This week's topic:
What books were you obsessed with as a kid?
I think a more appropriate question would be, what books was I not obsessed with as a kid. Starting with a Wrinkle In Time and Bridge To Terabithia when I was young.
By middle school, I'd moved on to Sweet Valley High and The Babysitter's Club. In sixth-grade, my circle of friends had all but formed a book club with R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike's books.
Then came the embarrassing highschool nerdiness where I'd finish required reading in a matter of days as opposed to the month we were given. Nothing will raise your popularity factor like the teacher taking you out in the hall to discuss The Scarlet Letter because you finished so quickly and she didn't want to spoil it for the rest of the class ;)
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Every time I see Sweet Valley mentioned, I have a flashback to the article yesterday about the "Sweet Valley 20 Years Later" book.
Also, your teacher taking you out in the hall = ADORABLE.
Aah! I loved me some Christopher Pike...and Sweet Valley High was also a favorite, but only after the Baby-Sitters Club.
I loved RL Stine books! Those were the first scary books I'd ever read.
And of course A Wrinkle in Time was a favorite. This makes me want to reread it.
I was too much of a wimp to read RL Stine and Christopher Pike. I tried in middle school and only got a few pages in before I had to stop. Then I picked one up in my 20s and laughed at the idea that I ever found them scary. How perspective changes! :)
Wrinkle in Time - I've been waiting for someone to mention it. :) I just HAD to pick it up for my daughter last year.
Awesome choices.
A Wrinkle in Time! Such a wonderful, wonderful book :-)
I think I read every single Christopher Pike book in middle school. He was the precursor to Stephen King for me.
I think Christopher Pike had me more spooked than R.L Stine. Now, I'm too much of a wuss to read them.
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