I was tagged by @adventuresoflibrarygirl to do the ten books challenge! I totally remember us wandering around like goobs in our backyards after reading those books. Good times :)
Rules: List 10 books that have stayed with you in some way, then tag ten people.
I’m not going to follow the rules, so there, I guess.
1. Dinotopia by James Gurney - My dad used to read these to me before bed when I was little. It’s a very distinct memory I have and our love of books was something that we always shared.
2. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster - I still read this book to this day, and it was one I remember the most from my childhood and I just adore it.
3. The Lightning Thief (and more) by Rick Riordan - I’ve always loved mythology and I just adore the spin he put on it in these books. We also had a thing for these, @adventuresoflibrarygirl
4. Sabriel (and the rest of the trilogy) by Garth Nix - One of the first books I read that really explored death as something inevitable and not necessarily bad.
5. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving - Again, a book that really explored death and life and wasn’t necessarily happy. One of the first ‘adult’ books that I read.
6. 1989 by George Orwell - The first classic I read that wasn’t for school.
7. Allegiant by Victoria Roth - Because the end literally had me crying in a Starbuck’s bathroom, and if a book can do that to you it has some power.
8. A Song of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin - I have met so many strangers from reading these books in airports, and it reminded me how books can bring people together.
9. The Dragon Rider’s of Pern series by Anne McCaffery - My mom gave me her old books to read when I was in middle school. These really started my love of science fiction and a respect for stuff not on the young adult shelf.