Favourite Book

[Furbee]

So as I'm a nosey little Furbee, what is everyones favourite book of all time.

Mine has to be Flowers In The Attic by Virginia Andrews.
Can't put it down once I start and then cry at the same bits every time. Always take it on holiday with me. Love it to piece even if it is a little dark and disturbing.

So come on girls.........????

[Tinkabell]

As a kid it was Charlottes Web, it was the first book that made me cry.

I don't know now I have read so many books, but do not tend to read them again.

[Girlzmum]

Oh I cried so much at Charlottes Web (and Little Women actually!) And Flowers in The Attic is a really fantastic book - but terrifying itms!

I don't have a favourite book and I'll read pretty much everything!

[lisashaw]

I had a book called MArigold Summer, it was fab, about a girl leaving home for the first time, doing summer jobs, bumped into dishy bloke n things and at the end he got shot but it finished not knowing what happened, did he die or not!!! thing is, lost it, well BORROWED it to someone, never got it back, lost touch and now cant find a copy anywhere, cant remember author either!! AARRRGGGHHH!! Current fav book is looking for andrew mccarthy, is fab!!

[curlybird]

Anything by Stephen King..! I love em all and can read them over and over.

[Easties]

i was/am a massive enid blyton fan famous five and malory towers were/are my faves and all of the books from the flowers in the attic story also love roald dahl and stephen king :yes:


but my favourites of all time is the harry potter books :woot:

[Katiequiggle]

My fave has to be Coming Home by Rosalind Pilcher, closely followed by The Shell Seekers also by her but then I love all her books.

As a child I loved Wind in The Willows and still love it now, also the What Katy Did books lol and Enid Blytons the Magic Far Away Tree, now there's a classic if ever there was one lol and actually anything by Enid Blyton.

Ok I'll stop.

[wkdfraggle]

Goodnight Mr Tom!!
It was read to my class when i was around 11 and i cried ( along with several others). Its something that has always stuck with me!

Simone
xxx

[Easties]

another is one called of mice and men that broke my heart and the film is fab too xxxxxx

[wkdfraggle]

Ooooh i forgot about Of Mice And Men!! I loved doing that book for GCSE!

Simone
xxx

[Easties]

Ooooh i forgot about Of Mice And Men!! I loved doing that book for GCSE!

Simone
xxxthats when i done it lol even the boys in class got upset over it poor george it had me in tears at the end so so sad

[weaselgirl]

i was/am a massive enid blyton fan famous five and malory towers were/are my faves and all of the books from the flowers in the attic story also love roald dahl and stephen king :yes:


but my favourites of all time is the harry potter books :woot:

Me too, loved Famous Five,Malory towers and wasnt there st.Claires or something as well? Oh and The secret Seven.
Nowadays i'm a big fan of books by Jodi Picoult or Cecelia Ahern.

[Easties]

Me too, loved Famous Five,Malory towers and wasnt there st.Claires or something as well? Oh and The secret Seven.
Nowadays i'm a big fan of books by Jodi Picoult or Cecelia Ahern.i think there was hun lol enid blyton was a genius in my eyes :D

i also loved the indian in the cupboard :D

[Girlzmum]

I was more of a Roald Dahl girl myself! Loved those books so much!

I'm really sucked into the Women Murder Club series by James Patterson, they're really good. Has anyone read Cradle and All, again by James Patterson - I couldn't put it down (actually might suggest it to the Book Club!)

James Patterson's Cradle and All pits the intensity of faith against the certainties of science within an arena of Millennial tensions. A reworking of his 1980 apocalyptic thriller Virgin, this remodeled version boasts a genuinely unnerving premise, amplified with Patterson's fast-paced, uncluttered prose.
In the midst of a series of unexplained plagues and famines, two teenage girls are heavily pregnant, despite being virgins. According to the sacred prophecies of Fatima, one will bear the child of Christ and the other, the spawn of Satan. Both Anne Fitzgerald, a former nun turned private detective, and the Vatican's Father Rosetti are sent to investigate. But which girl carries which child? The possibility of a miracle will be tainted with great suffering before the awful, unexpected truth is revealed. As the action moves speedily from the hallowed halls of the Vatican to the media frenzy of America to the small-town hysteria of Ireland, Patterson divines considerable suspense from the novel's central premise, tackling issues of faith with admirable aplomb:

"All over the world, after all the years of difficulty, decades of diminishing spirituality, so many people still believed.... Everywhere, people talked of the Apocalypse, perhaps the end of the world. Which explained why so many people were suddenly going to church."

A relentless pace culminating in a superbly twisted ending won't disappoint Patterson's faithful followers, and may even convert some new members. --Danny Graydon

[Jess85]

Ooh I don't think I could name just the one! I love Roald Dahl - in particular The Twits, Fantastic Mr Fox... ooh whenever I think of one I remember how great it was!!

Most recently though has to be Can You Keep a Secret by Sophie Kinsella. Was funny and it made me feel really happy I thought the story was fab!

[Trinity]

Ooh, have got loads but the one I just love reading over & over again has to be The Hobbit. Got the LOTR trilogy, loved the films but just could not get into the books!

Loved Charlotte's Web, I read this one to the children but never got round to finishing it as I just knew I would burst into tears. I pretended that we lost it! How awful is that?!

My favourite recent book has to be The Time Traveller's Wife, if you haven't read this one read it. It is a fantastic, funny and sad read. I couldn't put it down!

And I loved the Enid Blyton books as a child, The Faraway Tree, The Magic Wishing Chair, The Mallory Towers, St Claires, Famous Five etc.

[ruthie]

Empire of The Sun by JG Ballard, which is the story of him growing up and getting separated from his parents then taken prisoner by the Japanese and Penny to cross the Mersey and the follow on book Lime Street at Two by Helen Forrester, the story of her growing up in poverty in Liverpool, two true life stories, excellent books that made me cry.

[smirnoff]

too many to name.. but i am reading famous five to Ben atm... we have read so many others
chronicles of narnia ~ all of them
faraway tree etcc etc

[Tinkabell]

Time Travellers Wife is an excellent book definitely worth buying. My friend lent it to me, thought I would not like it but once I started reading I could not put it down.

[Trinity]

Time Travellers Wife is an excellent book definitely worth buying. My friend lent it to me, thought I would not like it but once I started reading I could not put it down.

I cried & laughed my way through this book - loved it. If ever you want an inspirational story to read then read Life & Limb, the story of Jamie Andrew who along with his friend got trapped whilst climbing in The Alps. It is an amazing true-life story of determination and made me realise how little things mean so much. Again there are some funny moments along with the sad ones but a truly excellent read.

[Seren]

Time Travellers Wife is an excellent book definitely worth buying. My friend lent it to me, thought I would not like it but once I started reading I could not put it down.



loved that book. My fav book has to be The Five People you meet in Heavan" quite short but very emotional and lovely, I think it is a must

Second fav is MAGICAN by Raymond E Feist, read it from cover to cover the first day I got it

[Trinity]

loved that book. My fav book has to be The Five People you meet in Heavan" quite short but very emotional and lovely, I think it is a must



I read Tuesdays with Morrie that was written by the same guy who wrote Five People in Heaven. I started off not liking this book but again this is another one that makes you think about the simple things in life - a very inspirational book.

[Jess85]

Not sure whether I've mentioned this, but I absolutely LOVE Susan Hill's I'm The King of the Castle. Very sinister book - studied it at English A Level and it is amazing but sad ending. Anyone else read it?

[Al1x]

Ah there are so many great books I've read .... thought Flowers in the Attic was brilliant as well as the books that followed on (can't remember the names... I'll have to dig them out!)

There was another series of books I read a while ago that were excellent but very very sad as they were a true story about a boy who was abused by his mum... A Child Called It, The Lost Boy and A Man Named Dave - by Dave Pelzer - highly recommended even though I cried all the way through

[smirnoff]

Not sure whether I've mentioned this, but I absolutely LOVE Susan Hill's I'm The King of the Castle. Very sinister book - studied it at English A Level and it is amazing but sad ending. Anyone else read it?
disagree i hated it! We studied it at school too... absolutley hated it...

[angel1980]

Definitely To Kill a Mockingbird.

[MrTempleDene]

I like pretty much all of Iain Banks work, including his rather bizzare sci fi written under the somewhat unimaginative pen name of Iain M Banks

Best to start on the less weird ones first, Canal Dreams for example, or the first book he wrote, "The Wasp Factory"

For entertainment and fun Terry Pratchet rules

[kathyhinsh]

well I think u've all pretty much covered most of my fave reading...except of course Danielle Steel! & Jackie Collins!

But I think my fave book of all time was 1 I read as a child, & I recently managed 2 buy it again off the net, called STORMY by Jim Kjelgaard,
http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780553154689

[Jess85]

disagree i hated it! We studied it at school too... absolutley hated it...

:smiley-fa really? Wow I thought it was fab! I am disappointed in your taste now Smirnoff :hysterica :hysterica

[Jess85]

I like pretty much all of Iain Banks work, including his rather bizzare sci fi written under the somewhat unimaginative pen name of Iain M Banks

Best to start on the less weird ones first, Canal Dreams for example, or the first book he wrote, "The Wasp Factory"

For entertainment and fun Terry Pratchet rules

I have had The Wasp Factory on my tbr pile for soo long! I really want to read it but I just get distracted by a different book, as it's not the usual sort of book I read

[scaramatic]

nope dont do reading.... although i work in a library !!

[MrTempleDene]

Jess it is quite a disturbing book, netty took me to see the stage version and that opened up the comedy I'd never noticed. d'oh

But well worth a read.

[englishrose]

I dont have a favourite book, I have read so many that I couldnt choose.
I have read all of Stephen Kings ones ( including the gunslinger series), all Jilly Cooper, loads of Terry Pratchett, and all kinds of other stuff in between.
One of my recent favourites is Making History but I cant remember who wrote it. Oh and of course I have read all of the Harry potter books too.

[myname]

Couldn't name a specific favourite of all the great books I've read, but I can read Terry Pratchett's books over and over and they always make me laugh and smile, something I value highly!

[funkyfish]

I suppose I am a book tart as I read absolutely anything!

A few favourites (and confessions):

The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simmons, although I also enjoyed Tully from the same author. On the crying scale I scored 10/10 for both of these.

I tend to find good authors and read everything they have published and a few of my favourites are:

Jodi Picoult -My sisters keeper, The Pact, The Tenth Circle (V.good), Faith and everything apart from one book. I like the fact she tackles issues that are quite controversial.

Marian Keyes - I just loved Lucy Sullivan is getting married and have read everything she has written since. Marian is a great one to make you laugh...

Jane Green - Jemima J, Bookends and everything else published. A nice quick read. Very enjoyable.

Wilbur Smith - My dads favourite so to please him I had to read them....Amazingly I absolutely loved River God which is a novel about Tata the slave in ancient egypt and then read the sequel Warlock and then another follow up to River God set in modern times called The Seventh Scroll.
Also, now read the entire Courtney series.

My friends give me real stick about the following book, but hey............I thouroughly enjoyed As the Crow Flies by Jeffrey Archer....