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Win £700 worth of the best books of 2015!

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CariGransnet (GNHQ) Tue 10-Nov-15 10:26:09

Yes, it's that time of year again - and may we now present this year's round up of the best reads for the festive season.

Something for everyone - and a chance for one person to win every single book featured on the page...a prize haul worth OVER £700!!

So how to enter? Simple! Tell us about your favourite book...in 140 characters or less.

All qualifying entries will be popped into our giant Santa hat and a winner will be pulled out at midday on Tuesday 8 December...to give us plenty of time to get the HUGE box of goodies over to you before the festive season begins.

maria411 Sat 14-Nov-15 20:10:11

The book thief it's a very powerful story with a twist it's narrated by death and is also from a young German girls point of view. It always brings me to tears and I recommend anyone who hasn't read it to read this book it will definitely change your mind about the war.

Worlass Sat 14-Nov-15 20:00:48

For me Animal Farm by George Orwell is wonderful. Even before I understood the political inferences and allegorical nature of the story, I found it a rattling good read.

Alybob Sat 14-Nov-15 17:42:01

My favourite book of all time has to be The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton. Growing up reading the tales about Moon Face and the shifting clouds taking you to another land has to be the most magical story ever written for a young mind. I so wish that this could be made in to a film version (animated or not). Children's imaginations can run wild with stories like this one and I can still remember the story even though I'm in my 50's now. moon smile

wildchild Sat 14-Nov-15 17:33:54

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - takes you away to a bygone era with the warmth of friendship and Guernsey beaches.

Feelthefear Sat 14-Nov-15 15:31:06

On Beulah Height by Reginald Hill. Gripping, well developed characters, captures Yorkshire & Yorkshire folk perfectly.

fmonson Sat 14-Nov-15 12:17:50

The Secret Garden - it is so uplifting and I return to it again and again

jackiemc24 Sat 14-Nov-15 10:54:33

A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler gripped me from the opening paragraph. We have all met her characters in our lives and she is an acute observer of our foibles and quirks. Reading her novels is like having a chat with a close friend.

teddyboy Sat 14-Nov-15 10:05:07

My favourite is King Rat which is about a japanese POW camp and there was a film starring george Segal.

ecci53 Sat 14-Nov-15 09:02:55

Lord of the Rings has been my favourite for over 40 years. The ending is so sad, always makes me cry.

oldperson Sat 14-Nov-15 01:20:05

So many books that I have enjoyed, how do you pick a favourite. The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan I really liked when I read it a few years ago, I felt drawn into the story.

dajope Fri 13-Nov-15 23:00:05

I re-read Jean M Auel's Earth's Children series regularly. I love all the historical detail and Ayla and Jondalar are so well written.

higglepiggle Fri 13-Nov-15 22:46:00

The Blind Assassin. Margaret Attwood writes so well and the story is so compulsive and poignant.

blackvisitor Fri 13-Nov-15 22:34:26

It has to be Treasure island, the story telling is superb. I am reminded of Blind Pew every time I hear the click of a walking stick on the cobbles in town. I am back in that barrel and can hear my heart thump as it did 60 or so years ago. It was a great surprise and delightful find to discover this book online when I got my first tablet a year or so ago!

granniefinn Fri 13-Nov-15 20:37:29

Just noticed I got it wrong the girl in the blue dress is set Victorian Times it's beautifully written about a woman who's husband has just died she is not allowed to go to the funeral as he had turned her out of there home and brought in his mistress I think it is loosely based on Charles Dickinson it tell of how they met fell in love and it all went wrong

lucid Fri 13-Nov-15 19:54:00

So many great books but my all time favourite is Emma by Jane Austen, no prizes for guessing my DD's name wink

Stansgran Fri 13-Nov-15 18:54:18

The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing was an eye opener in my late teens

Headintheclouds Fri 13-Nov-15 18:40:53

Barbara Kingsolvers 'The Poisonwood Bible' , a remarkable story of Missionary Price and daughters life in the Congo in 1959 .I devoured this book and its story will stay wth me forever .

JARJAB Fri 13-Nov-15 17:54:07

The Choir by Joanna Trollope - a brilliant book!

Tracygjp Fri 13-Nov-15 17:34:59

I love Dead Famous by Ben Elton. About a murder that happens on a Big Brother style show. Brilliant who dunnit

walkingboot Fri 13-Nov-15 17:17:55

Oliver Twist is mine, tears drama and a happy ending plus Dickens amazing descriptions.

kaygee Fri 13-Nov-15 15:05:13

It's still Lord of the Rings. An epic struggle where good triumphs over evil.

crystald Fri 13-Nov-15 14:18:28

The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes - Funny, warm & heartbreaking. A "real" tale of terminal illness & the impact on a family.

joannapiano Fri 13-Nov-15 08:56:24

Life after Life, by Kate Atkinson. A wonderful multi-layered book about the many lives of Ursula.

boo2410 Fri 13-Nov-15 08:42:30

My favourite book is quite a new one, A Year of Marvellous Ways by Sarah Winman. An 89 year old woman who lives lives alone on a Cornish Creek and has done for many a year and is waiting for something but she did doesn''t know what. Along comes Drake fulfilling a promise he made to a dying man. Drake is a broken casualty of war and Marvellous shows him how to find the good in every day things and how to cope with grief when it comes and bites you on the bum. A truly uplifting story that although sad in places leaves you with a smile on your face and wanting more. Please read it!!! .sunshinesunshinesunshine

avery64 Fri 13-Nov-15 00:08:08

Girl in the Dark - Anna Lyndsey

An amazing chronicle of one woman’s struggle to deal with an increasingly severe allergy to light. No happy ending, frequently a case of one step forward and two back.