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Best summer reads - win over £600 worth!

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CariGransnet (GNHQ) Wed 22-May-19 14:27:01
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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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Shreddie Wed 03-Jul-19 12:22:14

V. I. Warshawski from the Sara Paretsky books.

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Arry Wed 03-Jul-19 12:38:25

Elettra Zorzi from the Donna Leon books

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meMEA Wed 03-Jul-19 12:38:36

OOH, too many to choose from!! Perhaps, in the end, more than Jane Eyre or Jo March or so many other fantastic female characters, it has to be Orlando (Virginia Woolf) as she had it both ways and learnt how to have the best of both worlds – as a man and a woman – in a time when women still didn't have the freedoms we take for granted today. Orlando was perfectly modern – and a trailblazer: fearless, adventurous and amorous, too!! My vote has to be for Woolf's most empowered and unconventional woman, a really inspirational character who has gone on to inspire Ali Smith and so many other female writers today.

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JanJam Wed 03-Jul-19 16:26:19

Polly McLaren from Catherine Alliott’s
Old Girl Network ... great books

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granny55 Wed 03-Jul-19 18:08:14

Jo March, Little Women

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Kathhere Wed 03-Jul-19 18:47:37

Lyra from the Philip Pullman Dark Materials trilogy. So strong and brave!

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theprovinciallady Wed 03-Jul-19 19:55:08

Miss Silver

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Nellie098 Wed 03-Jul-19 20:42:00

Sandrine Vidal from Citadel by Kate Mosse

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Lunchtimelady1 Wed 03-Jul-19 20:49:52

Ruth Galloway from the Ruth Ellis novels.

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Pansy123 Wed 03-Jul-19 21:07:11

Elizabeth from Pride and Prejudice .

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shaddai88 Wed 03-Jul-19 23:50:54

Jane Eyre

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suzy1 Thu 04-Jul-19 06:26:33

Scarlett O'Hara from Gone With The Wind

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Rabu Thu 04-Jul-19 10:32:32

Jane Eyre for sure, an inspiring woman.

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flybee Thu 04-Jul-19 11:49:22

Florence Dombey. Dombey and son.

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morningpostie Thu 04-Jul-19 12:55:06

Scarlet O'Hara in Gone With The Wind!

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luckybean Thu 04-Jul-19 14:08:23

Agatha Christie

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Countryfan Thu 04-Jul-19 18:16:07

Nancy Drew from the Nancy Drew Mysteries

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gizmos12 Thu 04-Jul-19 18:46:09

Miss Haversham

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redrosemummy Thu 04-Jul-19 19:59:38

Anne Shirley

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Jay23 Thu 04-Jul-19 20:44:11

Anne Frank, no more needs to be said

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granofone Thu 04-Jul-19 20:52:31

D.D. Warren from Find Her by Lisa Gardner

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Ottodog Thu 04-Jul-19 21:16:22

Lorna Doone

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shirlz51 Thu 04-Jul-19 21:29:37

I love CLARICE STARLING in Silence Of The Lambs,

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mother999 Thu 04-Jul-19 22:10:41

Cordelia from Shakespeare's King Lear

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Daisyboodle Thu 04-Jul-19 22:29:59

Hester Honeywood from The Hearth and Eagle.

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