Win £700 worth of the best books of 2015!

Sophie Kinsella - Shopaholic to the stars. It's full of funny moments set in the current days. It's not as predictable as you may think & probably the only chick lit I've enjoyed until the end

Lovely Bones by Alice Seabold, I recall the lazy afternoons reading this on a lovely holiday in Sardinia with my sister for my 50th birthday

The Avenue Goes to War – R F Delderfield

Mix together, stirring well – Foyles War, Home Fires, The Shellseekers, Housewife 49, Mrs Minerver, Cazalet Chronicles. Add a pinch of Dads Army for good measure.

My favourite book is the code book by Simon Singh. A great journey through the history of crypography

The Light Between the Oceans by M L Steadman

Hauntingly beautiful novel about choices and living with the subsequent consequences.

Sometimes good people make bad choices but it does not determine who they are.

My favourite book is called girl in a blue dress by Gaynor Arnold l read it a couple of years ago when I got it out of the library
Then I was at a car boot sale with my son when I found it again I had to get it when I read it again it was just as good as I remember it

The Lovely Bones -fab book about life & death & finding light in the darkest places.

The Roma sub Rosa series by Steven Saylor about the investigations of Gordianus the Finder are set in Ancient Rome and bring that era to life

The Roma sub Rosa series by Steven Saylor about the investigations of Gordianus the Finder are set in Ancient Rome and bring that era to life superbly.

in 140 characters or less.

Oh!! I missed that bit (must read the OP properly )

Right, what did I say - see next post.

My second try, but I just can`t do it in 140 characters!

Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott.

Moralistic, but heartwarming story of four sisters and their mother, and their life in 19th century America, whilst awaiting the return of their father from the civil war.

(Since it's been clarified that this is meant to be a synopsis rather than a review/recommendation, this is my revised offering)

The Accidental Tourist - Anne Tyler

Macon's marriage crumbles following a tragedy. An unlikely - and uninvited - friendship enables him to find new meaning and purpose to his life.

I love most of John Irving's books, but my favourite is A Prayer for Owen Meany. It is unusual, funny, tragic and thought-provoking. I read it about once a year and haven't met many people who have read it. It is about Faith, Friendship and Loss.

LaraGransnet, this is going to be one very difficult competition for you to judge!!

My favourite book came into my life several years ago it had a great effect on me ...

Lady of Hay by Barbara Erskine

WALES 1175 Matilda. Lady of Hay, trapped in a loveless marriage, barred from her lover and threatened by brutal death at the hand of King John.

LONDON the present. Jo Clifford hard hitting journalist planning to debunk reincarnation ; hypnotised across the ages into the harsh reality of Matilda's life ... and impending death.

Incredibly hard to choose from a massive list, but I keep coming back to Andy Weir's 'The Martian'. It's hilarious, clever, scientifically factual (even moreso than the film, with the exception of the martian wind speeds in the storm) and deeply, deeply human. There's a beautiful message of perseverance and eternal optimism from start to finish, and it's never a bleak read. I've not read many books so fast, and I really tore through this one with gleeful abandon.

Here we go again then!

Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler

Delia. Wife, mother. Loved, not told. Visible, not seen. Walks one day out of the old life into a new. Which Delia will Delia choose to be?

Darn Lara I've got less chance of winning now!

! I should read things properly!

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (David Wroblewski) - not an obvious best-seller, but such a beautiful story of a young boy and the dogs he loves.

My favourite book came into my life several years ago and had a great effect on me .... I felt a connection

Lady of Hay by Barbara Erskine

John Boyne's "The House of Special Purpose". The story, woven around actual historical events - is improbable - even impossible - but it is a sweet and tragic love story set against a background of the collapse of the Russian Imperial royal family. Not literature of the highest order, but when I'd finished it, it haunted me for months.

Chocolat by Joanne Harris

Small village in France, carnival, beautiful heroine, river boats, creepy priest, imaginary friend and lots and lots of lovely CHOCOLATE.

The turn of the screw by Henry James. A superb ghost story that is ambiguous. Well drawn characters and evocative setting.