I am a big reader. I always have a book on the go (sometimes two!). I would seriously be lost without something to read and on the rare occasion I run out of new books to read I feel like someone has ripped my right arm off. About ten years ago my Nana gave me a copy of 'The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood' by Rebecca Wells to read and it became one of my most favourite books EVER. I can't count how many times I've read it or any of the other books about the deliscious Ya Yas. It's a story of friendship, coming of age, making mistakes, accepting that you've made mistakes and piecing your life back together when it falls apart. It's become a bit of a security blanket for me and I turn to it whenever if feel the need for a bit of comfort and familiarity. I feel like I know all the characters and it's like re-visiting old friends as I read the first page for the umpteenth time :) How about you guys? Any books out there that you read and re-read and never get bored of?
Let me know. I'm always after new reading material. God bless Amazon!!
Loola xx
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Well, despite what might be expected of me at my ripe old age, I still love Dr Seuss, in particularly Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are. Grown up books don’t rhyme so well, or have such good pictures :) Who’d be a grown up?
The enigmatic, masked blogger strikes again
Dear Loola,
found you on the blog of The Blogger Formerly Known As - and was interested in your "Big Bad Wolf" because the day before I just searched the Internet about the "Little Bad Wolf" (whom they later changed to "Little Good Wolf").
I read a lot - and it is absolutely interesting how a novel changes when your read it a decade later (Madam Bovary; Effi Briest, The Great Gatsby).
I very often reread the very funny books of E.M.Delafield "Diary of a Provincial Lady" etc, or "Mapp and Lucia" by E.F.Benson - or the novels of Elizabeth v. Arnim, e.g. Enchanted April.
(that's spooky - I found your link in th coffee shop and the two commetns above are people whom I've commented to in the last couple of days!)
However, my read and re-read books have to be Jane Austen - I have her complete works in one huge volume and absolutely adore them. Other good reads: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime (Mark Haddon) and anything b Nick Hornby. Just finished Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris - loved it.
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