spent part of this afternoon reminiscing with some of my blockmates about books we read as kids/teens.
here's a list of some of the series i read and collected:

sweet valley kids (i still remember, my first-ever pocket book was book #13 of the SVK series, my sister's gift to me for my 6th or 7th birthday)
sweet valley twins
the unicorn club
sweet valley high
sweet valley senior year
sweet valley university

nancy drew notebooks
nancy drew (including the old, hardbound ones though i read these selectively as they were my mom's and hence quite old, musty and scary-looking for me, at least, given my fear/aversion of old books)
nancy drew files (including the nancy drew and hardy boys super mysteries)
nancy drew on campus

the gymnasts (inherited from my sister)

the baby-sitters club (including the portrait collection, super specials, i remember i even had the guide to baby-sitting, not that i ever did baby-it in my life..hehe)
baby-sitter's little sister

clueless (i have ALL the books based on the movie and the series)

love stories (including the special editions... in high school my friend and i memorized ALL the book numbers and their corresponding titles and authors)

buffy the vampire slayer (based on the tv series, including angel, willow and xander files)

dawson's creek (based on the tv series)

the year i turned sixteen

the heart collection (forgot the exact series title. basta heart of courage, gold, etc. are the titles)

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anne of green gables series (i adore LM Montgomery's works)
emily of new moon series (ditto)

asterix (j'adore asterix! and obelix, too!)

enchanted wood series (i love love love enid blyton's works!)
magic faraway chair series (oops, there's only two of them pala. hehe)

harry potter (started reading in high school)

series of unfortunate events (though i stopped i think after book 7 when i realized that the plot was all too predictable)


compare the aforecited with what is currently eating up precious shelf-space:

codals

commentaries

cases

books on civil society, politics, and governance (not that i am complaining)

is there NOT a marked difference? :s

i've always been a voracious reader and particular enjoy reading what i consider to be "light and fluffy" books. happy times spent happily reading fluff, being transported to another, more magical world.

now, i read to survive lest i have my head chopped off (figuratively, at least) during recit. though i must admit that i sometimes am pasaway and read non-law related material to maintain my already precarious sanity (or lack thereof). hahaha. :p


i just wish i had more time to linger and revel in carefree-ness (albeit of the selfish sort).

now, back to my codals... :s

Labels: books, law rants, life in general

first year law student.kid at heart.idealist.optimist (except about myself).hopeless romantic.daydream believer.dreamer.klutz(hehe).


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