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Best summer reads - win over £600 worth!

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CariGransnet (GNHQ) Wed 22-May-19 14:27:01

If you're after ideas for what to read this summer, look no further than our round-up of the best summer reads for 2019.

One very lucky person can win all the books featured on the page - worth over £600.

To enter, simply tell us your favourite female character from a book (old or new and from any genre).

A winner will be drawn at random at midday on Monday 15 July. Usual terms and conditions apply. Note that because of the size and weight of the prize box, we are only able to deliver to mainland UK addresses.

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elnors Wed 26-Jun-19 13:37:16

Isabel Dalhousie from The Sunday Philosophy Club

natthem Wed 26-Jun-19 13:54:50

Elizabeth Bennet Pride and Prejudice

moggie57 Wed 26-Jun-19 14:36:40

Laura Ingalls Wilder from "little house on the prairie" books.

fredapet Wed 26-Jun-19 14:49:11

Miss Marple Such an insight to village life

Gameofthrowns Wed 26-Jun-19 15:11:13

Anne from Anne of Green Gables

bendsinister Wed 26-Jun-19 16:05:32

Got to be Flora Poste from Cold Comfort Farm

luckyrose62 Wed 26-Jun-19 17:37:34

Eleanor Oliphant from Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine.
I think we have all met or worked with a lady like this.
Great book

Trotty49 Wed 26-Jun-19 19:58:54

Cissie Brodie from The Dwelling Place by Catherine Cookson

hayleyrob01 Wed 26-Jun-19 20:00:05

Stephanie plum from janey evanovich numbers series.
She makes me laugh out loud. she is crazy and clever and quite normal really.

faybelle Wed 26-Jun-19 22:58:34

Clarice Starling, Silence of the Lambs/Hannibal

Taitataits Wed 26-Jun-19 23:18:44

Scout from To Kill a Mockingbird. Feisty, bold and intelligent.

Geraldine43 Thu 27-Jun-19 08:37:42

Lyra Belacqua from His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman, my granddaughter was named after her.

mumof2boys Thu 27-Jun-19 10:22:26

Mammy Walsh in the Marian Keyes Novels, watermelon, Rachels holiday etc.

Bostonbaby1 Thu 27-Jun-19 10:51:06

Little Red Riding Hood

mrsmotor Thu 27-Jun-19 14:13:27

Mrs Robinson from Becoming

granfromafar Thu 27-Jun-19 21:15:42

Anne Frank from The Diary of Anne Frank. I read it when I was about 13, the same age as she was when she started writing it. You can't help but feel moved and it made a lasting impression.

JulesC4 Fri 28-Jun-19 03:32:38

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Ljm54 Fri 28-Jun-19 07:05:36

Eleanor Oliphant. My current favourite.

JaneyB Fri 28-Jun-19 07:35:51

Jane Eyre

dahlia08 Fri 28-Jun-19 10:19:05

Fern Britton....the newcommer

dahlia08 Fri 28-Jun-19 10:20:32

Elizabeth Bennet... pride and prejudice

Sallylou02 Fri 28-Jun-19 10:37:15

Eleanor Oliphant

bongobil Fri 28-Jun-19 10:42:13

Alice - from Alice in Wonderland

SeaWatcher Fri 28-Jun-19 11:09:26

Clare from Outlander

john1953 Fri 28-Jun-19 11:18:17

Lisbeth Salander

the girl with the dragon tatoo /series

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