ten books that have stayed with me - tagged by sherlockedtrekkie
rules: in a text post, list ten books that have stayed with you in some way. don’t take but a few minutes, and don’t think too hard — they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works, just the ones that have touched you. tag your friends, including me, so I’ll see your list
1) Alana: Song of the Lioness (Tamora Pierce) Â Literally anything by Tamora Pierce is great in my book. Â This whole world really captured my imagination and I absolutely fell in love with it.
2) Dragon Singer (Anne McCaffrey) Music plus dragons? Â Yes please. Â Also, cool world building.
3) Cry of the Icemark (Stuart Hill) I read this because it was fairly similar to the Alana series. Â Honestly, the story and world building were worth it in their own rights. Â
4) The Great Tree of Avalon (T A Barron) This whole series was amazing.  I read some of them in middle school and was enchanted with this view of Merlin- and then I later went back to read other Merlin books by the same author.  They’re all wonderful.
5) Battle of Kings (M K Hume) Another Merlin series- but this one’s a little more adult.  I really enjoyed that this took a more historical look, without any kind of “magic” involved.
6) The Harry Potter Series (J K Rowling) Â Yeah, this one seems obvious. Â But really, Harry Potter changed my life, and got me into literally every book on this list.
7) Â Song of the Sparrow (Lisa Ann Sandell) Â More Arthurian legends, told in free verse poetry (yes, you should be seeing a pattern here). Â This one captured my attention because it was told by a female- Elaine of Shalott.
8) A Great and Terrible Beauty (Libbra Bray) Female power cast with magic, set in Victorian London. Â I really fell in love with the concept, and the method of storytelling.
9) Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Rick Riordian)  Greek mythology and sarcasm- my two favorites.  I picked up the first book at a sleepover birthday party- my friend had just recieved it as a gift.  I don’t think I talked to anyone else the rest of the party.  I’ve waited on baited breath for each new Riordian book to come out.
10)  Ophelia (Lisa Klein) I’ve been a fan of Shakespeare for a while, and Shakespeare “fanfictions” are a dime a dozen.  There’s tons of literature out there that follows any number of minor characters.  This particular book won my heart by virtue of taking a sympathetic, weak character- Ophelia- and making her into a strong character who was really in charge of her own fate.
This was crazy difficult- I love so many books and it was hard to narrow it down.  A lot of my favorites haven’t made it onto this list, just because there wasn’t room.  Plus, I don’t currently have access to my bookshelves, which would have made this significantly easier. Â
I tag willlow-rosenberg ,shhimagiraffe, timeturnersong, battamilk, voidmountain, rebusraven, theguyintheroom, doot-spoop, soupsleuth and whoever else wants to under take this massive task.  It’s lots of fun (actually I agonized over this forever). Â