Cinnamon 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. Both wonderful books Strepsy. I do like a bit of Jilly too, & like you found her last effort a bit of a chore. My teenage daughter loved it though Maybe we are both outgrowing them? Other books I love - 'The Cathcher in The Rye', 'The Time Travellers Wife','My Family & Other Animals' ,'My legendary Girlfriend','The 5 People You Meet In Heaven' & 'This Book Will Change Your Life' As for childrens books,my all time fave there is 'Mrs Frisby & The Rats Of Nimh' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 My favorite book hmmmm............I have several favorites depending on mood..... The Harry Potter books Red Rabbit and The Hunt For Red October by Tom Clancy My childhood favorites were the St Clare's series by Enid Blyton which I still have and Little Miss Webmuppet has started on (Grandma bought her some of the stories on CD to get her started). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Oh Harry Potter of course - goes without saying really I loved St Clares when I was a girl too. And The Silver Brumby series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KateP Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Yes I love the Harry Potter books and have read them all many times. I also love The Handmaids Tale 1984 The Beach and loads more but I can't think of them all at the moment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Fave book is Shibumi by Trevanian -lots of action going on but humour too. I'm on my fifth copy now as CTB used to lend it out to people then forget who he lent it too Not lending out any more - its hard to get hold of these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druids57 Posted April 14, 2008 Author Share Posted April 14, 2008 Thanks for all your comments what a varied lot we are - Funny isnt it how it depends on your mood as to which book comes to mind first Yesterday I was in a nostalgic mood hence The Magic Faraway Tree today it just may be an autobiography of on of the lesser known suffragettes Hannah Mitchell called The Hard Way Up. I too love reading and cant imagine a world without books and of course chickens Druid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 The magic faraway tree Mrs Frisby and the rats of Nihm Harry potter series The five people you meet in heaven No. 1 ladies detective agency series The Color Purple - stunning book and film. Makes me cry everytime, big softie that I am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luthien Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 The Harry Potter books (just finishing Goblet of Fire for the 5th time) and I Capture the Castle, which took me by suprise I've been buying loads of books barely any of them I've read I liked (I love the HP books too much!) but 'I Capture the Castle' is GREAT (wrote by the lady who did 101 dalmatians...that must be why I loved this book as it was a dal lady writing it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luthien Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Oh.... My mum likes Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt . She wants me to read it but I like things that I can escape too not depress me LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Dav Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 The most dog eared books on my shelf are: Katherine by Anna Seton Once and Future King by T H White The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley Also enjoy anything by Colin Forbes (Tweed and gang) and Clive Cussler(Dirk Pitt ones) OOh and then there is Peter Robinson books and the Inspector Banks set in Yorkshire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 A Town like Alice by Neville Shute; in fact anything by Neville Shute... Old fashioned, but it just does it for me!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Ooh this makes me want to go and get my childhood books out of mums loft I adored the Folk of the Faraway Tree when I was little. I read it many times. There was an old book I had too with a lovely little story about a naughty gnome who ran a greengrocers and used to fiddle his customers, it made me laugh, and I read that story over and over again. I bought the Da Vinci Code from a charity shop recently and didn't put it down until I had finished However, nowadays I will generally only read a biography, and most of my books are non fiction as I like information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 I've read so many books over the years that when I try to recall them, a lot of the stories seem to merge and I can never remember which story was by who or even whether the plot I remember was actually two different stories! But I do know I have read some which have been impossible to put down - thanks to Deb Dav I now remember one - The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley, plus the other two from the trilogy. Also most of the fantasy books by David and Leigh Eddings - very easy to read, but leave you not wanting the stories to end! Watership Down - read for myself several times and dragged out again to read to the children Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 The most dog eared books on my shelf are: Katherine by Anna Seton ... Ooh, now you're talking! I've just reread (for the nth time) Devil Water, another Anya Seton, but Katherine is one of my favourites. I love historical fiction. Still don't think I could limit myself to just one book though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meezers Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 I loved the faraway tree when I was a kid. Hard to choose a favourite book now - I read a huge variety depending on the mood I'm in. My all time favourite would probably be the Jamie and Clare series by Diana Gabaldon ( have to have the whole series - one is no good on it's own ) just love the idea of being able to switch/choose between times. I do like a good horror though, and in the horror /thriller catergory it would have to be Dean koontz - Intensity , the first 'shock' took me so much by surprise I had to reread several pages thinking I'd missed something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 This is a great topic! Childhood favs were The Magc Faraway Tree (loads of us love that don't we?) and Gobolino the Witches Cat. Favourite growing up book, and still probably my favourite still, is Pride and Prejudice. I couldn't begin to estimate the number of times I have read it: Its a real "comfort" book. Great books I have read within the last few years are The Time Traveller's Wife The Red Tent Tenderness of Wolves And EVERYTHING by Barbara Kingsolver. I am really into Terry Pratchett at present and also enjoy Joanne Harris stuff. No TV here either, and I read non stop. Couldn't imagine life without books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane 20 Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 I love books and am lucky enough to work with them! My favourites are A Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Penman (the story of Richard 111) Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (an amazinng twist in the plot - my friend's daughter rang her at 1 am! when she read it) A Special Relationship by Douglas Kennedy Pillars of the Earth / World Without End by Ken Follet - I love historical and Enid Blyton! esp. St Clares, Malory Towers and the 'Mystery' series Ring O Bells, Rub a Dub etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luthien Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Favourite growing up book, and still probably my favourite still, is Pride and Prejudice. I couldn't begin to estimate the number of times I have read it: Its a real "comfort" book. No TV here either, and I read non stop. Couldn't imagine life without books. I do like Jane Austen too (haven't read P & P yet) my fav out of her is Northanger Abbey. I world without books?!... it wouldn't be right at all, I'd hate it.... what would Stephen Fry do???????!! Oh and I also like the QI books too Quite interesting really.... sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane 20 Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 As a child I also loved Enid Blyton's books, and Jennings and Darbyshire, and the William stories. Tessa - Oh yes Jennings and Darbyshire - used to make me laugh non stop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 As a child I also loved Enid Blyton's books, and Jennings and Darbyshire, and the William stories. All my favorites too Tessa - i have the complete Just William and Jennings collections on my bookshelf and love lots of the Enid Blyton ones to - 'The Secret Island' is my favourite of hers - i read it to the kids at school and they loved it! Er... adult books - not many really (still secretly prefer my childrens ones!) Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby Anything by Adrian Plass - a christian writer who has me in stitches The Gervase Phinn series about his time as a school inspector in the yorkshire dales Theodoras Diary series "Ooops, word censored!"nal players Autobiographys and 'A time to Jump' Jonathon Edwards' autobiography A Shepherds Watch by David Kennard. Nothing to high brow or intellectually stimulating for me! - but i love to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 'A time to Jump' Jonathon Edwards' autobiography. Ooooh! - one for me to add to my Wish List! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 'A time to Jump' Jonathon Edwards' autobiography. Ooooh! - one for me to add to my Wish List! You an interested fellow triple jumper too, Lesley? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 - Of course! .... and an experienced mountaineer as I have all of Chris Bonington's books...... amongst others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Point taken! Is just such a specialised sport is nice to see someone else interested in reading about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachel19 Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Got to be Pride and Prejudice - I take it everywhere with me so there is now a very battered looking mr darcy (colin firth version) on the front cover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
