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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My favourite book is The Lord
My favourite book is The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkein.
The Horse's Mouth by Joyce
The Horse's Mouth by Joyce Cary. Great writer, not so well known or appreciated these days. A rollicking story of the creative process at work.
I can't really pick which
I can't really pick which book I like the most so here's a few of my most favourite... The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, The Hobbit, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games Trilogy, The Silmarillion, The Children of húrin, The Casual Vacancy and the fault in our stars
I'm a massive fantasy fiction
I'm a massive fantasy fiction fan and so my favourite book of all time is Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson (book 3 in the Tales of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series). If you love epic fantasy and haven't read Erikson yet - you should ;o)
my favourite book is the
my favourite book is the magic cottage the first adult book i ever read and got me hooked on horror for a lifetime
Charlie and the Chocolate
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. Even though it's a popular children's book I still love it as an adult and still think it's got a really dark message!
I read and read and read but
I read and read and read but not often the same book over again. I like to read different ones all the time and there are so many to choose from. When I was younger though I used to love "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I used to imagine it was me in the story. Cried every time!
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn -
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - great twist in the middle - I won't spoil it for you!
fav book ever was jurassic
fav book ever was jurassic park. and i loved the films too
the wasp factory my iain
the wasp factory my iain banks. blew my mind as a teen. probably deserves a revisit.
The Snowman by Jo Nesbo Very
The Snowman by Jo Nesbo Very atmospheric Creepy thriller cant get enough of it dying to read the new one Police!!
The Vampire Diaries by Anne
The Vampire Diaries by Anne Rice.
Just seemed to something I could read easily.
I really love The Perks of
I really love The Perks of being a Wallflower
My favourite book is The
My favourite book is The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. I have read it many times!
I love agtha Christie books
I love agtha Christie books difficult to choose a favourite from hers but the one that stands out is the ABC murders as it mentions bexhill on sea where I whent to school.
The Shock of the Fall was the
The Shock of the Fall was the last really good book I read :-)
My favourite author is
My favourite author is Patricia Cornwell - so anything in her series x thanks x
The classic Dr Jekyll and Mr
The classic Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - a cautionary tale for us all!
The Lion , The Witch and The
The Lion , The Witch and The Wardrobe .
I mostly read crime novels
I mostly read crime novels and thrillers now but as an all time favourite it would be hard to beat "Little Women"
I love Lord of the
I love Lord of the Rings.
Every time I read it I get something new from it. A great fantasy read with a moral background to it.
As a teenager, a very long
As a teenager, a very long time ago, I read a book called Go Ask Alice about a teenage girl addicted to drugs. I will never forget this book.
Growing up it would have to
Growing up it would have to be Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, but more recently I have read The Lord of the Rings trilogy and would have to say Tolkien created such a rich and diverse world.
The Prize Winner of Defiance
The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio - Terry Ryan. inspirational!!!
It would definitely have to
It would definitely have to be 'The Clan of the Cave Bear' by Jean M Auel, the first in the Earth's Children series. It captured my imagination and I love re-reading it from time to time. I thoroughly enjoyed the other books in the Earth's children series too.
Cell by Stephen King