No matter how many books you read, there are always some you don’t get to. Then in my case, there are books that weren’t even published yet when I was a kid. Notably the entire genre of young adult fiction, which didn’t really exist when I was a kid. So here are some of the books I wish I’d had access to when I was a kid.
Some of my now-favourite kids’ books:
Harry Potter is an obvious choice, I’ll grant you, but it’s impossible to write this post without including the series. Likewise Lemony Snicket’s series. The other three are some of my favourite books to read with my daughter, and ones I think I would have loved as a child.
Some of my favourite young adult books:
Young Adult books didn’t really exist when I was a teenager. I mean, there were some that would probably now fall under that category, but at the time it just wasn’t a thing. I did okay – in fact, I started reading adult books much sooner because they were what was available to me. And that early effort on my part to make it through longer and more complex books served me well when it came to making it through dense and difficult texts at university. But I still wish some of the YA books that today’s youth have access to had existed back in my day. These are four at the top of that list.
What about you guys? Anyone out there in the same boat as me? Younger readers who still managed to miss a few gems?
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I had so much fun reading Olivia to my daughter when she was little. I almost feel like I got to experience it as a child.
I wish I would have read the Percy Jackson series. I read the first book as an adult, and I actually loved it. But, I tried to read the second book in the series, and I just could not get into it. I know this series has a huge fan base though, and the author has several more spin off series, so I just feel like I missed out on a lot. Also, mythology is awesome.
I didn’t even think about The Fault in Our Stars. This is a great list.
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Good job! Fault in Our Stars made me remember all the emotion of a book I did read and re-read as a teenager in the 70s–ERIC by Doris Lund (he dies)–except it was nonfiction. Fault was like Eric in that I had to keep reading. I felt I “knew” these people.
I loved both Harry Potter and ASOUE when I was a kid. I used to get a new ASOUE book out of the library every week when I was a kid.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/28/top-ten-tuesday-261/
I’ve never been able to get into A Series of Unfortunate Events. Maybe I should try the films, instead?!
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I remember Fox in Socks. I didn’t care that it made little sense.
Ooh, I just remembered how much I loved the Olivia books! And I haven’t read The Series of Unfortunate Events yet, I should get on that!
My TTT: https://notprimadonna.blogspot.com/2020/04/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-enjoyed-when-i.html