When we are younger we are very dependant on our parents, teachers and libraries as what kind of books we get offered to us. As a result there are some books that we might only come across when we are much older. I still read some of these books but I also realize with a lot of these that I would have likely enjoyed them a lot more if I had read them as a child.
This week The Broke and the Bookish gives us the Rewind prompt where we get to choose a prompt that was done in the past.
I realize some of these weren’t around when I was younger yet (I’m 28)but I wish they had been. That counts too, right?
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- A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snickett
- Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
- Septimus Heap by Angie Sage
- The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S Lewis
- Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (first few books)
- Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan
- How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowel
- Stravaganza by Mary Hoffman
- The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott
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My friend’s daughter was a huge Cirque du Freak fan. I have not read them (yet), but I loved the movie. I have never heard of Stravaganza. I will have to check them out. Great list!
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I think the books are interesting. I only read the first 3. I won’t easily pick them up for myself but I think they are great for kids. Stravaganza has an interesting idea. Only read the first book, but I know a lot of people loved this series.
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I can’t think of any I wish I’d read but I can think of plenty I wish I hadn’t wasted my time on! (namely, Secret Seven – although I loved nearly everything Blyton wrote, I didn’t like mysteries at all and spent good reading hours trawling through the insanely long Secret Seven series because of my Blyton devotion!).
Here’s my TTT – https://booksaremyfavouriteandbest.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/top-ten-sports-novels/
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Haha, yeah that can happen too of course.
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I used to love Cirque Du Freak! I do also wish I read Artemis Fowl and Septimus Heap when I was younger… And Narnia! I’ve only read 3 (I believe), and I read those well into my teenage years.
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Yeah I just think I might’ve had a better appreciation for Narnia if I had been a lot younger or if they had been read to me. My husband grew up with Narnia.
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Ahh, we are similar in theme this week. I did my Top 10 Favorite Childhood Books and The Chronicles of Narnia is on my list of favorites 🙂
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That’s great. 🙂
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I love this topic! I don’t think I read many of these as a kid either which makes me kind of sad haha. Great list though!!
My TTT
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It’s weird how we miss some series when we are younger. Though I guess we didn’t have social media to alert us to them like we do now.
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The only one I’ve read on here was Harry Potter. I guess I’d need to read them if I was a kid again, too!
My TTT: http://www.anovelglimpse.com/2016/08/09/top-ten-tuesday-rewind-top-ten-jaw-dropping-endings/
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Yes I think so. 🙂
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I feel the same way about a Series of Unfortunate Events and How to Train Your Dragon. I feel like they might be awesome for me when I was kid, even now they might be good for me but I just can’t bring myself to get them, especially now that I’m the one paying for them. Haha. Maybe when I win the lottery one day, I’ll be able to get them. Now I just need start buying tickets…
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Haha. I’ve been getting the series of unfortunate events at book markets and second hand stores so I haven’t been paying too much. But yeah, they are interesting reads.
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Good to know. I’ll keep my eye open for good deals to snatch them up.
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Artemis Fowl is a series I really wish I’d read as a kid too. It was exactly the kind of book is have liked but for some reason I never picked them up. I tried reading them recently and I think I would have enjoyed them so much more if I’d read them as a kid. Im only one book in though so maybe it’ll get better.
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I read the first two and the second one had the same feel to it as the first. But there are quite a few more in the series and I think Artemis gets older throughout each one (but don’t hold me on that, haha) so the later books might be different.
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I definitely wish I would have read Harry Potter when I was younger. It would have been even more magical. 🙂
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Agreed. Especially with Harry being younger in those first few books. Growing up with him would have been great.
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I wish I read Harry Potter as a kid too….Happy reading! http://www.curious-daisy.com/top-ten-tuesday/my-top-ten-all-time-favorite-authors/
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It would have been great growing up with him.
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I really like this list idea. There are so many books I read as an adult that I wish I had had around when I was younger. Artemis Fowl, HP, and A Series of Unfortunate Events would definitely be on my list too. I’d also add Inkheart and A Wrinkle in Time.
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Oh Inkheart. I’ve been hesitant about picking that up for that reason.
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I read HP, A Series of Unfortunate Events and Artemis Fowl when I was younger, loved all of them!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/10/top-ten-tuesday-69/
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That’s great. 🙂
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I agree with you on A Series of Unfortunate Events! I read them in my first year of high school but would have enjoyed them even earlier, though I might have been too creeped out by Olaf.
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Olaf is pretty creepy for the youngsters. But then I feel so is the baby, haha.
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I would have love to come accross the Narnia books when I was a kid, I think I would’ve enjoyed them more, but I started reading those around the same time I picked up Harry Potter, and I was already 13 at the time.
Also Stravaganza, I read that a few years back, and it didn’t capture me as much as I thought it would had I read it as a kid.
However, I totally enjoyed A series of Unfortunate Events as an adult.
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I only recently started reading Narnia, and they just didn’t work for me (so far) yet I love seeing the world in the movies. And I agree about Stravaganza.
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I’ve actually never read most of these, which is kind of unfortunate since I think I’d be too old to really enjoy them now since I don’t really read middle grade. I did get to read HP growing up though, so that was nice. But then again, the books all came out so far apart over so many years that I forgot most of what happened in the previous books each time a new one came out. I appreciated the series a whole lot more when I re-read it straight through as an adult. I also read the first Narnia book as a kid, but I don’t think I liked it that much
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Yeah, some of these are better read when younger or with children to appreciate them.
And there are a lot of things in HP that makes it better to just binge read it.
I’m not a big Narnia fan either so I get that.
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I’ve always loved Darren Shan but it was only now that I read his full book. I wish I read it sooner. It was horrifying yet intriguing. I did a review on the one I read too. I would definitely love to read Cirque Du Freak. I’ve just followed you too. Looking forward to new posts!
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Cirque du Freak is really interesting as a whole I think and certainly a great mg read.
And thank you!
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