Book Addiction

This week’s edition of Weekly Geeks is about childhood favorites.  I read a LOT as a kid, so much that most of my reading sort of blurrs together.  I would go to the library on a Saturday, spend 2-3 hours there, check out 20+ books, and read them all throughout the week, then repeat the following weekend (as you can probably guess, I had very few friends and no other real interests besides reading.  Luckily, that improved in middle school).  Although I have a hard time remembering too many favorites in particular, a few really stand out, as I kept coming back to them over and over throughout my childhood.

Addie Meets Max - this was a picture book that for some reason, I couldn’t get enough of.  If I remember correctly, it was one of those golden books that you can buy in packets as gifts.  I really cannot remember anything about the story, but I read it over and over as a little kid.

The Barenstein Bears - I would always read these books when I went to my cousin’s house, he had a HUGE collection in his bedroom and we didn’t have any of these at our house, so it was always a treat to go over there and see if he’d received any new Barenstein Bear books that I could read.

The Baby-sitters Club - I was always pretty far ahead of my grade level with my reading, so I probably started reading these way before my time.  In any case, I read them for years.  I thought these girls were just the absolute coolest people ever (that says quite a bit about my social life at that age, doesn’t it) and I wanted to be friends with them desperately.  The next best thing was reading about all their adventures, which I definitely did my fair share of.

Harriet the Spy - Another book that I read SO many times.  As I said in my recent review of this book, I even spent a brief time as a kid writing in my own “spy notebook” and trying to be just like Harriet.

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank - I was so mesmerized by Anne Frank’s story.  Even when I was very young, I was an extremely empathetic person (at times, TOO much so) and this one always, always, always made me bawl my eyes out at the incredible injustices she had to deal with.  Even so, I loved this book, and still do.

Well that’s about all I can think of for now.  I had a long day at work and my brain can’t think much more tonight.  But tell me… what were YOUR childhood favorites?