What are your favourite books?

[Mouse]

Following on from my thread asking for reading suggestions, what are your favourite books - as a child and as an adult?

My favourite childhood reads were:

the Mallory Towers books (I soooo wanted to go to boarding school :laughing: )

The Hardy Boys books

I Am David

Dear Daddy Longlegs


As an adult my favourite books are:

Papillon

Banco

The Eagle Has Landed

The Queen & I


There aren't many books that I re-read, but all those I have.

[LOOPYLISA]

Following on from my thread asking for reading suggestions, what are your favourite books - as a child and as an adult?

My favourite childhood reads were:

the Mallory Towers books (I soooo wanted to go to boarding school :laughing: )

The Hardy Boys books

I Am David

Dear Daddy Longlegs


As an adult my favourite books are:

Papillon

Banco

The Eagle Has Landed

The Queen & I


There aren't many books that I re-read, but all those I have.

I remember mallory towers :thumbsup: :laughing:

[FussyElmo]

As a child :-

The wierdstone of bridgeagarmen(sp) by Alan Garner.

The Chalet School books. (I also wanted to go to boarding schoo)

Anything Enid Blyton.

As an adult:-

The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher.

Anything by Karin Slaughter.

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller.

The Womens Room by Marilyn French.:)

[zillervalley]

hi dont read much,, read my guiding msg esch month and thats about it

ziller

[Daddy Day Care]

Ohhhhhhhh I loved the hardy boys, my love of books started with the famous five, then the secret seven once I thoguht i was to old for those i moved on to the ahrdy boys.

No fav books now, very rare i read one, but one i hate with a passion is little red riding hood cus dd always wants it read to her :( anytihng but that

[It's a small world]

I quite enjoy autobiographies - Graham Nortons was good... my dh read it and enjoyed it too :laughing: or anything by Danielle Stelle.

Quite enjoy The Hungry Caterpillar / The Enormous Turnip / Little Red Hen and anything by Juila Donaldson:clapping:

[Angela234]

I loved these books as a child

Malory towers

Mysteries (five find outers) Enid Blyton books

Haven't read a book for years except childminding books

[nannymcflea]

Enid Blyton was my absolute fave as a kid.

Now my first choice would have to be Lord of the Rings.

[Gizmo]

As a kid I loved the Faraway Tree Stories by Enid Blyton I got them for my dd and sat and read it again myself and still enjoyed them.

As an adult I will read anything love chick lit and the Twilight books of course and Harry Potter, could never get into Lord of the Rings tho (please dont shout at me) lol

[It's a small world]

Each Peach Pear Plum....

Am I supposed to saying adult books.... sorry I just love kids books :blush:

[Spangles]

I loved the Narnia books and I only read them a few years back! Could not put them down!

I have also loved every single James Patterson book that I've ever read. He's fantastic!

[nannymcflea]

As a kid I loved the Faraway Tree Stories by Enid Blyton I got them for my dd and sat and read it again myself and still enjoyed them.

As an adult I will read anything love chick lit and the Twilight books of course and Harry Potter, could never get into Lord of the Rings tho (please dont shout at me) lol


I love HP too but LOTR would be my first choice.

I remember the Faraway tree, it was the Wishing Tree series wasn't it? My eldest isn't a great reader, hoping my youngest will love these ones in a couple of years.

[louise]

As a kid i really got into the babysitters club, point horror and Roald Dahl. I can't wait to start reading them to ds but i think he may loss interest at the moment as he is only 5. Last week we read a book over 3 days but i think Roald Dahl will be to long at the mo and it has no pics. I have been buying ds my old faves when i see them like burglar bill and not now bernard.

Now i really like Jodi Picoult and Torey Hayden. I have read all of those at the moment and i'm going to start reading some classics i think for a change. Must admit never read Harry Potter oR Lord of the rings as they don't interest me.

[Bazza]

I quite enjoy autobiographies - Graham Nortons was good... my dh read it and enjoyed it too :laughing: or anything by Danielle Stelle.

Quite enjoy The Hungry Caterpillar / The Enormous Turnip / Little Red Hen and anything by Juila Donaldson:clapping:

Wow. That takes me back to my school days! The Hungry Catapillar is my all time favourite childrens book. So much so that i bought it for my daughter along with the soft toy catapillar. She loves it, mostly because she can put her fingers through the holes in the book!

Otherwise, books i have enjoyed reading in the past:

Most Stephen King
Most James Herbert
Most John Wyndham (Loved Day of the Triffids and The Kraken Wakes)

I have a copy of Moby Dick i keep meaning to read when i get round to it.

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