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CariGransnet (GNHQ) Tue 12-Jun-18 15:50:26

We've rounded up some of the best books for summer - whether you're jetting off on holiday, or reading in the garden at home.

One lucky person can win everything featured on the page - a book haul worth over £500. Details of all the books HERE and T&Cs HERE We will be picking a winner at random after midday on Monday 23 July.

To enter...simply tell us your favourite and least favourite thing about summer.

Seaside22 Fri 15-Jun-18 11:34:56

Best thing of all is the sun, just love it.
The worst thing must be the insect bites.

bookiemad15 Fri 15-Jun-18 12:09:00

Love waking up and sensing the warmth of a summer morning, early coffee in the garden before anyone gets up, listening to the birds - hate that summer is so short

Barberdice Fri 15-Jun-18 17:10:27

Love feeling the warmth of the sun as I lay on the sunlounger.
Hate those itchy midge bites.

Piggie20 Fri 15-Jun-18 19:10:48

My most favourite thing about summer is music festivals ???
Least favourite is wearing wellies in the summer ?

julietk Fri 15-Jun-18 19:13:08

Love being able to wear fewer layers, but hate hayfever, and being too hot!

cheekychicken24 Fri 15-Jun-18 19:49:09

Favourite is gardening - love being out & working there. Least favourite is definitely hayfever! Apparently the pollen's at it's highest for a decade this year - I can certainly agree with that - it's been horrendous so far!

Flowerpower22 Fri 15-Jun-18 20:27:30

I love the abundance in the garden - so many plants coming into flower, but I hate watering!

michelleblane Fri 15-Jun-18 20:46:50

My favourite is warm evenings and clear night skies for star gazing. I dislike flies and midges.

oldgoat Sat 16-Jun-18 00:06:08

I love being able to walk round the garden in full daylight at six in the morning listening to the birds singing and admiring the flowers.
I hate dead-heading the petunias - they are so sticky.

Wildrose24 Sat 16-Jun-18 08:15:33

I love sitting in my cherished developing garden in a deckchair eating an ice cream.The worse thing is the itchy sore insect bites that appear from nowhere despite using repellent.

AnnaSSS Sat 16-Jun-18 08:39:23

Favourite think about summer is BBQ with family and friends,good weather.Least favourite- Mosquitos

Natmc Sat 16-Jun-18 10:29:36

My least favourite thing about summer is people complaining that it's too hot! We've waited all year for this weather, enjoy it!

Natmc Sat 16-Jun-18 10:30:28

And my favourite thing is what a good mood everyone's in!

AlisonK49 Sat 16-Jun-18 15:01:15

favourite thing... the long evenings so even after a day's work you can relax and eat outside

worst thing... even busier roads during the school holidays when heading to popular places

ktmd Sat 16-Jun-18 15:16:53

Love spending time in the garden but hate weeding!

cazzar1 Sat 16-Jun-18 15:37:00

The best thing about Summer is being able to go outside in just your shorts, t-shirt and flip flops smile
The worst thing is not being able to sleep at night when it's too hot!

Tummelthecat Sat 16-Jun-18 16:51:49

The feeling of warm sunlight on the skin is so nice, and the worst? Having t9 work on the sunny days!

Charlie17 Sat 16-Jun-18 18:29:43

My favourite summer thing are the beautiful flowers and trees.
My least favourite is exposed flabby flesh and tattoos.

chris2468 Sat 16-Jun-18 18:39:02

tell us your favourite and least favourite thing about summer

favourite is long warm sunny days

and least favourite is those pesky flying insects grrr

grandmac Sat 16-Jun-18 19:07:21

I love wearing just a t shirt and cut offs, plus underwear of course. So easy to get dressed in the mornings!

I hate cutting the grass.

MALBEE Sat 16-Jun-18 20:28:45

Love the sunshine, hate the flies.

sylwright Sat 16-Jun-18 20:58:07

The best thing about summer for me are the long days and being able to have all the windows open all the time. The worst thing is once we reach mid summers day I know that each day is getting shorter and we're heading back to cold dark weather

Madders7272 Sat 16-Jun-18 21:50:24

My least favourite thing about summer are the midges that feast on my skin. The lumps they cause on my arms and legs ( and other parts of my body! ) are very unsightly and itch like mad!! My favourite thing about summer are the long, light and warmer nights after the dark, cold and dreary nights of our long winters when we have to try to keep warm wrapped up in layers of clothing.

Bathsheba Sat 16-Jun-18 21:53:18

My favourite thing about summer: the lovely light evenings, being able to sit outside with a cool drink until 10.00pm!
My least favourite thing? Well I think that has to be the flipping flies - the great big blow flies that buzz round the house, dive-bombing me, and banging themselves all over the window, except of course the part of the window that's open angry

mokey Sat 16-Jun-18 22:30:29

My favourite thing about summer is warm evenings spent at the beach watching the horses cooling down as the sun sets.

My least favourite thing is the Polymorphic Light Eruption (PLE) that I suffer from every year (for the last 27 years) causing me to itch on every part of my body that the UVAs have got to. It means I have to stay indoors out of the sun as much as I can so reading is my saving grace in the summer.