Hype or Like Fridays
Hype or Like Fridays is a meme created by Jill @ Rant and Rave Books, Larkin @ Wonderfilled Reads and Britt @ Geronimo Reads. This week the subject is ‘Book recommendations I’m thankful for’. There are so many books I am thankful were recommended to me I almost don't know where to start but here are my absolute favourites:
Children's books:
The Harry Potter series which was recommended to me by my youngest sister. I started off reading her copy of The Philosopher's Stone and now have two copies of each book.
The Land of Far Beyond by Enid Blyton. I loved this book, which is a children's version of Pilgrim's Progress, as a child and bought it again recently for my collection.
Mrs Pepperpot by Alf Proyson. Mrs Pepperpot is a little old woman who lives in the countryside with her husband. Every now and then Mrs Pepperpot shrinks to the size of a pepperpot and she has adventures including delivering a large doll to a lonely little girl, delivering a prize to a fete and helping her husband buy macaroni.
Adult books:
I loved the book The Stand by Stephen King. This book is one of my favourites by this author. The modern world is devastated by a super flu developed as a biological weapon. The few survivors of the super flu epidemic start to be plagued by dreams of an elderly woman and a very bad "dark man".
I am also grateful to my husband's uncle who encouraged me to read Charles Dickens. I really enjoyed Great Expectations and revelled in the weird eccentricity of Miss Haversham and the amazingly descriptive prose that makes this particular book so memorable.
On the lighter side, I am grateful for Bridget Jones' Diary which is one of the funniest books I have ever read. I thoroughly enjoyed the quirky adventures of Bridget on her path to finding true love and still read snippets of this book now and again when I need a good giggle.
Children's books:
The Harry Potter series which was recommended to me by my youngest sister. I started off reading her copy of The Philosopher's Stone and now have two copies of each book.
The Land of Far Beyond by Enid Blyton. I loved this book, which is a children's version of Pilgrim's Progress, as a child and bought it again recently for my collection.
Mrs Pepperpot by Alf Proyson. Mrs Pepperpot is a little old woman who lives in the countryside with her husband. Every now and then Mrs Pepperpot shrinks to the size of a pepperpot and she has adventures including delivering a large doll to a lonely little girl, delivering a prize to a fete and helping her husband buy macaroni.
Adult books:
I loved the book The Stand by Stephen King. This book is one of my favourites by this author. The modern world is devastated by a super flu developed as a biological weapon. The few survivors of the super flu epidemic start to be plagued by dreams of an elderly woman and a very bad "dark man".
I am also grateful to my husband's uncle who encouraged me to read Charles Dickens. I really enjoyed Great Expectations and revelled in the weird eccentricity of Miss Haversham and the amazingly descriptive prose that makes this particular book so memorable.
On the lighter side, I am grateful for Bridget Jones' Diary which is one of the funniest books I have ever read. I thoroughly enjoyed the quirky adventures of Bridget on her path to finding true love and still read snippets of this book now and again when I need a good giggle.
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