Books I read at age 13

[sophia_sol]

I was sorting through some old papers and found a list of books I read over the course of some undefined period when I was around 13 years old. A fascinating blast from the past! I wish I had more reading lists from my younger self; I only started systematically keeping track in 2009.

It's interesting to look through this list and see which books I still remember with love and which ones have completely slipped my memory over the years. I had forgotten about Treasure at the Heart of the Tanglewood but I remember it being wonderful! I ought to give that one a reread sometime. On the other hand, I strongly suspect A is for Aarrgh hasn't held up, despite having always thought of it fondly.

Here's what I read. The ones with an asterisk were marked as rereads. Yes I did a LOT of rereading when I was young!!

*Sandry's Book, by Tamora Pierce
*Page, by Tamora Pierce
Lady Knight, by Tamora Pierce
*Dragonsong, by Anne McCaffrey
*Dragonsinger, by Anne McCaffrey
Mixed Magics, by Diana Wynne Jones
*Witch Week, by Diana Wynne Jones
*The Lives of Christopher Chant, by Diana Wynne Jones
Funny Frank, by Dick King-Smith
*Babe the Sheep Pig, by Dick King-Smith
*The Sign of the Beaver, by Elizabeth George Speare
*The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare
*On Tide Mill Lane, by Melissa Wiley
*On Top of Concord Hill, by Maria D Wilkes
*The Courage of Sarah Noble, by Alice Dalgleish
*The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
*Sable, by Karen Hesse
*Wander, by Susan Hart Lindquist
*A Puli named Sandor, by Sharon Siamon
The Christmas Stories of George MacDonald, by George MacDonald
*Brian's Winter, by Gary Paulsen
Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchett
Reaper Man, by Terry Pratchett
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
Soul Music, by Terry Pratchett
Lords and Ladies, by Terry Pratchett
Emperor Mage, by Tamora Pierce
*In the Realms of the Gods, by Tamora Pierce
*A is for Aarrgh, by William J Brooke
Treasure at the Heart of the Tanglewood, by Meredith Ann Pierce
Star in the Storm, by Joan Hiatt Harlow
Believing is Seeing, by Diana Wynne Jones
*The Homeward Bounders, by Diana Wynne Jones
*Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones

Comments

[skygiants]

What a great list!! I only have one for fourth grade, I desperately wish I'd kept track in middle school but I didn't pick it up again until college.

[sophia_sol]

Ah thank you! I'm so glad I started keeping lists in university too, and only wish I'd thought to start sooner. I only started because a friend of mine said she was doing it and it sounded like a neat idea.