Books I read growing up

I thought that it might be quite fun to have a little reminisce about all the books that I read while I was growing up.

I remember when I was really little, I loved the Mr Men and Little Misses books, I had a huge collection. Every night my mum would get one from the basket where they were kept and read one to me. I still remember Little Miss Sunshine and Little Miss Giggles, and Mr Messy and Mr Tickle. I don't know what we did with those books, I think that we got rid of them, but from what I remember, they were fabulous!



And then of course, came the fairy book years. I think that every little girl between the ages of 6 and 10 (and possibly older) have gone through a phase of loving Daisy Medows' books. For me, I was obsessed. I think I had about 80 of them at one point and my mum worried that I would never grow out of them.
Not to ruin them, but the were all exactly the same! Kirsty and Rachel would find a fairy and they would have to find something to save fairyland. Often there would be a few goblins thrown in, and in the very special books, Jack Frost himself would make an appearance. I'm actually being quite mean about these. They did give me years of enjoyment and a lot of fun bedtimes.
I've just looked at the list of fairies at the moment, and there are hundreds! A few of my personal favourites are Luna the Loom Band fairy and Perrie the Paramedic fairy!

After the rainbow magic saga I began to read a lot of Jacqueline Wilson. I mean a lot. In years 5, 6, 7 and 8 in school, I read little else. I still do enjoy Jacqueline Wilson books and I think that they are really really good and timeless, the kind of stories that people will still be reading one hundred years from now. I even met Jacqueline Wilson at a book signing once, and she was one of the loveliest ladies I have ever met. I read all of her books, and I even got the Jacqueline Wilson Magazine AND annuals! I consider myself a true fan! Although some people think that it is wrong to let kids read such hard hitting stuff, I've always thought that it's quite good for children to understand some of the bad things happening in the world, although when I have re-read the books I have seen that I didn't completely understand them when I was younger. But nevertheless, they are wonderful, and I recommend them to anyone, young or old. One of my favourites is My Sister Jodie, which is very sad, but amazing! Jacqueline Wilson is the one who inspired me to be an author, hence the existence of this blog!

Similarly to Jacqueline Wilson, I would also recommend Cathy Cassidy for people who want something lovely to read. Cathy Cassidy does more romance stories about young teenagers. I love the chocolate box girls series, as well as Sundae Girl - that's another weepy one!



And of course, like any teenage girl I went through my Twilight phase. However, mine lasted a lot longer than most, and it was to the point of it being worrying. But, I'm not tooooo ashamed to admit that one of my favourite songs is still A Thousand Years, by Christina Perri.



So, I hope you enjoyed this, I actually had A LOT of fun remembering some of the books that I read growing up. I'd love to hear about any that you've read and I might do a part 2, because there are still loads that I haven't mentioned!

See you soon!