Childhood memories

I love this question. Love it. I was definitely a book obsessed child, that’s for sure. So, in no particular order, here are books I couldn’t get enough of.

ONE

Yeah, I guess I was kidding about the “no particular order” thing. Because on any list, Anne of Green Gables is going to be number one. Anne Shirley was everything I wanted to be. Tough, spunky, eternally optimistic, romantic. And she was a fellow redhead to boot. I owned and read every single book in the series, many times over, and damn if I didn’t wear out my VHS copies of the movies. I grew up wanting to be Anne, right down to the puffed sleeves. Fortunately, I was child of the 80s so those were readily available.

Was there anyone cooler than Nancy Drew? I read my first Nancy Drew mystery, a gift from my Nancy-loving mother, when I was in the third grade, and from then on I was hooked. I want to say I read every one of them, and then I recoiled in horror when a friend let me borrow one of her Nancy Drew Files books, from the series reimagining Nancy as a teen in the late 80s. Because Nancy? She does not cajole with Ned in a hot tub while wearing a ruffled bikini. She just doesn’t do those things, my friends.

Just say no ————>

(I might be making up the ruffled bikini thing. But there was definitely a hot tub involved).

THREE

I’m lumping the collective works of Judy Blume together for this one because otherwise this list would be incredibly long. Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret. Superfudge. Forever. Blubber. Deenie. Just As Long As We’re Together.

These books kept me up late at night, turning the page. They also were a source of … er … education. Yes. Definitely.

FOUR

I’d be lying if I said the Babysitter’s Club and Sweet Valley High series didn’t belong on this list. Because I devoured these.

What about you? Were you as in love with any of these as I was? What was on your list?

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