Back on July 19th, the New York Times posted the following questions on their blog: "Who was your Harry Potter?" and "What were your favorite books when you were a kid?"
For me, I had to read all of the Nancy Drew books. There was also a non-fiction series called "We were there" and I know I read a lot of those. The biography series published by Dodd Mead kept me reading for quite some time too.
What were your favorite authors or series when you were growing up?
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My Harry Potter was Alanna from the Song of the Lioness quartet by Tamora Pierce. Every time I would go to the library I would hold my breath hoping that there would be a new one, not quite realizing how long it took for books to be published. Today I own that quartet and all that followed. In fact, Tamora Pierce is still setting novels in the fantastical land of Tortall and I still get just as excited when a new title comes out as I did when I was a teenager.
I had to read all of the "Little House" books by Laura Ingalls Wilder - in order, of course. Also, the B is for Betsy series by Carolyn Haywood. When I reached junior high, an aunt gave me her collection of Agatha Christie books and I tried to read all of those.
There wasn't anything even remotely akin to the hoopla surrounding the publication of a new Harry Potter book.
My Harry Potter was anything written by S.E. Hinton. I started reading The Outsiders and was drawn into a life of far beyond my safe suburban neighborhood. After reading The Outsiders I was hooked and had to read everything Hinton wrote. Next was That Was Then This Was Now, followed by Rumble Fish and Tex. Recently, I read the authors first novel for adults Hawkes Harbor. This novel is quite different from the types of books I usually read it also draws you into a different world.
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