druids57 Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Was asked this question today and went to answer "The Womens Room" or "My Name is David" but if I am totally honest my favourite ever book is The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton . I revisited it when my daughters were young and am preparing to do the same with my grand children before long - If youve never read it buy it now Okay whats yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 up to now, 'Piano Girl' by Robin Meloy Goldsby, I just wanted to be her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 The Country Child by Alison Uttley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 oooh erm Swallowdale or Dolpin summer (hard to pick one of hers) by Monica Edwards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 'It' by Stephen King. Not a great intellectual me! But I am a big SK fan and enjoy most of his work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 'It' by Stephen King. Not a great intellectual me! But I am a big SK fan and enjoy most of his work! I enjoyed his Bachman books 'The Running Man' and 'The Long Walk' are some of the best short stories I've read. Never read The Green Mile or The Shawshank Redemption but they are 2 of my favourite films. Can't watch the scary ones though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamebird Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 My favourite book as a child was Ferdinand the Bull by Munro Leaf. Numerous books as an adult of one of which would be Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. However, I really enjoyed One Hundred and One Dalmations and Winnie the Pooh both as a child and adult! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missuscluck Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Rebecca by daphne du marier. Also when I got to the end of The da vinci code I couldent sleep so got up at 3am to finnish it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 I loved "The Secret Garden" as a child and used to keep it under my pillow to read at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 I think mine would have to be Roots by Alex Haley. I mostly read biographies and Roots is a novel but Haley himself described it as 'a fictionalized version of his own search for his ancestral past, which led him to the African village of Juffure, in Gambia'. Haley described Roots as "faction," a combination of fact and fiction. I'm trying to find the time to read it again...... and The Magic Faraway Tree which I have here for my grandchildren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 I have so many favourite books from childhood. I used to love reading Mum's old Mallory Towers books and any of the Famous Five series. The Magic Faraway Tree is on my bedside cabinet . My favourite books of all time would have to be The Lord Of The Rings by JRR Tolkien and The Magic Apple Tree by Susan Hill though - both kept me spellbound right to the very last page for completely different reasons and both are books I have to read again from time to time, just to get that feeling of disappointment when I know I'm reading the last sentence and that's the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 This is such a hard one to answer........................... Could be 'The Beach' by Alex Garland or 'The Red Tent' by Anita Diamant or 'Memoirs of a Geisha' by Arthur Golden Sorry,I have just got up & I can't decide until my first coffee has hit the spot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 The Stand by Stephen King - the complete and uncut edition which is about 500 pages longer than the original book My reason for liking it so much is that somewhere out there it will probably happen there is someone nutty enough to be playing with these nasty bugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Truthfully - Charlottes Web ! I read it myself as a seven year old and remember the tears streaming down my face. i then read it over and over again My daughter read it to me when she was 6, and my husband has just read it to our 6yr old son. Makes me cry every time I also love the faraway tree books - they have really sparked of the imagination of both of my children. I echo someone else's comment that you must buy them if you havn't read them!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little cluckers Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 I have just finished reading the 2nd faraway tree book to my twins and we are just about to start the 3rd one tonight, they are absolutely loving them! I love 'the rascally cake' (can't remember who its by) and 'We're going on a bear hunt' I do read grown up books honest and love Patricia Cornwell or Freya North but I have gotten the most pleasure out of the childrens ones!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 mostly childrens books Charlie and the chocolate factory Watership Down Charlotte's Web Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strepsy Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 I have two, can't really split them. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden or Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Fab fab books. My favourite authour as a teen was Jilly Cooper. I still like her but thought her last one was pretty awful tbh. Don't know if it's because I'm outgrowing them or if it was actually awful. lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ana's flock Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 That's such a difficult question! A bit like when some childless 'dafto' asks you which one of your children do you prefer. ... or when I was a child and grownups asked me 'who do you love more, your mummy or your daddy?' My favourite authors at the moment are Terry Pratchett, Neil Gayman, and Joanne Harris. When I was a child I loved Enyd Blyton - I had the whole famous 5 collection at one point (Spanish translations) - perhaps because I was a tom-boy and identified with George... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 My favourite book? lol I couldn't even name a book! I don't enjoy reading as a past time, mainly because I can't visualise what is happening and I also usually forget what I've previously read. To my knowledge, I think we only have 1 proper book in our household and it's a practical illustrated survival guide/emergency book. We certainly don’t have any fact/fictional story books but I guess we probably do have a few books for things with practical uses like recipes, car repair etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Reading is one of my greatest pleasures. I rarely watch telly, much prefer to read a book, usually have two on the go at the same time As a child I also loved Enid Blyton's books, and Jennings and Darbyshire, and the William stories. My favourite book of all time hmmm very difficult....probably The Magus by John Fowles, I am also very fond of Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis because it makes me laugh out loud every time I read it Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 I rarely watch telly We don't have a TV in the house!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 When I was little I loved all the Paddington Bear books and really enjoyed re-reading them to my children. When I was slightly older The L-Shaped room by Lynne Reid Banks made quite an impression on my sheltered life. In my late teens and early twenties I read quite a few Wilbur Smith books particularly the trilogy including The Burning Shore which again made a real impression on me and I learnt quite a bit about South Africa and its history. His books then became more and more twisted and nasty so i stopped reading them. In recent years Lovely Bones is probably the book that has made the most impact. I am not sure whether or not I will go to see the film. I have only recently re-discovered my love of reading after a long break when the children were young Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 It would have to be Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake. I read it for the first time at the age of 15 and was so totally blown away by the descriptive style I had to take a breather after a couple of pages. Close second is 'Three Men in a Boat' by Jerome K Jerome- the funniest book in the English language surely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 How could I choose just one book? I love reading, and I agree with Tessa - it's one of life's greatest pleasures. I read for at least half an hour in bed at night, and whenever else I can fit it in - there are so many books that I've loved, I don't think I could choose just one! Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter has to count as a favourite, though! Mainly because I only have to look at the first picture to hear my mum's voice as she read it to me while I sat on her lap - so that's not about the book itself, as much as the memories it releases. I wonder if that's why a lot of others have nominated children's books? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Close second is 'Three Men in a Boat' by Jerome K Jerome- the funniest book in the English language surely. Definitely one of the funniest I just remembered 'Diary of a "Ooops, word censored!"ody' George and Wheedon Grossmith, another very funny book and one of my faves. Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
