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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.

Maralyn7272 Tue 10-Nov-15 22:37:43

My favourite book is a poetry book - Poems To Last A Lifetime by Daisy Goodwin. Love reading all books but really like poetry as well. Can't beat a good thriller though!

stayanotherday Tue 10-Nov-15 22:36:58

A man called Ove. It's about a Victor Meldrew type who gets hung up on pedantic details of his neighourhood. As you read the book and the people who enter his life, you understand his reasons. A funny and touching story of how a seemingly ordinary man becomes extraordinary and stands up to be counted.

It's the equivalent of a hot chocolate on a long, dark winter's evening. Riveting.

sassy2 Tue 10-Nov-15 22:17:35

In Queen Lucia, EF Benson took me to Tilling and I loved the place and residents so much that I return there for my reading holidays.

Grannyknot Tue 10-Nov-15 22:10:46

No, Marmight but I know about sticking to 140 characters from Twitter, so I have a sense of how much that is!

Wilma it doesn't appear to have made a blind bit of difference!

Amanda 're Into the Wild, you should also read his sister's version ....

kathward Tue 10-Nov-15 21:38:25

The Good Earth Pearl Buck . brilliant

booknick Tue 10-Nov-15 21:34:12

Wild Swans by Jung Chang.
An extraordinary book which recounts the often harrowing but equally uplifting true story of three generations of women throughout most of the last turbulent century in China. Inspiring, fascinating, educational and truly wonderful.

emmasnan Tue 10-Nov-15 21:07:46

Has to be The Rectors Wife - Joanna Trollope.

Lucretia Tue 10-Nov-15 21:07:41

My favourite book at present is 'The House on Persimmon Road' by Jackie Weger. Lovely story with a ghost, a family and some romance - what more can you ask?

purplepenguin Tue 10-Nov-15 20:45:23

Wuthering Heights. Spooky, powerful, vibrant and engrossing. What is there not to love?

vivianallman Tue 10-Nov-15 20:43:43

i love the malory towers saga by enid blyton... when i was younger i always wanted to go to boarding school as the girls had so much fun and adventure.... i am re reading them again... never get bored of them...

GeminiJen Tue 10-Nov-15 20:38:31

Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, whenever I need reminding of man's inhumanity to man and the power of one man's courage.

Grannycupcake Tue 10-Nov-15 20:38:15

'The Shell Seekers', by Rosamund Pilcher
This is my comfort book that can be relied upon to satisfy my needs when recovering from flu or operations etc., taking over from Louisa May Alcott's 'Little Women' which I read continually when I was young.

GeminiJen Tue 10-Nov-15 20:32:32

Re-reading Barack Obama, Dreams from my Father. Eloquent, moving, brilliantly written.

GeminiJen Tue 10-Nov-15 20:30:58

Jung Chan, Wild Swans. Reading this led to travelling to China and an enduring fascination with the country and its people.

TONKATOL Tue 10-Nov-15 19:45:45

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte - a story of love, hate, passion and revenge - has everything required for a fantastic read.

hanarees Tue 10-Nov-15 19:37:01

The Hand that first held mine - Maggie O'Farrell
A beautiful, visceral novel that totally absorbs you into the lives of the characters and their emotional journeys. I love all her books!

WilmaKnickersfit Tue 10-Nov-15 19:31:33

Don't tell them Grannyknot shock grin

grannyactivist Tue 10-Nov-15 19:29:52

I can't do it - just choose one I mean.
Burglar Bill, to read to my young grandsons.
Kensuke's Kingdom, for the older children.
Katharine by Anya Seton because it's about an enduring love that triumphs over circumstances.
Lord of the Rings, because it's epic.......
Nope, I can't just choose one.

Lorelei Tue 10-Nov-15 19:18:01

So hard to choose any one book as a favourite, or even just one author. I love everything from the 18th-19th century classics, to modern novels - Dickens to J.K.Rowling. I've just started to re-read the 6-book 'Earth's Children' series by J.M.Auel; 'Clan of the Cave Bear' is the first book in the series, and begins the tale of a time towards the end of the last Ice Age, when modern humans and Neanderthals shared Europe with the Ice Age animals - a very well researched and creative series, that gets you thinking about human origins, human advancement, belief systems, customs etc. I loved Enid Blyton as a kid and one day hope to re-read some of my favourite childhood stories.

annekiely Tue 10-Nov-15 19:08:48

My favourite is The People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. It transports you into so many different worlds and is full of fascinating historical snippets.

Jillmcp Tue 10-Nov-15 19:06:24

Hard choice! I loves the Harry potter books x

amandaleeds Tue 10-Nov-15 19:04:41

Into the Wild-it’s very moving, takes you on an amazing adventure and gives you great insight into Chris McCandless' unique view of the world

alliloo Tue 10-Nov-15 18:59:00

No TV for 20+ years, so books are our world. The Mapp and Lucia series, by E.F.Benson is as fresh and witty as the day it was written.

adrisco Tue 10-Nov-15 18:54:13

My favourite is "Three Women at the Water's Edge" by Nancy Thayer. I first read it when my children were small and still love it. It's about a woman and her two adult daughters - one lives in Vancouver, one in Maine and one in Wisconsin by Lake Michigan. I used to identify with the elder daughter - now with the mother!

Marmight Tue 10-Nov-15 18:44:08

Are you counting the characters in every post Grannyknot?? shock