I wish they had accelerated reader for adults...

...because I would be ALL OVER that.

I love to read, and always have. When I was a kid, book fairs and book orders were like crack. I would want to spend tons of money on books, and that's not a bad thing I suppose. As I got older, life unfortunately got in the way of reading for pleasure with summer reading, and AP English, and college textbooks and what not. But, now that I am free of assigned reading, papers, and homework, I have been able to rekindle my old love.

This past August I decided that I wanted to read (or in some cases re-read) all the "classic" children's books. I haven't found a comprehensive list to start checking off, but I've done some research and thus far, the quest has been absolutely glorious. There is just nothing like getting lost in a story and I have found many of the books to be full of wisdom and insight that I never could have grasped as a child but that I will undoubtedly share with my children...

Here's what I have read thus far:

1. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
2. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham
3. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
4. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
5. Boy by Roald Dahl

and I have just started getting aquainted with Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. And a few of the next books on my list are Cheaper by the Dozen, The Witches, Matilda, Harriet the Spy, The Borrowers, A Wrinkle in Time, the whole Narnia series, and The Hobbit. I'll gladly take recommendations.