tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post3056875705728365127..comments2023-04-17T10:11:30.325-04:00Comments on We Heart YA: My Life in BooksWe Heart YAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02418854853031344928noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-20913301854941788982014-01-27T13:11:53.907-05:002014-01-27T13:11:53.907-05:00Oh man I used to devour the Babysitters Club when...Oh man I used to devour the Babysitters Club when I was a pre-teen. I think I had everyone of them until the point that I grew out of them. Now my daughter just looks at these relics I saved for her and goes "meh". Andria Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05559122391131186350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-29944469038040199232014-01-26T10:41:49.983-05:002014-01-26T10:41:49.983-05:00I really love this post. David Levithan's @lov...I really love this post. David Levithan's @loversdiction account once tweeted that most people define periods in their lives by years, but that the character in @loversdiction defined his own eras by whom he loved the most during that time. I think that sentiment stands true for books. As for me, my timeline would look like<br /><br />4-6: Those reallllly old easy readers that I was DETERMINED to read because my mother was a voracious reader. <br /><br />6-8: Junie B. Jones all the waaay. I had a love-hate relationship with her, but I read all those books. Also, Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Charlotte's Web were all read to me during this time. <br /><br />8-9: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen books! Everything from the mysteries to the ones based on their old TV show. I was a tad obsessed.<br /><br />9-10: Eva Ibbotson consumed my life, as well as really old and obscure children's titles that I have little recollection of now. <br /><br />11: I finally started reading YA! Particularly, The Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray changed my life and introduced me to the world of online literary fanbases. <br /><br />Now: A mix of YA, memoirs and classics. I've loved many books, but few have impacted me as much as Libba's work. Just like you, I'm still always looking. Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17546668298255186342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-74753170254757420792014-01-24T15:39:06.034-05:002014-01-24T15:39:06.034-05:00I love the idea of a reading timeline! The Lion, t...I love the idea of a reading timeline! The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is a magical book- I loved the thought of stepping through a wardrobe into a whole new world, too. :)<br /><br />My timeline is something is something like this:<br /><br />Preschool: Frog and Toad<br />Grade School: Boxcar Children, Nancy Drew, Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia<br /><br />Middle School: More Harry Potter (lol), Twilight (I try not to think about that), and the ttyl books<br /><br />High School: A LOT of YA, and a smattering of everything else (classics, Adult books, etc.) Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17240000346629480397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-87371978373649158922014-01-24T13:00:53.970-05:002014-01-24T13:00:53.970-05:00"People say there was no YA before Twilight a..."People say there was no YA before Twilight and Harry Potter, but that’s not entirely true. For as long as there have been teenagers, someone has been telling stories about them."<br /><br />SO so true!<br /><br />Hm, my timeline...<br />- Dr. Seuss also (though I don't remember his death)<br />- Miss Piggle Wiggle<br />- Narnia<br />- Anne of Green Gables<br />- Dickens<br />- JOY LUCK CLUB by Amy Tan<br />- BELOVED by Toni Morrison<br />- Harry Potter<br />- Twilight<br />- Hunger GamesKristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771013578685419826noreply@blogger.com