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A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson has been a firm favourite of mine for over 50 years. Shared it with my children and now my grandchildren.

Firmly believe that reading with children instils in them a love of books.

Hoping to win more to share!

Happy Christmas!

Just love Jane Eyre - read at scholl and many times since

So many amazing books, one of my current favourites is the Shadow of The Wind - so visual and gripping. Just loved it

I love Driving Over Lemons by Chris Stewart and was inspired to go and visit Las Alpujarras. The writing evokes visions of snow capped mountains, blue skies and sun.

My favourite book is Wilt by Tom Sharpe, it is a laugh out loud book, it doesn't matter how many times I read it, it is so funny, my Husband always knows when I am reading it as he can even hear me laughing from up-stairs.

My favourite has to be John Grishams The Firm

My favourite book is Lord of the Flies, I've read it as a child and an adult and realise different things each time

My favourite book is The Silver Touch by Rosalind Laker. It is the true story about a woman who has a very rough start in life, finds love, has problems, overcomes them, has more problems and becomes more famous in a man's world than her husband and sons who are all gold/silversmiths. Fascinating about her life and the period that she lived in and totally absorbing to me.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - I just love it and the rest of the " trilogy in five parts"

I love to re-read the Hebridean novels of Lillian Beckwith every time we go on holiday to Skye, Islay or Bute (which we try to do every 3 or 4 years). She writes about a far simpler time and her characters seem like old friends now.

It has to Agatha Christie's And Then There None, a classic piece of misdirection, The queen at her best.

Heidi, I can still remember the description of toasted cheese that grandfather made. The friendship between Heidi and Peter was so deep and the love for grandfather for the little girl means even more now I am a grandparent

The Empty Chair by Jeffery Deaver – he literally leads you up the forest path, round in circles & back down again! Amazing Thriller 

I enjoy John Grisham's books but my favourite is The Firm. It is a gripping thriller that I can read over and over again

My favourite book has got to be "The Secret". In fact, I think it's time for another read!

My first interests in books started when I was a child.I was 4/5 years old when the teacher produced this book titled " Wind in the willows ".She began to read extracts every afternoon,I was captivated with reading ever since.

If I had to choose just one book I think it would be The Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. It is good old fashioned gothic novel.

Set in Barcelona just after the Spanish Civil War it has the feel of a gothic ghost story. Threatening crumbling mansions, dark damp prison cells. It has evrything this sort of novel should.

It reminds me of the type of novels written in the late 19th century. The 400 pages flew by in no time.

It is a shame that it is not a better known book. I suspect it may be becuase it is a Spanish author and translated into English. However, the translation is good and there are no clues that it wasn't written in English to start with.

My recent favourite book is Me Before You by JoJo Moyes. This book made me cry and laugh at the same time. The story is thought provoking and heartbreaking, a truly inspirational read.

Lorenzo Carcaterra- Gangster. I think i have read this book a hundred times. Its a deep book and it shows even gangsters care.

My favourite book has to be Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. An epic tale of drama and intrigue; set in the historical period of the Tudors.
Without doubt an egde of your seat, page turner - that I have read and re-read several times.

I loved the book Us by David Nicholls. I t was such a bitter sweet book about a marriage breakdown and I found it so moving and realistic.

Brideshead Revisited. I love it for the beautiful prose, fantastic set pieces, and emotional extremes of a family torn apart by religion.

I recently read and thoroughly enjoyed 'Elizabeth is missing' by Emma Healey. Wonderfully written, poignant story about dementia but with a darkly humorous angle. Highly recommend!

My favourite book is The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher, which I read as it first came out in the 1980s, and after that I enjoyed all of her other novels as well.

My favourite is The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell. I love how he tells the story from the perspective of 4 protagonists. It's a romance, a thriller, a mystery and a tragedy, set in multicultural 1940s Alexandria.