This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is:
Books I Wish I Had Read As a Child
I think I’m going to alter this slightly to be more of a Books I Wish I Had Read as a Tween.
I love how diverse Middle-Grade and Young Adult fiction is these days. And how I wish I could have had these books around when I was a kid. Living in majority Chinese-ethnicity Singapore, I didn’t fe
I definitely would have loved these books:
Unfortunately I only have posted about 3 of these. But I really liked all of them!
Stargazing by Jen Wang (my review)
Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee (my review)
The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo (my review)
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018.
Honestly, this whole list is great!
My TTT .
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Thanks Lydia!
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So many good titles on this list! A couple favorites even ❤️
Menon’s books are amaaazing
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I think Sweetie is my favourite of hers!
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Isn’t it great how diverse kids’ books are these days? It wasn’t that way when I was a kid. I’m just glad I still enjoy MG and YA books as an adult, so I’m not missing out!
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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Yes! It is great that there is such variety and diversity these days.
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I put The Poet X on my list as well. Acevedo’s book is beautiful and I would have loved the poetry as a teenager. I’m so glad there’s so much diversity in YA today.
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Isn’t it awesome?
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It’s awesome that children’s books are becoming more diverse. When I was young, I mostly just remember reading about white kids.
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Exactly. I have two young kids and I’m glad they can read some of these in the future (I say some because they’re boys and I know that they won’t exactly be reading all of them!)
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There are so many great books here! If only we could take them back in time.
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Right? I’m just glad that the diversity is out there today and hopefully will continue to be there when my kids get older.
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