Monique! I had to do a double take and scroll up and down because i was reading MY OWN LIFE! In book form! Narnia at aged 8 (got the box set for my eighth birthday!), Trixie Beldon (solved all the crimes with her), Enid Blyton (because my mum read her), Sweet Valley High, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, The Silver Brumby (cried buckets). Except I didn't live near a library (country SA) so ended up reading Ian McEwan's The Cement Garden at 14 (probably not the best choice for my mum to give me), but she got sick of me asking for books...which led to DH Lawrence, the Brontés, Austen... So many similarities! (including a stint in Germany!)
So many similarities… including Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. I loved that book so much … even did the bust exercises (didn’t help back then). And coming back from Germany, I watched the movie. Feeling quite nostalgic now!
I resonate so much with this. I loved many of the same books as a child, and reading was also an important escape from a stressful daily life.
Monique! I had to do a double take and scroll up and down because i was reading MY OWN LIFE! In book form! Narnia at aged 8 (got the box set for my eighth birthday!), Trixie Beldon (solved all the crimes with her), Enid Blyton (because my mum read her), Sweet Valley High, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, The Silver Brumby (cried buckets). Except I didn't live near a library (country SA) so ended up reading Ian McEwan's The Cement Garden at 14 (probably not the best choice for my mum to give me), but she got sick of me asking for books...which led to DH Lawrence, the Brontés, Austen... So many similarities! (including a stint in Germany!)
So many similarities… including Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. I loved that book so much … even did the bust exercises (didn’t help back then). And coming back from Germany, I watched the movie. Feeling quite nostalgic now!