To read a Jacqueline Wilson book as adult?

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I picked up a JW book from a charity shop found it really good I know aimed probably at early teens - but thought it had a lot of themes adults could relate to - ‘grass not always greener’ issues, dealing with very unexpected disappointments, blended families, different personalities in families etc. I really enjoyed it.

Go for it!

I think young adult books (or even kids books) are great when your brain isn't up to scratch for whatever reason and you want something easy to read.

Over a very low spell in the pandemic I read the lion the witch and the wardrobe and I loved it. Very comforting and easy in a stressful time.

I love reading JW to my DD. Would happily read them alone! I’m so excited about rediscovering Judy Blume with her next.

@IceLace100 I just saw your comment after posting mine. I read my kids the entire Narnia series during the first lockdown and it was absolutely perfect for that time, for all of us.

If it makes you happy ...why the hell not??!!

Reading jacqueline Wilson as a child I believe helped to shape my political and social beliefs more than I think my own parents. Theres also aspects of her books that went over my head as a child but the empathy they invoke in my memory help me to see the bigger picture (bed and breakfast star is one i think about often)

More adults should read Jacqueline Wilson, with or without their children.

LouHotel yes totally agree- there are many different to layers the themes she introduces in her books

I love YA books. They're often about some kind of social issue and they have a kind of neatness to them - the world they're written in is smaller and more clear cut and not as messy. They're comforting to read.

Go for it! A couple of years ago I read all The Borrowers books. As a child I read the first one and actually had no idea there were more. Loved them.

I also read Little Grey Rabbit's Christmas last year. It was perfect comfort reading.

I saw some Jacqueline Wilson books in Aldi the other day and was thinking I would love to get get and read read again. My favourites were The Illustrated Mum, The Bed and Breakfast Star, Vicki Angel, Bad Girls, The Diamond Girls and the Girls in Love. I

also loved Judy Blume the Fudge books. My favourites though were The Sleepover Club books. I had loads of them but I never managed to get round to collecting them all. I remember I used to wish they would make it into a TV show and when they did it was such a disappointment.

[quote RedRum27]@Xyzzzzz loved Judy Blume…especially the Fudge series![/quote]
I love her works. I even re read summer sisters every year

Get get = get them
Read read = Read them

I love YA fiction, Natasha Preston is one of my favourites

Never ever! I was debating re reading some of her books the other day

Ah, I love Jacqueline Wilson. I met her a few years ago at a signing and she’s every bit as lovely as you’d expect.
I’m reading the Percy Jackson series at the moment, after picking up the set cheap in The Works.

I've reread quite a few JW books as an adult as well as reading the newer ones. It feels quite comforting! And agree there are adult themes I didn't quite appreciate as a child

You can get the Babysitters Club books on Kindle and they are cheap ish. I got my original collection from my parents attic and I may or may not have filled in my collection with the e books! They also have the Little Sister series.

And you can get JW books at Aldi? I will have to have a look next time I’m there.

In college when i was waiting for a lift home or the bus or walking with someone ( no idea….minds gone blanker than usual) id go to the library and read some of the YA books or agatha christie as I could read them quicker before i went home

My favourite was waiting for the sky to fall. I ended up buying the library copy…it’s probably due another read

Love JW.

I have Kiss on my shelf which I remember being particularly affected by when I was 12 or so.

I'm glad I read this thread. Am having trouble focusing on my usual books so have downloaded a library ebook of Sleepovers and am loving it so far! Never read any JW before but her books seem right up my street.

I've read the illustrated mum more times than I care to admit 😅

Are any of her others as good as that one?

I LOVE re reading childhood books especially Judy Blume and Enid Blyton. Someone on here once said they were like her version of therapy and I agree. I have a literature degree but since having DC I can hardly focus on proper books.

I have a stressful job and I love getting into bed and reading a childhood favourite. It’s so soothing.

As my DC have got older I’ve read quite a few of their books - JW (never read any as a child), re read all the Harry Potters, really anything they’re reading.

Oh and I also loved the BSC and Sleepover Club! I’d forgotten about that series.

My DD enjoyed the BSC series on Netflix.

I listened to the audiobook the illustrated mum recently. I loved revisiting it with an adult set of ears

I didn’t read much as a child/teenager unfortunately but I did really like JW’s Girls series: Girls in Love, Girls in Trouble etc etc. I do think about reading them but sometimes going back to revisit something from your past that meant something can take the shine off it as it’ll be a different experience now I’m a different person.