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Apart from Bill Liar, i ahve yet to read any of my fave books from when i was a kid again. Here are some of my faves:

Cider with Rosie
To Kill a Mocking Bird
The Pearl
Kes
Any of the Famous Five books
The Secret Garden.

Anyone ever re-read any book they loved as a teen or whatever. I hate being disappointed, and would also hate to ruin the memory i have of these books by reading them with a tainted adult mind lol.

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Amelie said:
Apart from Bill Liar, i ahve yet to read any of my fave books from when i was a kid again. Here are some of my faves:

Cider with Rosie
To Kill a Mocking Bird
The Pearl
Kes
Any of the Famous Five books
The Secret Garden.

Anyone ever re-read any book they loved as a teen or whatever. I hate being disappointed, and would also hate to ruin the memory i have of these books by reading them with a tainted adult mind lol.

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i am teaching Kes to my year 11's next year :thumbsup:
 
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I didnt like to kill a mockingbird........but thats because I was forced into it for GCSE.
I liked all the classics, Austen and what not. White Teeth is an amazing read if anyone is going on holiday and likes a good book
 
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amymars said:
I didnt like to kill a mockingbird........but thats because I was forced into it for GCSE.
I liked all the classics, Austen and what not. White Teeth is an amazing read if anyone is going on holiday and likes a good book
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I struggle with all Zadie Smith, i know she is supposed to be great, but i just find her a hard read.
 
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Amelie said:
I struggle with all Zadie Smith, i know she is supposed to be great, but i just find her a hard read.
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I know what you mean, but once i got stuck into that book then I just wanted to carry on reading.

I was a big reader when I was little, read all the chronicles of narnia and lord of the rings when i was about 10. I think its important to read, my teachers always said I had excellent vocabulary and was intelligent because I read so much when I was young, somtimes novels that were a bit beyond me. Everyone should read to their kiddies.
 
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amymars said:

I know what you mean, but once i got stuck into that book then I just wanted to carry on reading.

I was a big reader when I was little, read all the chronicles of narnia and lord of the rings when i was about 10. I think its important to read, my teachers always said I had excellent vocabulary and was intelligent because I read so much when I was young, somtimes novels that were a bit beyond me. Everyone should read to their kiddies.
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I read all the time, i usually have a few seperate books on the go. I go to charity shops and get them, there is a good second hand book shop in town too. I go through one each week and it gets expensive otherwise. Have you read The Lovely Bones Amy? It was a personal highlight of mine this year, along with one called Vince and Joy (chick lit that just really ws ace, dead funny and not at all sickly) and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night. Those three have been my fave so far this year.

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Amelie said:
I read all the time, i usually have a few seperate books on the go. I go to charity shops and get them, there is a good second hand book shop in town too. I go through one each week and it gets expensive otherwise. Have you read The Lovely Bones Amy? It was a personal highlight of mine this year, along with one called Vince and Joy (chick lit that just really ws ace, dead funny and not at all sickly) and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night. Those three have been my fave so far this year.

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Ive not read either of those but my mate Jill has them so I shall borrow them off her. Recently Ive read 'Byron - Life and Legend' and a Janice Dickinson Biography lol, fancied a break from intellectual reading when I finished Uni! Is the Dog at night time one about autism?
 
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Amelie said:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night.

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I bought that on Monday, and its sat not three feet from me as I type, waiting to be started . :)

re: childhood books

The Magical Faraway Tree :cool:
Mallory Towers series
Judy Blume books
Topsy and Tim
Meg the hen, jip the cat, ben the dog etc.. series
Roald Dahl books...especially The Witches and The Twits :cool:
 
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I bought that on Monday, and its sat not three feet from me as I type, waiting to be started . :)

re: childhood books

The Magical Faraway Tree :cool:
Mallory Towers series
Judy Blume books
Topsy and Tim
Meg the hen, jip the cat, ben the dog etc.. series
Roald Dahl books...especially The Witches and The Twits :cool:
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Judy bLUME, I GOT MY FIRST BIT OF SEX ED FROM 'fOREVER' LOL.

Ahh frig, soz about the typo error there.
 
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I love to read books - ive got loads of them. Ive lots of horror books by Stephen King, James Herbert and Clive Barker :)

I really love calvin and hobbes (not exactly literature books) but picture books, lol and they are hilarious. If i need cheering up ill get one off the shelf like 'the days are just packed' or 'homocidal psycho jungle cat' and have a giggle away reading it:D ive got lots of calvin and hobbes books - in fact got a bid on ebay right now for one i am missing in my collection called 'something under the bed is drooling' lol
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I loved books as a kid and i read loads and loads, i always had my head buried in a book. I used to love the nancy drew mysteries and also i loved the chronicals of narnia novels.
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen & The Moon of Gomrath & The Owl Service by alan garner these i must have read and reread over and over again:D

I dont offen re-read major books but I did read this one again not too long ago after having to rebuy it cos the mate i lent my copy out to denied me ever lendinng it to them (thieving git) The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera
REVIEW: (not by me cos im too lazy)
A young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover—these are the two couples whose story is told in this masterful novel. In a world in which lives are shaped by irrevocable choices and by fortuitous events, a world in which everything occurs but once, existence seems to lose its substance, its weight. Hence, we feel "the unbearable lightness of being" not only as the consequence of our private actions, but also in the public sphere, and the two inevitably intertwine:thumbsup:



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Amelie said:
Judy bLUME, I GOT MY FIRST BIT OF SEX ED FROM 'fOREVER' LOL.

Ahh frig, soz about the typo error there.
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Lol, I was actually going to mention about thinking it was incredibly naughty to be reading 'Forever' :p :D
'Are you there God, its me Margaret' was the next closest in the sauciness stakes...spin the bottle... whoo hoo :p :D Bless. :D
 
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lottie said:
and off course adrian mole books !
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I still find the Adrian mole ones quite funny, read one a few months ago, one of the ones where he's all grown up .

It declined to say whether or not he still measures his 'thing' though ;) :D

Leicester-based too, wahey. Strange fact - The 'Mrs Bull' domestic science teacher was based on a real Mrs Bull from my old school :$ :thumbsup:


A similar one was 'Diary of a teenage health freak' too
 
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I remember the books that you used to be able to choose your adventure - if you choose to go left on the path, turn to page 68 etc....
and the ones you could send away for and have your name incorporated into the story :thumbsup:
 
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T.C said:
I bought that on Monday, and its sat not three feet from me as I type, waiting to be started . :)

re: childhood books

The Magical Faraway Tree :cool:
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The 'Faraway Tree' & the 'Enchanted Wood' by Enid Blyton were the BEST BEST BEST books EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My mate ordered the Faraway Tree off the net a while ago....was wicked remeniscing, although i'm ready to start world war 3 over Joe Bessie & Fanny now being Joe Betty (or something equally as rubbish) and FRANNY!!! LOL.

Bring back Moonface & the washerwoman & the land of all good things :love:
 
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The 'Faraway Tree' & the 'Enchanted Wood' by Enid Blyton were the BEST BEST BEST books EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My mate ordered the Faraway Tree off the net a while ago....was wicked remeniscing, although i'm ready to start world war 3 over Joe Bessie & Fanny now being Joe Betty (or something equally as rubbish) and FRANNY!!! LOL.

Bring back Moonface & the washerwoman & the land of all good things :love:
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thats the fooker! couldnt remember the name of the other one! :thumbsup:

I recall saucepan man too, and the angry man or something? and the land of topsy turvy or whatevr, where you had to tie cushions to your arse :thumbsup:

I used to really wish such a place existed, get myself down there and try some of moonface's toffee :D

mint books :thumbsup:

lol @ the franny name change :rolleyes: :D
 


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