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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.

Busywomanuk1 Sat 21-Jul-18 12:09:49

Fave thing : big family bbqs
Least favourite thing: hot stuffy tube trains

sheridarby Sat 21-Jul-18 11:39:06

So much I love about summer, wearing light dresses and sandals, walking in sunshine, feeling the sun on my body. Least favourite thing. Chocolate melts!!!

bdavies Sat 21-Jul-18 11:17:16

Best thing: Light evenings
Worst thing: Biting insects who seem to fly past my husband and feast on me.

shyfly1970 Sat 21-Jul-18 11:04:38

My favourite part of the summer is being out visiting local parks with my Grandchildren

My least is obviously wasps and flies

karenharrison Sat 21-Jul-18 10:48:23

I love the sunshine - it makes me happy. I also love that my appetite decreases and i lose weight! I hate the amount of moths, wasps and flies around.

carolacr Sat 21-Jul-18 09:48:27

Favourite thing. Getting my washing dry.
Least favourite thing. So hot at night, fans on, legs out the bed perfect, then too cold. Legs back in bed, nice, no hold on, too hot again. Menopausal and the hottest summer since 1976 don't match.

greig23 Sat 21-Jul-18 09:29:59

My favourite thing about summer is being outside, and getting a suntan smile while i read lol
My least favourite thing about summer is being bitten by gnats and mozzies and wasps who i hate so much lol

Oklesley Sat 21-Jul-18 09:24:05

Best bit is the sounds and smells. Children laughing, bbq on and freshly cut grass. The perfect combination.

The worst bit is having to remain cheerful in work when all I want is to be off and enjoying it all!

zeenie Sat 21-Jul-18 09:07:43

i love being able to read in the garden. i dont like not being able to sleep because of the heat

hayhu01 Sat 21-Jul-18 08:46:38

I love the heat on my back but hate the arrival of wasps.

ffinnochio Sat 21-Jul-18 08:43:15

Light levels = Good

Humidity = Bad

joyg67 Sat 21-Jul-18 07:52:17

Love Light summer nights hate mozzie and insect bites

Otis52otis Sat 21-Jul-18 07:06:54

My favourite summer thing is watching my dog dive into our river on a hot day.
I hate icy roads and pavements on a winters day

osprey72 Sat 21-Jul-18 01:06:24

I love sitting in my garden in the sun with a good book. I don't like not being able to sleep when it's too hot.

Jojom Fri 20-Jul-18 22:25:32

I love the long light evenings and early mornings. I don't love the birds even earlier start of tweeting at 5am

WH57 Fri 20-Jul-18 21:57:22

Love the long summer evenings & hate the hayfever!

chisholm Fri 20-Jul-18 21:23:05

I love ; The sound of the waves and the sand between my toes
I Hate; wasps and the challenge of finding a car park space

debradoll01 Fri 20-Jul-18 20:02:49

Best thing about summer is being outside more and enjoying the great outdoors! Worst thing is the sticky fitful sleeps in the heat.

Glimble Fri 20-Jul-18 19:20:53

What I like most about summer is that I get to spend time with my daughters and my mother on our annual holiday. We all get on really well and have some great times, sometimes in the UK and sometimes abroad. What I hate most about the summer is being so very hot. I know lots of people love the heat but I really don't. Perhaps I should have been born an eskimo!

cjrmar Fri 20-Jul-18 18:50:23

Best about summer - getting out into my garden. Worse getting cold.

dwerry Fri 20-Jul-18 17:50:37

My favourite thing about summer are the lovely light evenings sitting in my garden.
My least favourite thing about summer is my hay-fever.

saranna Fri 20-Jul-18 17:46:56

Picnics at the beach have got to be my favourite thing, flies in the kitchen are my pet summer hate.

travellingcat Fri 20-Jul-18 16:57:02

Best thing about summer is the bright nights and the weather (if it's nice!), the worst thing about summer is that it ends!

Holisticrmp Fri 20-Jul-18 16:51:54

Most favourite lots of home grown fruit and vegetables. Least favourite not being able to sleep at night because it is too hot.

cillastubbs Fri 20-Jul-18 16:51:34

I love the longer days and able to get out in the garden without being bundled in a load of clothing. I enjoy the heat but find it difficult to sleep when it is humid. Overall it is my favourite season