Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday!
Top Ten Tuesday is an original weekly feature created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Throwback Freebie! I decided to go with Ten Books I Loved As a Teenager. I refuse to admit how long ago this was, but you can probably guess from the book choices. You’ll probably notice I was really into YA horror back in the day. I’ve come a far way from that.
1. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
I don’t remember much about this book now, but I remember I read the entire series. I loved it. I can’t wait to reread it and see the new movie.
2. Remember Me by Christopher Pike
This was my favorite book back in the day. I loved it so much. Heck, I loved all of Christopher Pike’s books.
3. The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
If you grew up in the decades I did, you remember the faces on the milk carton. I think we were all a little bit fascinated with them. This book took it to a new level.
4. Say Goodnight, Gracie by Julie Reece Deaver
My first tear jerker, I believe. I adored this book so much.
5. Double Love by Francine Pascal
My older twin neighbors gifted me a bunch of Sweet Valley High books growing up. I was too young to read them at the time, but luckily my mom held onto them for me until I could graduate from Sweet Valley Twins to High.
6. The New Girl by R.L. Stine
After falling in love with Pike, I found Stine.
7. The Awakening by L.J. Smith
Stine lead to Smith. I can say that I read this series WAY BEFORE it became a major TV show hit.
8. Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
Obviously, I read this one in my late teenage years.
9. I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan
All those Pike, Stine and Smith books lead me to discover this gem. Another book I read before it became a major motion picture with some famous stars. Even that movie is super old now! 🙁
10. Carnal Innocence by Nora Roberts
I could have inserted any Nora Roberts book here. In my very late teens, my mom introduced me to her books. I was hooked and read pretty much all of them I could get my hands on.
Did you read any of these books as a teenager or am I just too old?
I’m really interested in going back and reading the vampire diaries book series. I’ve heard it’s pretty different from the show and that D & B get together! ((Gasp)). Loved seeing your list <3
Thank you!
Yes, I think it’s pretty different. The books were good, though, so I’m sure it would be worth it!
I’ll see if my library has it <3
I never got into the Stine or Pike books. I’m not sure why. I think it was once I discovered Stephen King, I never looked back. 🙂
I can understand that. He’s quite the writer. I started reading Stine and Pike in my early teens, so I think King would have been way too much then! 😉
Quite a few of these were my favorites when I was growing up too (I’m obviously 21 like you 🙂 )
I’ve never read Flowers in the Attic but a few people have recommended it to me making me very curious. It was on sale a week or so ago and I was tempted but the reviews were decidedly lukewarm.
LOL. Definitely 21!!!
Yeah, not sure if Flowers in the Attic would be as good if I read it today.
Can’t say I read any of those books. Mind you, I didn’t actually read much in my teen years. Not reading was my great rebellion in school haha.
LOL. I love it!
Awesome post- I still need to read a lot of these- especially a Wrinkle in Time!
Thank you! I hope you get to read it soon!
You’re welcome 😀
So many of these books would be on my list too! It seems like we had similar tests.
That’s awesome!
Great list! I loved Vampire Diaries before it became a TV show.
Thank you! Yes, I did too. I read it way before it was ever one! I’m so old. 🙁
I read Stine and Wrinkle in Time. I was in love with Bunnicula somewhere around there, too. But my teen reading habits were all over the place.
Mine were mostly dark…Which is weird considering I mostly read romance now.
People’s reading tastes change over time, seems like. 🙂
Oh my goodness, I loved Lois Duncan books as an early teen. I was so delightfully shocked by them. They might have been the first “contemporary” books I read. Before that I was reading mostly fantasy.
Yay! I’m glad I’m not alone! 🙂
I forgot about Christopher Pike! I also loved A Wrinkle in Time. I don’t remember much of it either, but I’m pretty sure the movie trailer looks very, very different than the book.
I can’t wait to see it, though. I know it will be good!
My older sister had a lot of Sweet Valley High books. I read them when I was really young, so I don’t remember them very well.
Same here!
Yes to RL Stine!! I loved the Fear Street books. I never read Pike, which is crazy. I should’ve! That’s a new Nora Roberts to me…will have to check it out.
Hi! I remember reading Flowers in the Attic, too. I was both interested in horrified by it 🙂
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Leslie