Favourite Books from Childhood

eira_arian · Lower Club Player

Favourite Books from Childhood

Murrayisdaman · Improver

I have to admit to having read the Lord of the Rings 3 times [sad I know !!] and I read a huge number of William books - the humour can be enjoyed by all ages. My favourite "classic" book from childhood would have to be probably.........Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier.

eira_arian · Lower Club Player

Murrayisdaman wrote:

I have to admit to having read the Lord of the Rings 3 times [sad I know !!] and I read a huge number of William books - the humour can be enjoyed by all ages. My favourite "classic" book from childhood would have to be probably.........Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier.

Lord of the Rings is wonderful! Fantastic read Rebecca is a scary book though - how old were you when you read it?! If we're going for classics, mine would be Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice. I think I need to read Wuthering Heights again, because I didnt really take it in at the time.

Harry potter is also a perennial favourite

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

my favourite books from childhood would have to be the little women series by Louisa May Alcott, and especially 'good wives' there was always just something about those books that i really loved.

I also liked Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice of course, but have never read Rebeeca, is it worth it? I've heard mixed accounts.

As for Lord of the Rings, it is one of the best books I've ever read, and 3 times is not nearly enough!! (although I think I've only read it 3 times myself)

The books I'm currently reading are the Scarlet Pimpernel series which I love even though they're historically dodgy!

eira_arian · Lower Club Player

Lol - historically dodgy is good - makes you feel superior!! (occassionally....)

I loved Little women - never read the other in the series though Rebecca is definitely worth reading IMO...quite scary but very good plot...

Count Zero · Tennis legend

when i was a child i loved brian jacques book on the abby mice and their lives, dont read them now it couldnt put them down at the time.

VSandhi20 · Futures qualifying

never a big fan of childhood books, but the first 'official' book (read by myself) was the queen nose and i read it in one day!!

Sheddie · administrator

Count Zero wrote:

when i was a child i loved brian jacques book on the abby mice and their lives, dont read them now it couldnt put them down at the time.

Me too, I used to be a massive fan of those books when I was in primary school, I think I must have collected nearly all of them. I even subscribed for the "Redwall club" and got the posters and the cooking recipes, how sad

eira_arian · Lower Club Player

UltimateBoggoFan wrote:

Count Zero wrote:

when i was a child i loved brian jacques book on the abby mice and their lives, dont read them now it couldnt put them down at the time.

Me too, I used to be a massive fan of those books when I was in primary school, I think I must have collected nearly all of them. I even subscribed for the "Redwall club" and got the posters and the cooking recipes, how sad

Me three! I loved the Redwall Series. I have about 14 of them at home...