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I loved Alice Through the Looking Glass, so much funnier and more bizarre than Alice in Wonderland. I loved the White Knight (which probably explains a lot about the unsuitable men I had relationships with!).

I used to always have my head in a book and still do.
A book I used to love was called A Book For A Nook,it was a collection of short stories and poems and I would read it over and over again. Have it now but looking slightly the worse for wear but still nice to pick up for both the stories and now the memories

My most memorable and imagination jerking book was the Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton. Never forgotten.

School prizes always seemed to be Enid Blyton or Chalet School books - a strange choice for children from poor families. I much preferred the books which my DF's cousin sent from America each Christmas - Anne of Green Gables, Understood Betsy and 5 Little Peppers and How they Grew.

My favourite book as a teenager was The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy. I loved the rural setting and the dramatic irony that is prevalent throughout the book. The Mayor, who at the start of the book is a young hay trusser who in a drunken rage sells his wife and daughter, turns his life around and becomes a successful grain merchant and eventually the Mayor of Casterbridge, only to suffer another downfall. Despite his faults, you cannot help feeling sorry for the tragic mayor. His eventual death brought tears to my eyes. If an author makes you do that, you know you're a good book!

As a child I was enthralled by The Children of the New Forest by Frederck Marryat.
It fact when one of my grandchildren came home with a book about a youg Jewish boy and his survival of the last war I told him this was not a new situation and supplied him with a copy of the book which I had some difficulty finding.

The Talking Parcel by Gerald Durrell, not many people know of this book by him but I loved it, it was all fantasy and unusual characters but based in his beloved Greece. A group of children find a rather well dressed and elegant parrot in a cage with furniture and a spider as a housekeeper and the parrots job was to 'air the dictionary' to make sure all words got used and not forgotten. He came from a land called Mythologia where unicorns, cockatrices and the last dragon live to name but a few and an exciting adventure ensues. I always loved complicated words when I was a child and was crazy about animals and fantastical creatures. This book was perfect.

I loved Pinocchio which was a Christmas present when I was about 8. It had a few coloured illustrations in it and I was always worried that my nose would grow like his if I told a fib.

Has to be Wind in the willows fond memorys being read to by my infant teacher

I loved anything by Roald Dahl - great plot and characters, and a brilliant way with words!

anything

I loved The Children of Cherry-Tree Farm by Enid Blyton. I loved the adventures the children had and learning more about all the wild animals they came across.

I AM Petrova in Noel Streatfeild's 'Ballet Shoes', or at least, I really thought I was!

One of the best 'girls' books published.

Pride and Prejudice and it is still one of my favourites. Read it many times over the years

Winnie the Pooh

All of the chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis. Escapism. Every few years I reread them.

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I had aregular book club and this was sent one day. I loved this, but left it at home when I got my own home and unfortunately my younger sister has now claimed that it is hers- and always was!

Mine was Enid Blyton - The Magic Faraway tree, that book stuck with me through life, was so magical

My favourite books were the Romany books, as I lived in the countryside and liked nature. We had very few books in the house and no access to a library. I marvel at the choice and scope of books that my grandchildren have access to.

The Famous five was pretty much me and my siblings

The secret garden was always my favourite, it used to get me thinking about my own garden being such a place.

My favourite books were Tin Tin. I used to love the travels to far away places I'd never heard of.

i loved the lion the witch and the wardrobe, i loved the character and magic of it all

I loved the TWITS by Roald Dahl, read is SO many times, his books are all timeless!

Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe - I would get into my big wooden wardrobe with a torch to read the book by, and lose myself in the fantasy of finding Narnia for myself.