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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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Candelle Sat 14-Nov-15 20:34:46

I read 'Catch 22' by Joseph Heller years ago and its logic has never left me - I think perhaps we are all mad in a sane way..... I must find time to re-red it...

Bprose Sat 14-Nov-15 22:05:20

I thought Birdsong, by Sebastian Faulks, although extremely sad, was an amazing page-turner of a book for me.

BulldozerJo Sat 14-Nov-15 23:30:20

My favourite book is the classic Little Women, I read this when I was about 10 and have read it many times since. It always makes me appreciate things.

sallyc06 Sun 15-Nov-15 09:28:27

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck , I read this at school and loved it so much, have read it a few times since. By the way I am 60 now, so school was a VERY long times ago.

clairew137 Sun 15-Nov-15 09:53:21

My favourite book is 'Goodnight Beautiful by Dorothy Koomson. It's a very sweet book. It makes me cry. It's so well written that I can't stop reading it and want to reach the end to find out what happens.

trisher Sun 15-Nov-15 11:34:02

Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. Amusing and educational, Sometimes you get where you want to be by going in the other direction.

trisher Sun 15-Nov-15 11:35:42

GNHQ Will you be removing all the posts over 140 characters before the draw?

wallers5 Sun 15-Nov-15 11:44:58

The Girl who fell from the sky by Simon Mawer

A stunning book about an SOE agent dropped into France in the last war. They were so brave. An inspriation to us all.

diamondlil14 Sun 15-Nov-15 13:38:13

My very favourite is Persuasion. Rejecting her devoted sweetheart then regretting it Anne Elliot blossoms when he returns eight years later and is still in love with her.

janeyjane Sun 15-Nov-15 14:20:21

Jane Eyre has to be my favourite book. I can't say why because it just touched me as a teenager & I have read it over & over since then.

r0v3r5 Sun 15-Nov-15 15:27:37

I never tire of Edward Lear's book of Nonsense. It has something for everyone, wickedly witty rhymes, hilarious illustrations and typical Victorian dark humour - magic!!

Lorax Sun 15-Nov-15 16:02:00

The Lord of The Rings has had me rereading throughout my life, as I was transfixed at an early age by the depth and complexity of its characters, plot and universe!

Linbrikat Sun 15-Nov-15 16:51:01

I'm a sci-fan fan and my favourite is 'Red Mars', the first of a trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. It tells of the colonisation of Mars and the conflict between those who want to keep it pristine and those who want to 'terraform' it.

chrisfh Sun 15-Nov-15 17:04:51

The Lord of the Rings is an amazing epic that keeps me entertained every time I read it.

Antjexix Sun 15-Nov-15 17:41:50

It's got to be Pride and Prejudice, even though it's set in georgian times,it seems very up to date. I'm german and found it hard going the first rime i read it,so had to read it several times.

colleenjwall Sun 15-Nov-15 19:06:06

No 1 Ladies Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith. I can't wait for the next one as they're all wonderfully heart-warming with characters I really care about.

50socks Sun 15-Nov-15 19:21:49

my comfort read is A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute, it is romantic against hardship, with friendship and kindness in its characters

pixiewolfe Sun 15-Nov-15 19:22:04

My favourite book is the "Man called Ove". I hope that more people read it!

Atrig Sun 15-Nov-15 19:52:21

I love the Sunday Philosophy Series by Alexander McCall Smith.

kathy10705 Sun 15-Nov-15 20:06:49

I would have to say that I don't have a favourite book. There are too many to choose from smile I think sometimes it is the book that I am reading now. I do enjoy John Grisham books though as a light change and easy read and I usually learn something. last Grisham book read was Gray Mountain.