https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 08 May 2026 15:11:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread/page/2#post-109477 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:08:08 +0000 Steph 109477@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Debora, I just read Last Night at the Lobster a few weeks ago, and I did enjoy it!</p> <p>Speaking of the HP audiobooks: I actually own the HP audiobooks with Jim Dale (another British actor!) as the reader. He is really superb. I guess the US versions of the audiobook are with Jim Dale and the UK ones are with Stephen Fry. Now I'm tempted to try to get my hands on the UK version to compare. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread/page/2#post-109402 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:28:50 +0000 Debora 109402@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh my gosh! I'm late coming to this thread. Curling up with a good book is one of my favorite things to do. The reason we bought the house we are in now is because the previous owner turned the formal living room into a library with built-in book shelves from floor to ceiling along every wall. We have a couple of leather chairs in there with a good reading lamp, and it's our favorite room in the house!</p> <p>I can't remember alot of what I used to read when I was younger - I'm that old! I think a lot of Bobbsy Twins, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys. I loved Little Women, Heidi, and Gone With The Wind.</p> <p>I recently reread The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings several years back and love to get lost in a good fantasy book. I'm also rereading some of the classics.</p> <p>Dawn - I also loved The Secret Garden and just finished The Count of Monte Cristo a few weeks ago. My son had to read it for 10th grade English so I picked it up when he was done - a great story! Also reread Farenheit 451 last year after he finished it for class.</p> <p>Steph - I LOVED Joshua Ferris' And Then We Came to the End! Wish they would make it into a movie. You might also enjoy Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan, a funny but poignant tale about the manager of a Red Lobster that is going out of business four days before Christmas.</p> <p>Inge - I like your taste in books! I also enjoyed Ella Minnow Pea - cute, whimsical book. I've read "The Uncommon Reader" and agree, it's a delightful book and a quick read. I read The Elegance of the Hedgehog recently and enjoyed it so much that I passed it on to my daughter. I just finished Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denin by David Sedaris.</p> <p>Vani - my daughter was reading The Tin Drum when she was home visiting for Thanksgiving. That's on my reading list now!</p> <p>Ele - thanks for starting this fun thread! I love to hear about what everyone else is reading!</p> <p>And, of course, I've read every Harry Potter book! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread/page/2#post-109401 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:28:12 +0000 yublocka 109401@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't believe I forgot to mention The Princess Bride. My favourite book of all time!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread/page/2#post-109391 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:22:34 +0000 yublocka 109391@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow this is the best thread ever!!! I share so many of your childhood faves:</p> <p>- #1 of course being Enid Blyton<br /> - Judy Blume (ah Deenie!)<br /> - Gordon Korman - Bug Potters books always had me in stitches no matter how many times I read them<br /> - Anne of GG<br /> - Narnia<br /> - Roald Dahl<br /> - Babysitters club......ah cheesy<br /> - Billy Bunter books by ??? (more boarding school shenanigans)<br /> - The "William" books by ???<br /> - Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys etc</p> <p>I would love to go back and read some of these again. I know all my Enids are somewhere in my parents garage still. No way I could ever part with those!</p> <p>Inge ever since I saw that HP was narrated by Stephen Fry I have wanted to get my hands on them. I have such a major crush on him!! His books and TV shows are great!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread/page/2#post-109235 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:46:46 +0000 Vani 109235@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gaah, how did I forget to mention P.G. Wodehouse? LOVE all his works. Growing up I was the only child I knew who knew and read PGW. </p> <p>Inge, I have listened to a few audiobooks narrated by Stephen Fry. If it weren't for the fact that I was driving at the time (long cummutes) I would have fallen off my chair so many, many times. The man has such a finely tuned sense of humour. Haven't listened to the HP series though. His narration of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy is my absolute favourite.</p> <p>Hmm...on my shelf right now are:<br /> The God Delusion &amp; The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins<br /> War &amp; Remembrance by Herman Wouk<br /> Biocosm by James Gardner<br /> Outliers, Tipping Point, Blink by Malcolm Gladwell<br /> The Complete Saki by HH Munro<br /> 1000 Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez<br /> Crime &amp; Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky<br /> Man &amp; Superman by George Bernard Shaw<br /> The Tin Drum by Günter Grass</p> <p>and a few others.</p> <p>My favourite Indian authors are Rabindranath Tagore, Shashi Tharoor and Rohinton Mistry. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread/page/2#post-109234 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:42:19 +0000 chewyspaghetti 109234@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh- what about The Boxcar Children, and the Nesbitt books? (Five Children and It)?</p> <p>Inge- I completely agree about the Harry Potter audio books. I usually can't stand to listen to audio books, but I love those. The other series that I love on audio are the Lemony Snickett ones- a Series of Unfortunate Events, but only the ones that Tim Curry narrates. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread/page/2#post-109231 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:04:33 +0000 Inge 109231@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>One more thing, and then I'll shut up for tonight. If you enjoyed the Harry Potter books, then the audio book versions, narrated by British actor, comedian and writer Stephen Fry come highly recommended. In fact, pick any audio book narrated by him, he's extremely good at this! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread/page/2#post-109230 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:59:09 +0000 Inge 109230@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>To say that I love this thread would be the understatement of the century! And I love it even more that there are soooo many other book worms on YLF. I've read and loved many of the authors mentioned here, so I'll try not to repeat those. </p> <p>I was also one of those kids that couldn't get enough of boarding school books, or anything with orphans or abandoned children in it (Cynthia Voigt anyone?-) There are loads of excellent Dutch and Belgium writers too of course (the publishing company Lemniscaat had particularly good ones when I was in my early teens). And I can't believe nobody has mentioned the Adrian Mole diaries, they were hilarious at the time.</p> <p>Truth be told, I'll read anything I can get my hands on (except horror stories, just don't like them very much). I'm a "mood reader" really, sometimes I get into one particular genre and read little else, sometimes I'm all over the place. I'm a big fan of mysteries, travel and culinary writing. On my book shelves you'll find lots of the classics and a lot of "fluff" too, it's all great;-)</p> <p>Let's see what I can see from the couch: Kazuo Ishiguro, Alessandro Barrico, Enrique Vila-Matas, Italo Calvino, Roddy Doyle, Nick Hornby, A.S. Byatt, Julian Barnes, Elizabeth George, Carol O'Connell, P.G. Wodehouse...</p> <p>I could never really get into Terry Pratchett, but I'm going to give him another go now. I'll add Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick and Heinlein to the sci-fi/fantasy list that Hannah and others have started. Has anyone read "Little, Big" by John Crowley. A friend recommended it to me, so it's on my to read list now.</p> <p>Jeez, I've already written a novel and I haven't even gotten to my *favourites* yet: books about books and writing. If I had to name one book that is totally me, it would be "Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader" by Anne Fadiman. It's a compilation of essays on the love for books, quirks of book worms, "an extended love letter to language and the wonders it performs". With every chapter I would shout out loud "yezzzzz, me too". Yes, dear ladies, I'm a book geek!</p> <p>If you want to try the genre, I'd also recommend a delightful little book by Alan Bennett, "The Uncommon Reader" in which Queen Elizabeth II goes searching for her runaway corgi in a mobile library van.</p> <p>The sci-fi/fantasy fans might also enjoy the Thursday Next novels by Jasper Fforde ("The Eyre Affaire" is the first one in the series).<br /> Another very good one is "Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters" by Mark Dunn.</p> <p>On my own (endless) to read list now are e.g.<br /> - The Solitude of Prime Numbers, Paolo Giordano<br /> - The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery<br /> (I'm often attracted to a book because of the unsual or quirky title, or because of the gorgeous cover design alone, sometimes they turn out to be excellent books, sometimes not, that's ok, I don't mind going on a little book adventure;-)<br /> - The Invention of Everything Else, Samantha Hunt<br /> - Man Walks Into a Room, Nicole Krauss</p> <p>Oh and I cannot let Persephone Books go unmentioned: <a href="http://www.persephonebooks.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.persephonebooks.co.uk/</a><br /> I *love* this concept, the books are truly gorgeous, there are some outstanding stories among them, and I just want them all;-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread/page/2#post-109191 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:32:53 +0000 Steph 109191@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have always been a huge fan of books as well, and my mom definitely taught me to love the public library! </p> <p>As a kid I read constantly. I read a ton of classics (Rebecca, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, The Scarlet Letter, etc.), and also loved series books (Beverly Cleary, the Babysitters Club, Nancy Drew). As a really young child, I loved the Mr. Men and Little Miss books. I think that my all-time favorite book as a kid was The Westing Game. I was always a huge fan of mysteries and loved Agatha Christie.</p> <p>I actually decided to re-read every single Agatha Christie novel now, as an adult. I am reading them in chronological order--I could never keep track of which I had read before! I like to alternate heavier books with lighter books (like mysteries). My two favorite books that I have read over the past couple of years are The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (a really excellent book that is well-written, suspenseful, and completely draws you in), and And Then We Came to the End, by Joshua Ferris (an absolutely hysterical book about a company doing layoffs during the last recession). I also love Jeffrey Eugenides, and have enjoyed a couple of books by Curtis Sittenfeld as well. </p> <p>I'm a big fan of bookmooch.com for trading books. It's a great website--you post the books you own and want to get rid of, and people request them of you. You mail them out and get a point for each book you send. With each point, you can request a book from someone else. It's great for people like me, who don't have a ton of space, and it cuts down on the expense of books. I am a huge fan of the public library as well, and am lucky enough to have one less than a block away. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread/page/2#post-109179 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:34:08 +0000 Louise 109179@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mrs Pepperpot anyone remember those? They're all flooding back now! x</p> <p>Edit- and Pongwiffy another witch book i loved! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread/page/2#post-109178 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:32:25 +0000 Ele 109178@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Louise- I read the Alfie and Annie Rose books! Wow, we're getting *really* far back now... I don't think I read those so much as had them read to me! My sister and I had loads of Shirley Hughes books- I loved the illustrations. </p> <p>I vaguely remember My Naughty Little Sister, too. I think she stressed me out though, because she was just *so* naughty!</p> <p>I've never really been into fantasy, so a lot of these titles are just going over my head. Of course I read The Hobbit, Narnia, etc.- but not so much more than that. Oh- I did love the vaguely fantasy-ish The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge. They made a movie of it last year and I saw it on the plane in October- really horrible </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread/page/2#post-109175 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:21:15 +0000 Louise 109175@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie i remember My naughty little sister. Anyone remember Alfie books. I have a couple in my classroom at the mo and love reading these to the kids x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread/page/2#post-109116 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:09:17 +0000 Vani 109116@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hanna, big fan of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" here (waving vigorously)! So many times I've looked like a complete idiot laughing out loud while reading it on the subway! Alas, though, the only book of Neil Gaman's that I have read is "Don't Panic". Have read 1984, Dune, "2001: A Space Odyssey", "The War of The Worlds", "The Andromeda Strain","20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and a few others. I have heard so much about "Good Omens", I'll look for it at the library.</p> <p>Ele, sounds like your mom and I would hit it off wonderfully! I don't know what it is, but I just love settling down in a corner of a library reading away to my heart's content. In some parallel reality I own a mansion in which 90% of the rooms are filled with books </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread#post-109110 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:50:46 +0000 Angie 109110@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My word. A South African author made someone's list. Anyone read André Brink?</p> <p>Laura, high five! I used to own my own horses and books about the pony club were my life. (And I LOVE Jilly Cooper's Books. She is a superb story teller). </p> <p>Julie, high five too! The Mr. Men books were sublime. LOVED Mr. Topsy Turvy. Anyone read the “My Naughty Little Sister” series? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread#post-109094 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:17:15 +0000 Michelle 109094@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OH Marianne, cheers to Coetzee!!! :)<br /> Hanna, my ex was quite into fantasy stuff and got pretty obsessed with a book called Snow Crash by Neal Stevenson. I never read it, but I know other fantasy lovers were keen on it too. Just throwing it out there in case you're interested. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread#post-109086 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:09:31 +0000 marianne 109086@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting thread, I am taking notes for my own kids. Most of the books you have mentioned weren't translated into my native language at the time, so I grew up reading classics like Dickens, Dumas, Victor Hugo. I never could get into Lord of the Rings. I still read a lot of "old" literature, but among my contemporary favorites are Umberto Eco, Orhan Pamuk, JM Coetzee... I am probably forgetting someone :)</p> <p>Oh and I had no idea about Twilight phenomenon at all - I only saw a 2-min blurb on TV promoting the movie (I have been hopelessly behind on pop culture since the kids). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread#post-109066 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:15:45 +0000 hanna 109066@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>man, i just have to say, this thread is giving me some great book suggestions. bf and i are going on a week-long trip to colorado, and as he's the snowboarder of the pair, i'm going to be left to my own devices, with a LOT of reading time! :)</p> <p>no fantasy/sci-fi readers in the house? fellow neil gaiman and terry pratchett devotees? i firmly believe 'good omens' is one of the best books ever -- the apocalypse was never so funny! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread#post-109060 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:54:42 +0000 Ele 109060@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Louise! I will check that out- can't believe I haven't heard of it before! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread#post-109051 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:58:44 +0000 Louise 109051@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ele try greenmetropolis.com too it's a book recycling site in the uk (are you uk too?)£3 something for a book x</p> <p>Edit just checked they got loads available £3.75 each </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread#post-109050 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:56:46 +0000 Ele 109050@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Laura- I read all the Little House books, and loved them. Like Louise, the first one was my favourite. </p> <p>I didn't even get into all my horse books, but I read loads. I went through a huge horse phase and rode (mainly dressage, but some showjumping) for years. Loved the Misty books (weren't there two?) and Black Beauty, but most of my favourite horse books were really obscure British series that I don't even remember the names of right now!</p> <p>Vani- My Mum would love you She is a librarian who worked for the federal government for most of her career, but when she retired 2 years ago she got a part-time job at the public library, simply for fun! She works at 9 different branches now on the reference desk and *loves* helping people with research, finding books for kids, etc. You've never met a bigger fan of libraries- whenever we were on vacation (it didn't matter where), if we drove past the public library, she always made us go in. Usually she'd get into a long discussion with the librarian and my sister and I would die of embarrassment ;)</p> <p>Louise- Have added Rebecca's Tale to my amazon wishlist, but heading to the library tomorrow to see if they have it first </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread#post-109047 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:45:21 +0000 Louise 109047@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Laura i loved Little House in the big wood by laura ingalls wasn't keen on the prarie ones x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread#post-109012 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:45:01 +0000 Vani 109012@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A thread after my own heart!! I LOVE reading. And I had the good fortune to be blessed with parents and uncles who were the same and always encouraged this habit by supplying me with an endless variety of reading material. My cousins would always make fun of me for latching on to the first available book and ignoring them at any and all family functions. Every library I had access to, I would befriend the librarian and devour all available books. Until I got to my teens, Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Famous Five and Archie rocked my world. Then I discovered Jeffery Archer at the modest 2 cabinet library in my school. It is amazing how different the popular genres were where I was growing up as opposed to what I see most of you here have read. Then there were Jane Austen, Somerset Maugham and so began my journey into grown-up literature. I haven't been able to do any serious reading lately but just finished a fantastic book called Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. I am hoping to start cracking on The Complete Saki this weekend. I LOVED the HP series and am inclined to think I will not be a big Twilight fan. My interests are very diverse and I never leave a book unfinished.</p> <p>There is still a painful lack of public libraries even in the bigger cities in India. Children have to depend on parents to either buy them books or trek to the one and only city library. Fortunately it is not an expensive indulgence. My fondest memories of child are taking the bus into the city for the Sunday morning used book market. The smell of old books is like an aphrodisiac to me. When I am older and ready to retire, I want to be able to open a used book store with a fireplace, loungy, comfy chairs and story hour everyday for all those kids who cannot afford even the small luxury of books. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread#post-109006 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:20:14 +0000 Laura 109006@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh, I love this thread!</p> <p>How about Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Little House series? I read those each about 200 times!</p> <p>And horse books? Black Beauty, Misty of Chincoteque (sp??). Like a lot of girls, I LOVED horses. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread#post-109003 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:48:10 +0000 chewyspaghetti 109003@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Growing up, I loved the LM Montgomery series of Anne and Emily, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Great Brain series, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (didn't discover the rest of Roald Dahl until my kids did), Milne's Winnie the Pooh and poetry books, the Oz series, Judy Blume, A Wrinkle in Time series, The Secret Garden and the Little Princess, Little Women and Little Men, and Shel Silverstein.<br /> I've read a lot of juvenile literature as an adult that I loved, including the Harry Potter series, the Lemony Snicket books, The Spiderwick Chronicles. I still love a good series- Clan of the Cave Bear, and Outlander (although I've only read a couple of those). My all time favorite author is Ernest Hemingway and I reread him every few years. I recently read The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck) and loved it. Oddly enough, I had tried to read it several times before and couldn't get through it. I also love Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger), and just about anything by Kurt Vonegut, George Orwell, Edgar Allen Poe or MarkTwain. Another recent read that I really enjoyed was Water for Elephants. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread#post-108934 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:56:25 +0000 Dawn 108934@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I read The Worst Witch when I was younger and loved it! </p> <p>My other favourite books as a younger teenager were by British author Jacqueline Anderson who wrote fiction that dealt with the many issues faced by teenage girls. My aunt has bought all of them for my cousins and I still take a quick read of them when I visit them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread#post-108919 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:53:16 +0000 Michelle 108919@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The Zucchini Warriors!! Ele, that was gold (as were all the other Bruno and Boots books). But for my money, the best Korman was one called Son of Interflux. I just read it recently after trying to track the thing down for years and howled with laughter, and apart from some of the vocab, it hasn't dated at all (high school kids take on monster corporation over environmental issues). Too fun!<br /> Ok, I'll read Emily. I understand that heroine's experience were more akin to Montgomery's own...poor woman. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread#post-108918 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:50:07 +0000 Ele 108918@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Louise- Oh, The Worst Witch! I didn't bother mentioning that because I figured it was so obscure, no one would know what I was talking about. LOVED those books. </p> <p>Michelle- You and I must be kindred spirits I forgot all about Janet Lunn, but I read lots of her when I was younger. I think my favourite was The Root Cellar, because I was into time travel. I also read tons of Gordon Korman- my parents always said they could tell when my sister or I were reading one, because of the shrieks of laughter that rung through the house! Honestly, the one with all the zucchini- priceless! </p> <p>You really must read the Emily of New Moon Books- as much as I love Anne, Pat et al, she is truly the most captivating of all LMM's heroines. The books (there are three) are a bit slower and more mysterious than the Anne ones, but really special. </p> <p>I'm surprised that no one has talked about After You'd Gone by Maggie O'Farrell, which I mentioned in my list. I *always* recommend this book to female friends, and they always love it. Just one of those real crowd-pleasers (if you can call a book that makes you sob uncontrollably "crowd-pleasing"). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread#post-108907 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:21:53 +0000 RoseandJoan 108907@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh Louise, I loved The Worst Witch, Matilda and Fantastic Mr Fox. My all time favourite would be The Hobbit.</p> <p>I'm loving reading the Teah her story book, her favourite is Where the Wild Things Are with the Mr Men books coming a close second.</p> <p>I'm ashamed to say I haven't read a novel in a long time. When I'm reading a book I read from cover to cover in one sitting, the house could fall down around my ears and I wouldn't notice. I now have to read short concise pieces of reading out of fairness to the family.</p> <p>My favourite classic is without doubt Wuthering Heights. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread#post-108888 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:59:31 +0000 Louise 108888@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The wishing chair! Hanna i remember that too loved them.</p> <p>Anyone remember The worst witch? Before Harry potter but in the same vein, witches and boarding school </p> <p>michelle also not so keen on other daphne du maurier books read jamaica inn and also found it a bit strange x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-the-book-thread#post-108887 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:56:33 +0000 Michelle 108887@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well it's no wonder we all get along so well, ladies...we have incredible overlap in our reading interests!! Another Austen devotee here, starting in my teens and continuing to this day (Ele, like you P&amp;P and Emma are favourites, though I strangely also include Mansfield Park there). I also adored Rebecca, though oddly enough wasn't as into the rest of Du Maurier's body of work from what I've seen (got legitimately disturbed by Jamaica Inn and was left sort of cold by My Cousin Rachel). Freakin' love L.M. Montgomery and only recently read the rest of the Anne series (who else thinks Rainbow Valley is really underrated)? I haven't read the Emily books, but they're ona list of things to tackle.<br /> Ele, I squealed in delight when I saw Scott O'Dell on your list. Island of the Blue Dolphin was one of my all-time faves!<br /> Random Canadiana: Shadow in Hawthorn Bay by Janet Lunn was a highly influential book in my early teens, and I devoured every Gordon Korman book I could get my hands on. Bernice Therman-Hunter was also kind of awesome.<br /> I share many people's love of Roald Dahl and Judy Bloom.<br /> I did my undergrad in english Lit and developed a fondness for 19th century writers (Hardy, the Brontes etc). I love me some Canadian fiction, with Margaret Laurence near the top of the list. I don't know if Rohinton Mistry counts as Canadian, but he penned one of my favourite books of all time (A Fine Balance). Love Rushdie too (yes, I know he's not Canadian).<br /> Have previously declared my love of the Harry Potter series here, but it can't hurt to get that out there again. :)<br /> Currently reading an Australian book that I'm really enjoying; A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz. Anyone else read it?</p> <p>Ok, must stop rambling! </p>