Favourite book

[LaDiDaDi]

What's your favourite book?

I think that mine is To Kill a Mockingbird, as I remember reading it at school and being absolutely entranced by the writing and the plot. I loved it. I've read loads and loads of books since but none ofthem have seemed to have so much depth to them, although I'm not sure ifthis is just because now I read purely for pleasure and don't have the same discussions about literature that I had at school.

agree with cg25 MARTINE COLE is fab. brilliant books cant put them down. also love CATHY KELLY books. easy reading feel good books.

agree with cg25 MARTINE COLE is fab. brilliant books cant put them down. also love CATHY KELLY books. easy reading feel good books.

Too many to restrict to one.

I'm even using the top of an electric storage heater as a bookshelf.

I must stop this madness!

sorry girls didnt think last message had went through. having a wee drink so not as sharp as usual!!!!!

"Classic" - Catcher in the Rye, J D Salinger
"Non- classic" - Rachels holiday - Marian Keyes.

Read both of them cover to cover at least ten times, maybe more, plus done zillions of "dip into" bits, you know, dip in and read a few fave pages and put down a while later, having totally lost yourself in the pages...

Just reading previous posts: Perfume I thought was wonderfully written but I found it very creepy in an uncomfortable way. The ending was shocking too if I remember (2 years since i read it).

Riders/Jilly Cooper - Read years ago whilst breastfeeding. Made me giggle. Light-hearted and fun.

Saturday - Ian McEwan - just got this out of library yesterday. Have high hopes after reading comment on here. Read Enduring Love and thought it was excellent.

If I had to name my favourites right now (changes according to mood) I would say The Wasp Factory and The World According to Garp.

Mists of Avalon (can't remember who wrote it)
lady of hay by Barbara Erskine
The clan of the cave bear (can't remember that one either!)

Pride and Prejudice

haruki murukami-the wind up bird chronicles

atm

thats just this month though

oooh, second drosophila's philip k dick short stories also good

Anything written by martina cole

To Kill a Mockingbird is my favourite book ever

Pride & Prejudice, Persuasion, Mansfield Park
John Updike's Rabbit books
The Shrimp & the Anemone by L P Hartley
To Kill a Mockingbird
Persuasion by A S Byatt
Anne of Green Gables series
The Secret Garden

gobble - Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo?

why? its pants!

Joolstooooo - I love the standard of literary criticism you get in Mumsnet.

star of the sea - jo o connor
a recent read that i have to say i really enjoyed.

Lord of the Flies

The Color Purple

Most Titles by Jodi Picoult especially My Sisters Keeper

Silence of the Lambs

Most Titles of Patrica Cornwell

Anything by James Herbert

Time Travellers Wife

etc etc

I can't believe how many of these books I've never even heard of!

Fave is Cold Mountain.
Or Cider with Rosie.
And Far from the Madding Crowd.
and Lord of the Rings.
Narnia.
Schindler's Ark.
Name of the Rose.

too many to mention!

Secret History I love ..though struggled with the next one..Little something or other

The Time Travellers Wife - Audrey Niffenegger is brill and loved Star of the Sea ..even though I thought I would HATE it..tried to get dh to read it but the funny language put him off..

Busman's Honeymoon by DLSayers
North & South & Mary Barton by M.Gaskell
Bleak House
Jane Eyre
Persuasion
Regency Buck - G.Heyer
Katherine by A.Seton

I'm v.19th century in my tastes!! I do read contemporary books honest.

Pride and Prejudice- Jane Austin
The Stand - Steven King
A Thousand Words for Stranger- Julie E. Czerneda
Bill Bryson - I know its travel and not really a novel but very funny
Anita Blake Series- Laurel K. Hamilton
Clan of the Cave Bear- Jean M. Auel
The Dragon Queen- Alice Borchardt
The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Douglas Adams
Virgina Henley (the best of trashy historical romance)

hummm too many to write them all

Bill Bryson Notes From a Small Island made me cry with laughter!!

I forgot the Dan Brown books - I loved them even though they are far fetched

Daemara - My top two are the same as yours - although I can never decide once and for all whether I like P & P or S & S best from the lovely Jane's masterpieces! And The Stand is just superb!