Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

I'm actually going to do two of these today. I don't know how I missed it, but there was a really cool TTT 2 weeks ago. I'm going to do that one first. Enjoy!

My Top Ten Childhood Favorites:


1. The Wayside School Series by Louis Sachar. This was such a fun and imaginative series. Any remember the mean teach who would turn students into apples? I must have reread these books dozens of times. I still own the first two books. I'll have to do a reread sometime soon.

2. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. This has the distinction of being the first book that I ever fell in love with. I still remember reading it in the second grade and watching the movie with my class. I reread this a while back and it did stand the test of time.

3.Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. Yet another school book I fell in love with.

4. Matilda by Roald Dahl. I was so in love with this book at one time. Matilda was such a kick a$$ girl!

5. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. I've probably reread this more than other book on this list. I still have my original childhood copy.

6. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Beverly Cleary. Wasn't there a character named fudge in this one? I remember having a lot of fun reading this book. I think that there was even a movie or TV show. Does anyone remember?

7. Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson. Harold was so fly with his purple crayon. I always wanted to be able to draw things and make them real.

8.The Original Curious George by H.A. Rey. Curious George was such a riot always getting into trouble.

9. Amelia Bedelia series by Peggy Parish. Amelia had to be the worst housekeeper ever. I remember finding her very funny when I was a kid.

10. The Adventures of Huck Finn by Mark Twain. Yet another school book that awed me. I wanted to run away with Huck and Tom. I really need to reread this one!

Top Ten Books I Hope Santa Brings:






1. Sweetly by Jackson Pearce. I enjoy her fairytale retelling novels. I just haven't gotten around to purchasing Sweetly yet.

2. I Am Scrooge: A Zombie Story for Christmas by Adam Roberts. Zombies and Christmas. Need I say more?

3. Zompoc: How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse by Michael G. Thomas. A girl needs all the help she can get!

4. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin. I've heard a lot about this book on Twitter. Oh... the powers of social networking.

5. The Opposite of Amber by Gillian Philip. This one has been on my wishlist for some time.

6. How I Stole Johnny Depp's Alien Girlfriend by Gary Ghislain. This sounds so wacky. How could I not want to read it?

7. Bitter End by Jennifer Brown. It feels like this book has been on my wishlist forever.

8. Them or Us by David Moody. The Hater series is pretty darn cool. I own the first two books.

9. Shine: An Anthology of Optimistic Sci-fi by Jetse de Vries. Sometimes, I need a break from all of the bleak dystopian novels I read.

10. How To Survive a Robot Uprising by Daniel H. Wilson. Even if the zompoc never happens the robotpoc probably will. In either case, I want to be prepared.