other books I can't stop reading

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Trina" <triner918 at a...> wrote:
> My first obssessive reads were the Little House series and anything 
> by LM Montgomery.  My Anne of Green Gables is quite dog-eared and 
> mangled, but this is only a sign of how much it is dearly loved and 
> much read. And talking of LIW, I quite unnerved the tour guide lady 
> at the surveyor's house at DeSmet when my family was there on 
> vacation because I kept nodding my head in agreement with her as 
she 
> told the story to the others in the house! 
> 
> Trina, getting prepared for Tuesday night's double Buffy (FX & UPN)

You and me both, Trina!

I first started watching the Little House tv series in 1978 or so, 
because all my friends (then about 10 yrs old) watched it.  I loved 
the tv series until my mom started buying me the books.  It took me a 
while to get into the books, but once I did, I looked at the tv 
series and thought, "what's this crap then?", and ceased watching 
it.  I still have all my Little House books, but they're now is such 
awful condition that I don't think I'll pass them on to my daughter 
(now 4) because they're so fragile.  I carefully read each book from 
cover to cover about once a year, and still greatly enjoy them.

Having been born and raised in Canada, Anne of Green Gables is a 
given! :)

Other books I was addicted to as a kid growing up in Montreal were 
the Nancy Drew books (remember the hardback ones with the yellow 
covers?)...my brother had the Hardy Boys series...the Famous Five 
(seriously naff!!), and of course Judy Blume.  I still have my Judy 
Blume books, and they're also in appalling condition.  Unlike the 
Famous Five books, though, I reread the Judy Blume books because they 
are so well written.  It's good to know that there are some really 
good children's authors out there, isn't it?

What other good children's authors can you good people recommend?  
Books are so expensive that I've started buying the occasional one 
for older age groups than my kids are in (none of whom are actually 
reading yet!!) when I see such books on sale.  Can't have too many 
books in the house, I say.

Mary Ann
(whose house can best be described as a fire trap)