the Bookish. They tell us what to write our top ten for, and we do! This week…
Top 10 Books From My Childhood I’d Love To Revisit
As specially requested last week, you can click on the cover to be taken to the Goodreads page!
When I was younger, I read mostly picture books. So this one is sort of hard for me… I’m trying though!
- Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I adored this series as a kid, and so did my mum before me. But I don’t remember the plot very well, so I should relive them!
- The Babysitter’s Club by Ann M Martin. This was actually the reason I wanted to be a babysitter! So it’d be cute to read that and remember why I felt so inspired
- Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery. My gran loves this, and thinks I remember them because I read them once. But I don’t remember it at all…
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. This is the coolest idea! If someone tells her what to do, she has to do it. And I still adore the movie
- Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer. Okay, so I wasn’t THAT young when I read these. But they’ve all blended together, and I hate that!
- Ranger’s Apprentine by John Flanagan. Another series that has just blended together. The last few were terrible, and I want to know if that’s because Flanagan lost his mojo, or because I was older and more critical
- Diary of a Would-Be Princess by Jessica Green. This book always made me cry! The ending was just so cute. I want to see if it’ll make me cry again
- Basically every single book by Jacqueline Wilson ever. I mean, seriously. She’s amazing. Tracy Beaker is one of my favourites
- Also every book by Cathy Cassidy. Ginger Snaps is probably the best, but Driftwood used to make me cry too
- When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr. This was what got me into historical fiction. It was so amazing, but I don’t remember why
So, what do you have on your list? Have you read any of these? Send me a link to your TTT!
Doodles and Scraps 
Cathy Cassidy and Jacqueline Wilson were literally all I read growing up! I think I’ve read all their books. :0 My Sister Jodie was probably the first book where I cried while reading. The memories! 😉
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Wow, that’s impressive! Especially considering there seems to always seems to be a new Jacqueline Wilson book out! My Sister Jodie is heartbreaking 😛
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Jacqueline Wilson has so many books but my local library has all of them so I read them all. I still read them sometimes lol. Except Sapphire Battersea, I’m pretty sure I’ve read them all 😛
I really liked Jodie!! xD
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I really want to read the rest of them, but I haven’t had time to catch up! Too many books, too little time 😛
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Great list! 🙂 I absolutely adored The Babysitter’s Club. I have very fond memories of reading those books.
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They’re so good! 🙂
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Oh this is a fun post! Mine would have to be The Magic Faraway Tree and the Famous Five.
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit sounds like it would either be funny or really heartbreaking. It’s a great title either way.
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I’ve never read either of those. I know, my childhood must have been horrible! 😛
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Well they’re by Enid Blyton who’s a british author, so although they’re a staple if you grow up in the UK, they’re probably not as well known outside the UK… 🙂
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Anne of Green Gables and Ella Enchanted are classics.
I have fond memories of reading the letters in Ella Enchanted, sitting spread out on the bed in my aunt’s spare room in the hallway with plastic boxes and paper boxes piled on either side of me with a shelf full of pictures right above the two fluffy white pillows on which lay an Arthur aardvark doll and an Atta from A Bug’s Life toy.
There was an old lamp next to the small cupboard with broken drawers containing doll furniture a few inches from the end of the bed that I would twist on and read a chapter of that book every night before bed. One of those letters, then twist off the light and head down on the pillows and off to dreamland, my father in Thailand and Aunt Marilyn snoring out in the hall.
Then I would read more chapters at the laundromat, in the car, and at Bob Evans, but still it took me too long. Finally, when my aunt was watching There’s A Girl in My Soup in the living room, I had nothing to do but go down the hall, spread out on the bed and read chapter-after-chapter to its amazing conclusion.
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Aww, that’s the cutest story!! 🙂
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Ella Enchanted is so great! And memories of the Little House books have really stayed with me. Great list!
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I really wanted to be Laura! Thanks 🙂
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I wanted to start my own babysitting club too. I was more into the movie and show than the books though.
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I’ve never seen the movie! I absolutely need to now! 🙂
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Yes, go hunt it down and watch it. It might be on Netflix…
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Wow I can’t believe I forgot to mention Jacqueline Wilson and Cathy Cassidy! Great list. I haven’t actually read any of the others…
My TTT post:http://enchantedbyya.blogspot.com/2015/03/top-ten-tuesday-1-books-from-my.html
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:O None of them?? I’ll check out your post 🙂
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Quite a few of these are new to me. Then again, quite a few were published after I started high school (some after I graduated), so I wasn’t quite the right age to get into them. Jeez, saying that makes me feel old.
Thanks for sharing!
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Haha 😛 Thanks!
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Yay, we both included Ella Enchanted this week! 🙂
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Awww Baby Sitters Club! I had fun when I re-read the first book as an adult. I should re-read more of them!
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You absolutely should! As long as it’s the originals. Those little sisters aren’t nearly as cool
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