Well here it is, the list as promised. I was unable to narrow my choices down to ten favorites, so I decided to give you my favorite book for each year from the age of 8 to the age of 18. This makes me feel strangely vulnerable. Be kind. Smile.

1. Miss Hickory I can’t remember
This was the first book i coveted. I wanted it so much I hid it under my mattress so my mother wouldn’t find it on library day. I was eight.
2. The Hobbit J. R.R. Tolkien
This book was an amazing experience for me. It opened an entirely new world. I reread it sometimes just to recapture the sense of wonder I felt the first time. I was nine.
3. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
My sister had to do a book report on this one. She threatened to bet me up unless I read it and wrote the book report for her. I loved it despite the circumstances. She got an A. I was ten.
4. Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery
This book made me want to dye my hair red. Anne was perfect, ridiculously romantic. I was eleven.
5. The Stand Stephen King
What can I say? This is still my favorite Stephen King novel. I was twelve.
6. The Chronicles of Narnia C.S. Lewis
It just seemed so wonderful, to be able to escape this world like that. I wanted that wardrobe with every fiber of my being. I was thirteen.
7. the whole works Edgar Allen Poe
Okay, I was in a bit of a dark phase. He was just so wonderfully morbid;
I couldn’t resist. His works remained my favorites from ages 14 - 16.
8. Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
I’ll admit it, the only reason I decided to read this book is because I thought it was an “intellectual” thing to do. Imagine my surprise when I actually enjoyed it. I was sixteen.
9. the whole works Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Pickwick Papers, A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations, Curiousity Shoppe, Tale of Two Cities...I literally consumed anything he wrote. I was seventeen.
10. Dune Frank Herbert
My boyfriend at the time gave me this book and told me it was fantastic. I’m not certain if my perception of this book is colored by a lingering cloud of puppy love or not. I was eighteen.