@ArtieKat loved Enid Blyton. 👍

@ArtieKat My father bought me the original E.E.Milne collection and the Tolkien LOTR books, including The Hobbit.
He’d enjoyed reading them as a child.

@bijouxbroussard I was about 14 when I stayed awake until the early hours - on a school night - reading LOTR, utterly captivated!

@Justmeraeagain I loved pippi

@Justmeraeagain I’ve heard of those

@Justmeraeagain So did I !
My niece asked, "there were [b]books[/b] about her ?" 🤨

@Fungirlmmm what were so good about them?

@Primnproper Margaret was a little girl that was going through the changes to become a woman. She talked a lot about things all girls go through and it helped me understand I wasn't alone.

When We Were is a poetry book narrated by Christopher Robin. It had a lot of childhood poetry. I loved Winnie rhe Pooh growing up, but I think one of the things that drew me to that book was,that my mother had recreated many of the characters in artwork either from her own inagination or from the illustrations. We had quilts with enbroidered blocks of the characters.... quotes from the book in calligraphy.... drawn pics framed on our walls etc. That was one of the books she used a lot, along with Alice in Wonderland.

@Fungirlmmm how wonderful!

@RenFur I haven't watched it. I very rarely watch film/TV adaptations of my favourite books . . ruined Harry Potter for me back in the day 😕

@SunshineGirl very popular when i was younger too.

@SunshineGirl

Very interesting... there have been a few remakes, too. Not tempted once, eh?

@mindlessdrifter Did you read "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" I think it was even better than C&TCF!

@mindlessdrifter great book!

@Fluffybull Yes I did and enjoyed it immensely

@Ferric67 2 of the best.

@TartanTorpedo enjoy your day!

@Primnproper you to Hun thanks for the chuckle 🤭

@TartanTorpedo my pleasure..🙃

@exexec awe…🙂

@CrazyMusicLover I think I had that first book. 🧡

@CrazyMusicLover i had those! 👍

@AdaXI I loved reading the Iron Man at school.

Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien, another book I nearly forgot about. I seemed to have a thing for all the post apocalyptic stuff as I got high school, lolz.

@RenFur But yeah The Ironman has a very British feel too it. Similar to something Roaid Dahl might of wrote in the fairy tale type of world it's set in but a touch darker in it's undertones of war, prejudice, redemption, friendship.

@SunshineGirl Yeah seemed to vaguely remember it might of even been a book we studied at school. Like either took in turns to read aloud in class or took a copy home to read and then wrote about I honestly can't remember. It could just be my mind playing tricks on me.
乂º◡º乂

@AdaXI awesome reads..👍

@Primnproper Yes indeed! I've seen the Forth Rail Bridge as well a London Tower Bridge. I have a long way to go to complete seeing all the bridges in that book.

https://archive.org/details/Bridges-English-LadybirdSeries/mode/1up

@Gumba1000 Great fun though!

@Primnproper Gives a reason to go places!

@come2gether He wrote western frontier stories didnt he?..

@Primnproper He did, with meticulous details that really added so much color to his stories

@come2gether 👍

@Ontheroad I'm not sure if I've still got my copy of Kon-Tiki 🤔

@ArtieKat Mien were long ago lost to time, moves, and parents who downsized, but Kon-Tiki was, I think, my favorite.

@Ontheroad also great books.👍

@Elessar

That's a [b][b]LOT[/b][/b] of books.

@Elessar 😁

@Thodsis Roald Dahl was a great author..and agree about alot of the adaptations.

@sunriselover I remember finding Dickens overwhelming..but I did love Jane Austen and then I just kept going

@Primnproper I love the Victorians.

@Harmonium1923 There was a great series here in the UK called Victorian Farms. It was brilliant. It’s on dvd.

@PerfectionOfTheHeart

Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
Would not take the garbage out!

@fun4us2b that looks good!

@Primnproper I was so happy it was still around for me to read to my son when he was little

@fun4us2b that’s amazing!

@sladejr bet it was good.

@Primnproper

Priceless and timeless!

@sladejr that’s lovely..👍

@Fluffybull very popular choice..👍

@HumanEarth both great stories!👍

@Havesomefun2 That’s hard work.

I read Dostoevsky at eighteen. Could not now.

@Havesomefun2 that definitely takes some focus..

@Ramrod very good book..

@BrianPickled Wow, that Mad Scientists Club brings back memories!

@bijouxbroussard Yes! Ramona the Pest. Pippi Longstocking!

@BlueGreenGrey An interesting read.

@BlueGreenGrey Oh! I had that book!!!! 👏👏🤗