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1. Have you always loved books? Who, if anyone, in your life has most inspired you to read?
2. What was your favourite childhood book?
3. Which books do you remember studying at school? Did you enjoy them?
4. Where do you most enjoy reading? Do you need silence to read, or can you read almost anywhere?
5.Choose five of your favourite books and tell us why you loved them so much!
6. Do you prefer reading fiction or non fiction?
7. Are you fond of a particular author and what attracts you to their books? (You can pick a few if you can’t choose!)
8. Do you rely on goodreads to keep track of your reading or do you have your own method?
9. What's the best book you've read so far this year? What are you reading at the moment? What will you be reading next?

1. From about 7 I was hooked on the Famous Five. I discovered an ancient copy that belonged to my Mums brother in my Nannas front room,, I think my Mum was my inspiration she was an avid reader.
2. All the Famous Five books and anything Enid Blyton.
3. We studied The diary of Anne Frank and The Railway children at school I loved them.
4. I love to read on the sofa snuggled into a corner or in bed but as I love hard backed books it is more tricky in bed.
5. To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey..The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern..The Book Thief by Markus Zusak..The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald.. My reasons for all of these and all my favourite books are the same..I love the writing style, the lyrical prose, the depth of characterisation, the story, the way I am immediately drawn into the book, the feel of book itself.
6. I read both but recently more fiction.
7. No specific author but if I like the book I read by them I will always try to read more by the same one.
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9. Best this year The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.. I am reading The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult..Next hmmm Bitter greens by Kate Forsythe or The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. But these are subject to change.

I loved The book thief!

Very interesting to read Tracey, I also loved The Book Thief (have you heard that they are making a movie of it?), The Night Circus and The Great Gatsby for pretty much the same reasons as you chose them.

Alannah wrote: "Very interesting to read Tracey, I also loved The Book Thief (have you heard that they are making a movie of it?), The Night Circus and The Great Gatsby for pretty much the same reasons as you chos..."

I didn't know of the film; I wonder how it'll come out: I rarely like films of the books I loved.

I loved Enid Blyton as a child as well!

Alannah wrote: "Very interesting to read Tracey, I also loved The Book Thief (have you heard that they are making a movie of it?), The Night Circus and The Great Gatsby for pretty much the same reasons as you chos..."
I knew about the film of The Book Thief and it made me go grrrr !! I see the characters as I read and my interpretation is far better than any book to film translation could ever be.. so needless to say I will NOT be going to see it.

Heather wrote: "I loved Enid Blyton as a child as well!"

I had all the Famous five ,Secret Seven, Mallory Towers,St Clares, Mr Twiddle,Magic faraway tree and a load of others too,,

I started The Book Thief but I just couldn't get into it - I'll have to give it another go sometime.

Tracey wrote: "Heather wrote: "I loved Enid Blyton as a child as well!"

I had all the Famous five ,Secret Seven, Mallory Towers,St Clares, Mr Twiddle,Magic faraway tree and a load of others too,,"

Tracey, I loved Enid Blyton's books, I used to save up my pocket money for them and they would be read over and over...

Maggie wrote: "I started The Book Thief but I just couldn't get into it - I'll have to give it another go sometime."

It is well worth it Maggie. I reckon I will re read it pretty soon as the copy I had was a grotty second hand one and I loved it so much I got myself a lovely brand new hard back which patiently waits on my bookshelf :)

I knew about the film of The Book Thief and it made me go grrrr !! I see the characters as I read and my interpretation is far better than any book to film translation could ever be.. so needless to say I will NOT be going to see it.

Tracey, I know what you mean, but I like to see the film anyway, sometimes just so I can be smug in the knowledge that the book is better...I may well watch it when it comes out! I liked the Book Thief too.

Shirley wrote: "I knew about the film of The Book Thief and it made me go grrrr !! I see the characters as I read and my interpretation is far better than any book to film translation could ever be.. so needless t..."

Shirley wrote: "I knew about the film of The Book Thief and it made me go grrrr !! I see the characters as I read and my interpretation is far better than any book to film translation could ever be.. so needless t..."

Mostly I am worried what they're going to do with the character of 'Death'.I envisioned him as looking like 'Jurgen Prochnow' a bit cadaverous but handsome.

I loved The Magic Faraway tree so much. Read it over and I we again. Currently reading a YA book, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making which reminds me so much in style of Blyton and particularly the Faraway Tree. It's just longer and a bit more grown up

Heather wrote: "I loved The Magic Faraway tree so much. Read it over and I we again. Currently reading a YA book, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making which reminds me so much in styl..."

I was looking at that earlier today might be one for my to read list :)

It's enjoyable. I don't love it because its a bit slow in build up and a bit too descriptive but I think it's heading for 4*. The writing style is so Blytonesque!

Maggie wrote: "I started The Book Thief but I just couldn't get into it - I'll have to give it another go sometime."

I was the same but I am glad I stuck with it.

I also loved The Famous Five books! Such timeless classics - I read the first one again a few months back and loved it just as much as when I was a kid.

I loved The Famous Five books as a kid too. There seems to be a lot of us.

For some reason I could not get into those Famous Five, although looking back I think it was around the time that I would not read anything other Jacqueline Wilson.

I don't know if famous five has been updated for nowadays Alannah ? when I read them first it would have been in the early 70s and still original text. Might seem old fashioned now but I loved them.

Karlos wrote: "I loved The Famous Five books as a kid too. There seems to be a lot of us."

Maybe we could pick our favorite and have a read along even if they're all different Karlos I pick Five on a treasure island island the first book

I love that idea, Tracey!

Yeahhhh ! I have no clue how to start a thread though Heather.

Tracey wrote: "Yeahhhh ! I have no clue how to start a thread though Heather."

Easy peasy! Go to the Readalongs topic folder here and above where it says 'last activity' you should see in little green letters "new topic". Just click on that & fill in the thread title (usually the name of your readalong) and put a comment in the comment box.

Thank you Leslie you are a gem. Set one up and I hope everyone has fun and it brings a smile. :)

I liked your reading journey tracey. Thanks for sharing with us!

Yes the famous five. I was a big Blyton fan and incensed to discover she was banned by the snobbish literature dictators for many years. I think Enid Blyton gave me a great sense that anything was possible.