Last week, there was a hashtag topic on Twitter about books that changed your life. I decided to play along – on my blog at least. Without further ado, the books that made me who I am today.
1. Good-bye Stacey, Good-bye, Baby-Sitters Club #13, by Ann M. Martin
This wasn’t the first BSC book I read, but it’s the one that made me cry. Stacey moved back to New York, and the pain was as real to me as it was to the book’s characters. These girls were my friends. One reason I loved the BSC books was because they were published every month. Once I figured out that out, my mom was great about taking me to the bookstore to get the latest book. Yay mom!
This wasn’t the first BSC book I read, but it’s the one that made me cry. Stacey moved back to New York, and the pain was as real to me as it was to the book’s characters. These girls were my friends. One reason I loved the BSC books was because they were published every month. Once I figured out that out, my mom was great about taking me to the bookstore to get the latest book. Yay mom!
2. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
My fourth grade teacher read a chapter of this book to us every day. I was so engrossed in the story that I had to know how it finished. He was going too slow! I jumped for joy when found the book in the school library, parked myself in a chair, and read it right then and there.
My fourth grade teacher read a chapter of this book to us every day. I was so engrossed in the story that I had to know how it finished. He was going too slow! I jumped for joy when found the book in the school library, parked myself in a chair, and read it right then and there.
3. It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
I remember it like it was yesterday instead of 1994. I bought this book at the B. Dalton at Town East Mall in Mesquite, TX. To know me is to know that I adore sports as much as I adore romances. That day at the mall, those two worlds collided. My mind was officially blown. This is still one of my all-time favorite novels.
I remember it like it was yesterday instead of 1994. I bought this book at the B. Dalton at Town East Mall in Mesquite, TX. To know me is to know that I adore sports as much as I adore romances. That day at the mall, those two worlds collided. My mind was officially blown. This is still one of my all-time favorite novels.
4. All Tied Up, the first book in the gIRL-gEAR series by Alison Kent – I’d never read anything like it before, and I haven’t since. Kent encapsulated what it’s like to be in your mid-twenties out of college and on your own. Yeah, you have responsibilities, but having fun with friends is still a top priority.
5. Could It Be Magic by Gina Wilkins – My very first adult romance. ‘Nuff said.
5. Could It Be Magic by Gina Wilkins – My very first adult romance. ‘Nuff said.
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