By Balloon to the Sahara by Douglas Terman

Like for so many kids of the 1980s, Choose Your Own Adventure books were what got me into reading outside of picture books. But recently I came into 39 Choose Your Own Adventure books, to add to the 15 or so that I had already collected over the years. It's been awhile since I've written a new blog post. These posts take a while to put together. (And by 'world' I mean those few who stumble across this blog of mine!)Ĭertainly you have your own interesting collections beyond games. Of course, there is a special place always in my heart for board games (which is an extensive collection!) but I am starting this blog to share with the world all these other collections I've put time into. The odder the collection, the more I love of it. I love each collection, and the stranger or more different, the better.

I've never really pursued just one realm but rather many collections, some small and some large. My dedication to collecting things has ebbed and waned over the years, but since the last year of high school I have been a strong and steady collector.

I would regard this as my first real collection.

Eventually, I started collecting my own and had a decent shelf-full of them. If I had read #11 and #13, I longed to read #12, and so on. But I was equally addicted to them by the fact that they were numbered. When I was in grade 1 (in the late 1980s) I remember being introduced by the school librarian to the 'Choose Your Own Adventure' series of books.

By Balloon to the Sahara by Douglas Terman