Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the Broke and the Bookish. Book bloggers create their own lists based on the chosen topics and post links to our lists. It’s a way of all sharing our thoughts and our love of books. And who doesn’t love lists??
So this week’s challenge was to list the top ten books we would recommend to a particular person. I picked my 12-year old daughter for a couple of reasons. I love to share books with her, to read the same things and then take the time out to talk about them. And I think being a 12-year old girl is exceedingly difficult – as a time of transition it is a time when it can be hard to pick things to read that are interesting, challenging, and appropriate. To be completely honest, some of these she has already read, or I have already read them to her, but I couldn’t leave them off the list! And my list for her is actually much, much longer – as is my own list – if only there were more hours in the day!
- Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling – A wonderfully fantastic and engaging series with kids who are in the middle of growing up – just like she is… (although I try to deny it!)
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak – My favorite book of all time, and one that I think she is now mature enough to understand and enjoy.
- Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maude Montgomery – One of my favorite series when I was a kid and I think she would connect with the spunky main character.
- All Creatures series by James Herriot – This series would appeal to my daughter – a real country girl and animal lover whose wondering if her heart is too soft for veterinary work.
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott – Just because it was my favorite book through my childhood.
- Gallagher Girl series by Ally Carter – Tough girls – teenage spies – with just enough romance thrown in to cause a blush…
- The Giver series by Lois Lowry – She has read The Giver, and loved it, so I’m hoping she will like to see the rest of the story unfold.
- Allegiant by Veronica Roth – My motive here is selfish – she’s reading it now and I want her to finish so I can read it!
- Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell – We’ve been promising to read this one together for a while now, but we need to actually do it!
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith – A classic, and a story about a strong girl overcoming the odds.
Watching the Words 