Jacqueline Wilson for me too
No. But I have a copy here that I keep meaning to get around tothey were absolutely brilliant books!
just started Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult anyone read it?
This was one of my favourite reads last year! Very raw and honest depiction I thoughtI am reading Blade in the Shadow by Jillian Halket, it is about a lady living with OCD. I started it a while ago but as someone who struggles with genuine OCD it was a bit up close and personal. But it is a great account of her life. I think it is less than £2 on Amazon as well.
I went straight in after Betty and although it is bleak, it’s quite a quick and easy read.Ooooh I have that on my kindle but my current mood may not be able to cope with the apparent bleakness , especially after Betty!
I wasn’t quite certain that you were joking so didn’t wanna laugh and be insensitiveSorry I thought this was hilarious.
Enid Blyton's Tales of Toyland was the first book I ever read on my own as a child (I was around 5/6 yo..). I then read Look out, Secret Seven which I had literally begged my mum to buy for mewhat book Sparked your love for reading?
for me, the faraway tree by EB
Ah it’s the wishing chair!oh gosh there’s a blast from the past! I remember loving that series (there were a few weren’t there?) and there was an enchanted chair series too? I was never keen on the famous five or the other seven smug kids though.
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I LOVED RL Stine books and most of the Point Horror series. I would raid the local library and borrow as many as I could! Does anyone remember Point Romance? I remember reading a book called "Two Timer" - 11 year old me felt sooo edgyI transitioned from EB to the Babysitters Club which I could exchange with school friends. Oh and then the Goosebumps books before RL Stine which in hindsight were really very dark for their given audience!
Oh my god. I loved these! Thanks for reminding me haha.Did anyone ever read the usbourne puzzle adventures books?
Absolutely loved these!!!!
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I remember reading Junk when I was about 12I LOVED RL Stine books and most of the Point Horror series. I would raid the local library and borrow as many as I could! Does anyone remember Point Romance? I remember reading a book called "Two Timer" - 11 year old me felt sooo edgy
I also read Junk by Melvin Burgess (I think it has been renamed to Smack or something now) which was about teenage heroin addicts.
From year 9 to 11 at Secondary, I really enjoyed the books I studied for SATS and GCSE. To Kill a Mockingbird will always be one of my favourite books of all time.
I used to read these! There was a character called Giselle and I always thought it was pronounced 'Grizzle' until I read it aloud once and got corrected, hahaEnid Blyton for me too. The Faraway Tree books, Famous Five, Secret Seven and then Mallory Towers and St Claires.
On the subject of boarding school books, did anyone ever read The Chalet School books? They were quite old fashioned, I think it was actually my mum who got me into them because she read them when she was young. The were boarding school books set in the Alps and there were loads of them in the series - to the point where some of the later books were about the original characters kids! Our local library had some but I very rarely come across anyone else who knows about them!
The Saddle Club!! I loved the books! I had so many of them. I wasn't allowed to ride a horse so I read novels about it instead.The Saddle Club, Point Horror and His Dark Materials were my ultimate childhood books, however I did also greatly enjoy reading my parents' atlas and as such am really good at naming the US state capitals.
I must admit I did read the dictionary when little as I’ve always been fascinated with wordsI loved reading the English Dictionary and Holy Bible when I was little
I used to love the give yourself Goosebumps books!!I loved Jaqueline Wilson, Harry Potter (obv), The Chronicles of Narnia, The Saddle Club, The Baby Sitters Club and Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal SnoggingI also loved Goosebumps. Does anyone remember the give yourself goosebumps books, where you had to make a decision and then turn to a certain page depending on what you decided.
The library was my favourite day out as a kidI’d read the entirety of the kids section by the time I was about 11 so they upgraded me to an adult card. My mum nearly had a heart attack when I came home with Watermelon by Marian Keyes and asked her what a birth canal meant
Bert’s Books does a range of subscriptions. It’s a lovely shop. You can order online or their store is in Swindon (I think)Book subscriptions are a great gift idea.
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