Happy Tuesday!! This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl) asks us to share ten of our childhood favorites. Instead, I’m going to put a bit of a twist on it and share ten books I read as an adult that are usually people’s childhood favorites. Surprisingly, there are a lot of them!
What books did you read later in life than many other bookworms? What were your favorite books when you were a kid? Let me know in the comments section below!
Yours,
HOLLY
Tuck Everlasting is one of those childhood books that has stuck with me for life. Such a good story.
My TTT.
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So good! I wish I read it sooner! I have a feeling I would have loved it as a kid π
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I read all of these as an adult. What a great idea for a tweak of the post!
I wrote about French childhood favorites. I’d love to have you stop by!
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Love your list – so many great books! I had forgotten about Holes especially! π
My TTT: https://lifewithallthebooks.com/2019/07/02/top-ten-tuesday-childhood-favourites/
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Thank you!! Holes is such a great one π
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Great list! I love Fantastic Mr. Fox – it’s always been one of my favourite Dahl novels. Coraline and Holes are so good, too. I still need to read Anne of Green Gables!
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Yes, Fantastic Mr. Fox is so good! Have you seen the movie? I can’t decide whether or not I should…
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You may want to look at my post (no pressure) my Mom’s original copy of Mary Poppins is featured. Great list!
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Omg so cool! I’ll definitely check it out! π
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Some of these are just all around great books, no matter what your age is!
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So true!! I feel like that’s what makes some children’s books truly classic π
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Oh my god, I love Tuck Everlasting! That was such a good one. And I did the same thing with Anne of Green Gables! I didn’t read that until I was an adult, but now I love it β€οΈ
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Glad I’m not the only one who read Anne of Green Gables a little later! π So good!
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I never read Anne of green gables when I was little, but I absolutely love that book!
Great list!
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It’s such a great one! π Thanks!
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Despite having been very into Roald Dahl when I was a kid, I don’t think I ever read The Fabulous Mister Fox
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It’s such a great one! Would definitely recommend it π
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Thank you for reminding me about Tuck Everlasting. I shall now cry.
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Hahaha it’s so emotional! β€
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Great twist on the topic. For me basically every book aimed at kids I’m reading later than every one else. Never really used to read as a kid and only got into it way later. Even Harry Potter I read for the first time a little over a year ago. Matilda is actually one book I did read! For my ttt I twisted the topic as well, into books I want my future child to read π
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Aww love the twist you put on your topic! Can’t wait to check it out!
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I loved Tuck Everlasting, Holes, and basically all of Roald Dahl’s books β€
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YES. Roald Dahl is the best!!
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I read Harry Potter when I was in college, and at the time I really enjoyed the series a lot! I’m yet to read Coraline though it is one I’m very interested in trying.
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Would definitely recommend Coraline!! It’s a bit creepy, but a really great story π (a classic Neil Gaiman combo haha)
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I still adore Anne of Green Gables! When I first read the entire series at age 8 or 9, the first book was my favorite. As Iβve grown older and am in more of the situations that Anne is facing in the later books, Iβve found that my favorite has changed to the ones I relate to more now. I really love how much Iβve been able to grow with them and itβs still my favorite series for that reason.
– Kathleen
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Awww that’s so sweet! How many books are in the series? I’ve only read the first one but would love to read the others!
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There are 9 total. The first three are the best in my opinion. She wrote some of them out of order and at different periods in her life, so some of the later ones have a very different feel. Theyβre still very good though!
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Omg Tuck Everlasting and George’s Marvelous Medicine! Can’t believe I forgot about those books. Looking back on childhood memories, there were really so many good books. I’m so curious what it’d be like to read them now. Great post!
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I love being reminded of old favorites… so much nostalgia! π Thanks!
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The Secret Seven and Nancy Drew series made my childhood.
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Ahhh Nancy Drew! I loved those books!
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Really cool take on the list!
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Thanks!!
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