Top Ten Tuesday ~ Gateway Books/Authors on My Reading Journey

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly event hosted by 

The Broke and the Bookish. 

This weeks topic: Top Ten Gateway Books/Authors on My Reading Journey

You will see by my list I do have specific authors that kept me reading through the years even if I wasn't always an avid reader like I am now. That is why I included their series.


Books I read a million times as a child

Eric Carle
I LOVED Eric Carle as a child.  He was a favorite of mine and I remember my mom reading them to me over and over.  I still have my original copy of Brown Bear. 





















Books and Authors that kept me reading even slightly through the years

Nicholas Sparks
These 2 books were the first ones of his I read.  It was LONG before they made the movies.

Harry Potter

I started reading Harry Potter when the 5th book came out.  I needed something to give a 1st grader that was reading way above level so we read these together at the same time.

Richard Paul Evans 

I feel like I have been talking a lot about him on the blog lately.  He has been a go to author for me for years.  I never missed getting his books and I have loved every single one of them.

Book series that got me to read again and turned me into a forever reader.

Indie Authors that inspired me to eventually start this blog
The first independently published authors I found were Nyrae Dawn and Tiffany King. They both have signed with publishing houses now for some of their books, but these are a couple of my favorite books of theirs that I first read and I would recommend them to anyone.  Helping indie authors that I loved was a big reason I started blogging and I'm so grateful I did it!

ENCORE
Because I love "Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See" so much, I actually made a quilt out of fabric from the book.  This quilt is special to me because my mom and I made it together on one of her last visits to my house before she passed away.  I treasure it so much because it was my favorite book thanks to her and the last project we did together.

That's my Top Ten this week!  Let me know what your gateway books are and leave me your links so I can visit you as well!