"When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library."
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice.
As we were!
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice.
As we were!
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I have done it! But I am not OK with how brutal I had to be. I just went through and was rithess. I had got down to 21 books. So losing 11 hurt.
Can't remember if we were allowed to include a memoir? I put it in italics just in case no we aren't and would put the book below it in its place.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
This Is How We Are Human by Louise Beech
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
Foster by Claire Keegan
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe
Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Just as Long as We're Together by Judy Blume
All the Young Men by Ruth Coker Burns
Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Can't remember if we were allowed to include a memoir? I put it in italics just in case no we aren't and would put the book below it in its place.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
This Is How We Are Human by Louise Beech
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
Foster by Claire Keegan
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe
Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Just as Long as We're Together by Judy Blume
All the Young Men by Ruth Coker Burns
Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
i sort of wish he HAD asked just to see ilya go full scorched earth
hope you’re enjoying it! it’s my favourite non-hollonov book, troy is just such an engaging character to me for all his faults.
I really am! It's so nice to read something quick and easy when I'm plodding through East of Eden (which I'm enjoying, but I'm in need of a change of pace).i sort of wish he HAD asked just to see ilya go full scorched earth
hope you’re enjoying it! it’s my favourite non-hollonov book, troy is just such an engaging character to me for all his faults.
I really liked the whole Ottawa crew in The Long Game, and it's good to see them back, even though it makes me want a puppy.
i love the centaurs so much (i await all of their casting announcements every day
) - i love that this one has a lot of wyatt, who is my favourite. it absolutely did make me want a dog too. again, can’t wait to see connor storrie cuddling one in a year
This is my current list but am sure there are some I have forgotten. Where I have highlighted the author it's because there was more than one of their books I could have picked!
The Island -Victoria Hislop
My Friends- Frederik Blackman
Wild Swans- Jung Chang
Memoir of a Geisha-Arthur Golden
Life after Life -Kate Atkinson
The Lion Women of Tehran -Marjan Kamali
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
Half of a Yellow Sun- Chimamanda Adichie
The Goldfinch- Donna Tart
There are Rivers in the Sky- Elif Shafak
The Island -Victoria Hislop
My Friends- Frederik Blackman
Wild Swans- Jung Chang
Memoir of a Geisha-Arthur Golden
Life after Life -Kate Atkinson
The Lion Women of Tehran -Marjan Kamali
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
Half of a Yellow Sun- Chimamanda Adichie
The Goldfinch- Donna Tart
There are Rivers in the Sky- Elif Shafak
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I always forget how much I liked this book, it's a proper comfort read for me.
I'm enjoying reading all of your own personal top 10 reads and am trying to compile my own 
In the meantime, has anyone read I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney? I read the whole book yesterday and still feel unsettledslightly sick every time I think of the ending.
In the meantime, has anyone read I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney? I read the whole book yesterday and still feel unsettled
Love seeing some Judy Blume in these lists- for me, her books were a critical part of learning to love reading from childhood, through teen years to adulthood (along with many others including Enid Blyton, Paula Danziger, Lois Duncan, Stephen King and Sue Townsend). Summer Sisters was a great book 
Oh wow, Paula Danziger, that's a name I haven't seen in a long while!Love seeing some Judy Blume in these lists- for me, her books were a critical part of learning to love reading from childhood, through teen years to adulthood (along with many others including Enid Blyton, Paula Danziger, Lois Duncan, Stephen King and Sue Townsend). Summer Sisters was a great book
Maybe we should all challenge ourselves to re-read a teenage favourite and see what we think today.
There’s just too many books and I want to read them all
paula danziger!!! i LOVED this place has no atmosphere and the penpal books she did with ann m martinLove seeing some Judy Blume in these lists- for me, her books were a critical part of learning to love reading from childhood, through teen years to adulthood (along with many others including Enid Blyton, Paula Danziger, Lois Duncan, Stephen King and Sue Townsend). Summer Sisters was a great book
speaking of ann m martin and childhood reading: i forget what i went to tesco for most days but can remember almost every single word of the recap she would do at the start of each babysitters club book. stacey is so cool and she is FROM NEW YORK!
There were a few Sweet Valley High books in the charity shop recently & I was so tempted to buy them to re-read but was afraid they’d taint my love for them. I’m kicking myself I didn’t get them now 🫤
the sweet valley high special editions which were always insane (a prince falls in love with elizabeth! they’re in london and there’s werewolves for some reason!) and had no bearing on the actual series were my absolute favourites
i reread an absolute load of them over lockdown and completely forgot that the series ends with a huge natural disaster
I used to get those Sweet Valley High books out of the library but I've got to say I don't remember any of that! Clearly I missed the most interesting onesthe sweet valley high special editions which were always insane (a prince falls in love with elizabeth! they’re in london and there’s werewolves for some reason!) and had no bearing on the actual series were my absolute favourites
i reread an absolute load of them over lockdown and completely forgot that the series ends with a huge natural disaster
Hay Festival announced a "Pleasure List"
and most of the comments are like this:
and most of the comments are like this:
an amazing question because HOW DARE THEY
they really could have named that list something else my thread reputation demands that i must ask wtaf where the crawdads sing is on there
