Hilary's book blog experiment

I read too much and too fast. I write too little and too slowly. This might help both problems. Inspired by Sara Nelson's So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading and a longstanding desire to track what I read.

August 16, 2006

Hilary's childhood collection

Proto-librarian at work: I put paper spine labels on my favorite books (how old was I? ten or eleven?), ordering them by how much I liked them, I think. Here are the ones I still have:

#2 : My Side of the Mountain by Jean George (1959)
#7: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1911)
#8: Stuart Little by E. B. White (1945)
#9: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White (1952)
#12: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1967)
#13: Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry (1947)
#14: Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry (1953)
#16: Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers (1934)

posted by Hilary @ 8/16/2006 10:09:00 PM  

4 Comments:

  • At 8/20/2006 09:48:00 PM, Anonymous Kathy Nevin said…

    I'm a great fan of reading. I just came across your blog because I was looking for more information after reading John Pollack's "Cork Boat." I have a question? How do you choose what books you read? I mean, are they on a Best Seller list? Do you like the book jackets on the shelf at the library? Myself, I get stuck on an author and then read everything they've written before I move on to something else.

     

  • At 8/22/2006 09:40:00 PM, Blogger Hilary said…

    Hi Kathy! Thanks for reading. To answer your question, it's a mix--the world bombards me with books! I'm a librarian so I read reviews, (yes) choose from the cover or blurbs, look at lots of lists, get leads from other books, magazine articles, web surfing, and serendipity. I've become better about cutting my losses if a book doesn't grab me within 50-100 pages. I really love books of book recommendations although at this point I have enough to last me for many lifetimes!

     

  • At 1/23/2007 01:15:00 PM, Blogger vr said…

    After reading your childhood book rankings I was curious to find out what the missing #1 book was. Ok, and the remainder of the top ten, since a list with missing items is just to tantalizing/teasing, but mostly #1.

     

  • At 12/12/2008 12:15:00 PM, Blogger Hilary said…

    I wish I remembered not only #1, but the other missing numbers. I would not have gotten rid of them, so either they were replaced by better editions, the numbers fell off, or they were lost...

     

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