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Can we just take Narnia and Harry Potter as a given and go directly to the others?
I think so.
Almost Everything Enid Blyton Ever Wrote
Mainly The Famous Five, the Secret series, the Faraway Tree series, the Naughtiest Girl In The School series and a stand along story called Hollow Tree House but also the Wishing Chair, Mistletoe Farm, Mr Galliano's Circus, I loved them all with the exception of The Secret Seven which for some reason I never liked. I read all of her books over and over again a hundred times and still have most of them. I spent a great deal of my childhood making tents and caves under the garden table and a boat out of the washing-basket, getting my mum to make me picnics with hardboiled eggs and gingerbeer and dragging my toy dog, renamed Timmy, around pretending to be George from The Famous Five or "running away" to the cupboard under the stairs or my built-in wardrobe which were secretly hollow trees or caves on a secret island. Good times, good times.
Harry And The Wrinklies by Alan Temperley
I loved this book so much, it was my absolute favourite thing ever when I was ten or eleven, I read it over and over again and this was a large part of why I picked up Harry Potter, the Harry name clearly called to me at that age. The story of an orphan boy going to live with his elderly aunts in what appears to be an old-folks home but is actually home to a bunch of elderly criminals who are modern day Robin Hoods. Another one that I play-acted all the time.
The Tales Of Beatrix Potter
My Nan has a wonderful box of these books in her spare room so whenever I stayed the night I always got to read them and we had a few of my favourite ones on my bookshelf too. My favourites would be The Tailor Of Gloucester, The Tale Of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle and The Tale Of Jemima Puddle-Duck. Such wonderful stories with beautiful illustrations and perfectly sized for small hands. Magical books.
The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Again, my Nan has lovely editions of the original and the books written by William Horwood and so I read them at her house and fell instantly in love with the whole lot, Ratty and Mole and Badger and Toad. What can I say? Poop-poop!
The Jumblies by Edward Lear
This is a poem that I adored, I have a book of it with wonderful illustrations and I still know large parts of it by heart but I can't find any pictures of the book I have online and all the other ones are wrong (wrong I tell you!) so I will just not have a picture. Love it so much.
"Far and few, far and few, are the lands where the Jumblies live, their heads are green and their hands are blue and they went to sea in a sieve!"
Day 01 - Best book you read last year
Day 02 - A book that you’ve read more than 3 times
Day 03 - Your favourite series
Day 04 - Your favourite book of your favourite series
Day 05 - A book that makes you happy
Day 06 - A book that makes you sad
Day 07 - Most underrated book
Day 08 - Most overrated book
Day 09 - A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 10 - Favourite classic book
Day 11 - A book you hated
Day 12 - A book you used to love but don't anymore
Day 13 - Your favourite writer
Day 14 - Favourite book of your favourite writer
Day 15 - Favourite male character
Day 16 - Favourite female character
Day 17 - Favourite quote from your favourite book
Day 18 - A book that disappointed you
Day 19 - Favourite book turned into a movie
Day 20 - Favourite romance book
Day 21 - Favourite book from your childhood
Day 22 - Favourite book you own
Day 23 - A book you wanted to read for a long time but still haven't
Day 24 - A book that you wish more people would’ve read
Day 25 - A character who you can relate to the most
Day 26 - A book that changed your opinion about something
Day 27 - The most surprising plot twist or ending
Day 28 - Favourite title
Day 29 - A book everyone hated but you liked
Day 30 - Your favourite book of all time