Dear Diary

Have you ever kept a diary (or a journal, if you're a guy and think diary sounds too girly...)? I would always start out with the best intentions, faithfully writing the details of my mundane life, then would just forget about it.

But I have some old notebooks that I love to look back on. It's good to reflect back on when I was younger. Even things like lists, letters, or school assignments can take me back to certain experiences in my life.

The library has quite a few books written as journals. Books for kids, teens, and adults...and a lot of them were made into movies! Check out the list below for a few recommendations. And be inspired! There's no time like the present to take up journaling.



Adult:
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding - modern, light chick-lit
The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama - historical novel set in pre-WWII Japan
Dracula by Bram Stoker - gothic novel written through diary entries and letters

Young Adult:
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot - series of a modern-day princess and the dramas of high school
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale - a fairy tale
Terrier by Tamora Pierce - fantasy

Kids:
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney - series for boys
Dear America & Royal Diaries - two series for girls, based on historical figures and events, written by various authors

Non-Fiction:
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank - words of a Jewish girl in hiding during WWII
The Reagan Diaries by Ronald Reagan - daily journal written while in office
This Day in the Life by American women - 24 hours of true-life stories by modern women

Laura
On behalf of the ACL