Hello again internet! I'm here today with another installment of my top 5 series. This time i'm going to be looking at the top five authors that made me the reader that i am today.
These authors basically started my love of reading from a young age, and they still rank high in my all time favourite authors. The type of stories they write may be quite different, but without all five of them my reading habits today would be very different, if they even existed at all.
So here we go!
5: Meg Cabot
Meg Cabot is one of my heroes in all honesty. The Princess Diaries, All American Girl, Avalon High, Abandon, the list goes on and on. The Princess Diaries are some of my favourite books of all time and i adore Meg Cabot's writing style. I think that Meg Cabot really inspired my reading, and she has definitely had an impact on my writing style!
4: Lemony Snicket
A Series of Unfortunate Events was all i cared about once upon a time. They were all i read, all i talked about, and i eagerly awaited the day that someone would turn them into a film or tv show. I loved the sarcastic tone of the books, and the way that although they were children's books, they weren't written as though he was talking to a child, but rather like he was talking to an equal. I still adore these books and i think a lot of my humor developed due to Lemony Snicket.
3: R.L.Stine
I credit R.L.Stine with being the cause of a few of my fears, and also for my love of horror. The Goosebumps books taught me that being creeped out and scared isn't always a bad thing, sometimes it's great. I love horror films and horror books so so so much and i know that started with R.L.Stine, with Goosebumps and his Point Horror books he made me realise how amazing horror is. I would be such a different person, and reader, without the imput of R.L.Stine.
2: Jacqueline Wilson
Jacqueline Wilson was hands down my favourite author growing up. I adore absolutely everything i have ever read by her, and i still go back to a lot of my old favourites. What made Jacqueline Wilson books so amazing was the fact that they didn't feature exceptional people, or people with special powers, just ordinary people living in the ordinary world, and that's what i needed growing up. I needed people to look up to that made sense in the world i lived in. Ellie from Girls Under Pressure was essentially my hero growing up and i will never be able to explain how grateful i am that Jacqueline Wilson wrote such amazing characters.
1: J.K.Rowling
I don't think it's much of a surprise that J.K. has the number one spot here. If it wasn't for Harry Potter i would be a completely different person. I often see people say that HP changed their lives, but The Philosopher's Stone came out when i was 5, and that's when my parents first read it to me, so i've grown up with the books, and while they didn't change my life, they definitely shaped my life. I owe J.K.Rowling and the Harry Potter series so much, because i honestly believe that around 90% of my personality is made up of what i've learned and loved from Harry, and i love that i still have that love for a book series that's been there for the past 16 years.
Meghan x
These authors basically started my love of reading from a young age, and they still rank high in my all time favourite authors. The type of stories they write may be quite different, but without all five of them my reading habits today would be very different, if they even existed at all.
So here we go!
5: Meg Cabot
Meg Cabot is one of my heroes in all honesty. The Princess Diaries, All American Girl, Avalon High, Abandon, the list goes on and on. The Princess Diaries are some of my favourite books of all time and i adore Meg Cabot's writing style. I think that Meg Cabot really inspired my reading, and she has definitely had an impact on my writing style!
4: Lemony Snicket
A Series of Unfortunate Events was all i cared about once upon a time. They were all i read, all i talked about, and i eagerly awaited the day that someone would turn them into a film or tv show. I loved the sarcastic tone of the books, and the way that although they were children's books, they weren't written as though he was talking to a child, but rather like he was talking to an equal. I still adore these books and i think a lot of my humor developed due to Lemony Snicket.
3: R.L.Stine
I credit R.L.Stine with being the cause of a few of my fears, and also for my love of horror. The Goosebumps books taught me that being creeped out and scared isn't always a bad thing, sometimes it's great. I love horror films and horror books so so so much and i know that started with R.L.Stine, with Goosebumps and his Point Horror books he made me realise how amazing horror is. I would be such a different person, and reader, without the imput of R.L.Stine.
2: Jacqueline Wilson
Jacqueline Wilson was hands down my favourite author growing up. I adore absolutely everything i have ever read by her, and i still go back to a lot of my old favourites. What made Jacqueline Wilson books so amazing was the fact that they didn't feature exceptional people, or people with special powers, just ordinary people living in the ordinary world, and that's what i needed growing up. I needed people to look up to that made sense in the world i lived in. Ellie from Girls Under Pressure was essentially my hero growing up and i will never be able to explain how grateful i am that Jacqueline Wilson wrote such amazing characters.
1: J.K.Rowling
I don't think it's much of a surprise that J.K. has the number one spot here. If it wasn't for Harry Potter i would be a completely different person. I often see people say that HP changed their lives, but The Philosopher's Stone came out when i was 5, and that's when my parents first read it to me, so i've grown up with the books, and while they didn't change my life, they definitely shaped my life. I owe J.K.Rowling and the Harry Potter series so much, because i honestly believe that around 90% of my personality is made up of what i've learned and loved from Harry, and i love that i still have that love for a book series that's been there for the past 16 years.
Meghan x
