Saturday Morning at the Library

 

When I was 5 years old, I was forced to take dancing lessons while the Brother was forced to take accordion lessons. I hated dancing class. The Knights of Columbus Hall where the classes were given had no heat or it wasn't turned on. I hated wearing the pink beginner tights. I liked clacking around in the tap shoes, but Ma wouldn't let me practice inside the house on the wood floors. I spent most of my time in class being miserable and crying. Eventually, I was taken out of class.

While the Brother still had to endure accordion lessons, Dad took me to the library. He would leave me upstairs in the children's library where I could look at the books and choose to take some books home with my own library card. As I got older, I would go downstairs to the adult library and wander among the stacks enjoying the scent of the books before going to find Dad in the reference area consulting the law books and catching up on his work.

So for the next several weeks, a list of my favorite books, some I have read as a child, others as an adult and some  I have read more than once.

This week, The Dragon Riders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey. There are 16 books to the series that McCaffrey wrote. She also collaborated with her son, Todd, but I didn't care for his writing style so didn't continue with the series. Below is the suggested order to read the books

Dragonflight

Dragonquest

Dragonsong

Dragonsinger

Dragondrums

The White Dragon

Moreta: The Dragonlady of Pern

Nerilka's Story

Dragonsdawn

The Renegades of Pern

All the Weyrs of Pern

The Chronicals of Pern: First Fall

The Dolphins of Pern

Red Star Rising (Dragonseye)

The Master Harper of Pern

The Skies of Pern

You can find a preview of the books here.  If you haven't read these books, you can find them at your public library or favorite bookstore.