Hello again everyone! Well we did it, we survived the summer holidays – woohoo! Seriously, I did really enjoy having the children home for the summer, but by the end of August bickering between them was starting to set in, and the juggling required to manage working from home, running the house and the kids was getting to a level that a circus performer would struggle to keep up with! My eldest went back to school last week (Year 4, big girl now), and my youngest starts in Reception class today – very exciting times! How was your summer? Are you, like me, secretly glad to have a bit of normality back, or would you happily have summer all year round?
The children will no doubt be very tired for the next few weeks, adjusting to life back at school. This means we can have some nice quiet after-school sessions catching up on a few movies and some good books. I might even be able to read some of the eBooks I have stored on the iPad for myself – I download them all the time, but never seem to get chance to read them! How about you? Do you have a favourite reading time or spot? Do you like to read in the bath when you get some “me time”? Are you a bed-reader? Would a £50 Amazon voucher help to increase your library of hard-copy books or eBooks? I thought it would! Well, to celebrate Agatha Christie Week (14-21 September 2014) and Roald Dahl Day (13th September 2014) here at The Prizefinder we are offering our lovely members the opportunity to win £50 of Amazon vouchers, for you to spend on whatever you like, in our exclusive competition! You could treat yourself to a whole book-shelf of books, or several MBs of eBooks, how about some eBooks or paperbacks for the children, maybe some Christmas stories to squirrel away – the choice is yours! All you need to do to enter is comment on this blog and let me know what your favourite book of all time is! For me it is a tough choice – I love old historical fiction and non-fiction like Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, Little House on the Prairie etc. But I think my go-to book has to be Pride & Prejudice – must have read it 100 times, and it still feels like a comforting blanket and a bowl of homemade stew in book-form every time I read it. Entries close at 23:59 on Sunday 14th September 2014, and you need to be a registered member and logged into your account to enter. So, give it some thought, and drop me a comment below – I am looking forward to reading all your great book suggestions!
Happy comping everyone, lots of Lucky Dust to you all!
Kirsty x
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- The prize is a £50 Amazon voucher
- The closing date for entries is 23:59 on Sunday 14th September 2014.
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- One winner will be chosen at random from all entries
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Duncton Wood by William
Duncton Wood
by William Horwood
It makes me cry every time x
The Hunger Games totally
The Hunger Games totally hooked from the beginning until the end.
Anything from Terry
Anything from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. I have read them all so many times and still love them
Wind in the Willows, I know I
Wind in the Willows, I know I am a bit old for it now but just love its charm
So many to choose from,
So many to choose from, though I couldn't put down Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood.
Pillars of the Earth by Ken
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett has to be one of my favourites. I read so much I have lots.
My favourite book is Jane
My favourite book is Jane Eyre. I still cry when I read it, and feel the highs and lows of emotion as Jane lives through schooldays, becoming a governess, falling in love, running away from love, and of course faces the gothic horror
The book i would say is my
The book i would say is my favourite of all time is The very Hungry caterpillar :-)
It would have to be The
It would have to be The Hobbit. When I was young, my Mum would read the story of Bilbo Baggins to me when I was tucked up in bed. A really treasured memory for me :D
For me its The Gunslinger
For me its The Gunslinger -Stephen King, brilliant series.
The Cherry Orchard - Anton
The Cherry Orchard - Anton Checkov, a classic comedy drama play
Justin Cronin - The Passage &
Justin Cronin - The Passage & The Twelve
Mira Grant Feed Trilogy
The Strain trilogy
And anything by Lisa Jackson, Karen Rose and Chris Carter!
I have always loved the
I have always loved the Babysitters Club book series and still have almost the entire collection :)
My all time favourite is The
My all time favourite is The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
The Whitby Witches by Robin
The Whitby Witches by Robin Jarvis. (The first book in an awesome trilogy)
Hard to choose but I'll go
Hard to choose but I'll go for The Complete Sherlock Holmes. I love those stories
Always you and The boy who
Always you and The boy who sneaks in my bedroom window by Kirsty Moseley
I read To kill a mocking bird
I read To kill a mocking bird at school and fell in love with it and have read it hundreds of times since, seen plays and love the film! A must read
I love Me before You by Jo Jo
I love Me before You by Jo Jo Moyes. As A child I loved The Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton I still have my original copy and have read it to my children
The Snowman by Jo Nesbo,
The Snowman by Jo Nesbo, gripping thriller/crime novel.
I love The Shining by Stephen
I love The Shining by Stephen King.
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier is one book I go back to...I also loved the 'Faraway Tree' books by Enid Blyton when I was younger! Cecilia Aherne is my favourite author too - she thinks of the most brilliant storylines!
My favorite book changes all the time, depending on what mood I'm in, at the moment It's the Harry Potter series, Last month it was Philippa Gregory =D