FabSwingers.com mobile

Join us FREE, we're FREE to use

Web's largest swingers site since 2006.

Already registered?
Login here

Back to forum list
Back to The Lounge

Books you loved as children

Jump to newest
 

By *stella OP   Woman
over a year ago

London

I recently rediscovered The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper, which I thoroughly enjoyed as a kid.

What book/s struck a chord with you when you were young that you’d recommend?

I’m also interested in ideas for my godkids’ birthday presents!!

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was into different book series the older I got. First it was the Horrid Henry series, then it was the Jiggy McCue books, and then the Alex Rider series in my teens.

I also loved The Silver Sword which I credit with my interest in World War 2 history

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Little Prince. I still do. Have three editions.

The Secret Garden. Just such a nutritious one for my imagination.

And Anne of Green Gables.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Later on Jules Verne books

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sounds weird but my are fuzzbuzz I used to get so gassed about bring one home

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Professor Wormbog and the Zipparumpazoo

Winnie the Witch books are great too. Fun to read and get the kids going 'Abracadabra!'

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Didn’t really strike a chord but I know I used to read Tuppeny, Feefo and Jinks at least once a week as a child! Also was a bit obsessed with the faraway tree books.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oooh! I also had a book of Aesop's fables which I really liked too

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *offiaCoolWoman
over a year ago

Kidsgrove

Enid Blyton's Famous five.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

And Brother's Grimm fairy tales. Sorry, these just keep popping into my head

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I loved the Enid Blyton books. Still have some x

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

So many but I credit Spike Milligan's Silly Verse books with giving me a lifelong love of poetry and influencing my own sense of humour. Two gifts I greatly treasure.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"And Brother's Grimm fairy tales. Sorry, these just keep popping into my head "

Did you ever watch Grim Tales with Rik Mayall?

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A lot of these books I still haven't read as an adult once I felt comfortable reading I began reading more about space / dinosaurs / the human body I struggled to find interest in story books but I might have to give some a shot now

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"And Brother's Grimm fairy tales. Sorry, these just keep popping into my head

Did you ever watch Grim Tales with Rik Mayall?"

Never heard of it, but after looking it up, I wish I did

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I stayed with my grandparents a lot as a child before eventually moving in with them in my early teens. My Gran was into all things supernatural and horror films and of course I’d watch them with her. Poltergeist, exorcist, the entity, the birds, shining, village of the dammed, all the classic horrors. All before the age of 10. I remember I was never afraid either. I remember her buying me a collection of books that I was fascinated by. Worlds worst murders, worst crimes, worst crimes and worst disasters. There was stuff about titanic, the Holocaust, Jack the Ripper and all things like that. Think that has stayed with me to this day because I got a bit obsessed with the Holocaust stuff. I remember stealing a vhs video from school cos they only showed is clips in one history lesson and it was a film called escape from Sobibor (Sobivor?h I watched it all at home and returned it the next day!

I watch all mutder documentaries and serial killers and all kinds of stuff so suppose my early years formed that.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

The Weathermonger by Peter Dickinson.

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn.

A Pilgrim's Progress (children's edition) by John Bunyan.

The Famous Five stories.

A Sooty, Sweep and Sue colouring book.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

Stig of the dump, fantastic MR fox and then as a teen , outsiders , that was then this is now and rumble fish, all by SE Hinton

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"I stayed with my grandparents a lot as a child before eventually moving in with them in my early teens. My Gran was into all things supernatural and horror films and of course I’d watch them with her. Poltergeist, exorcist, the entity, the birds, shining, village of the dammed, all the classic horrors. All before the age of 10. I remember I was never afraid either. I remember her buying me a collection of books that I was fascinated by. Worlds worst murders, worst crimes, worst crimes and worst disasters. There was stuff about titanic, the Holocaust, Jack the Ripper and all things like that. Think that has stayed with me to this day because I got a bit obsessed with the Holocaust stuff. I remember stealing a vhs video from school cos they only showed is clips in one history lesson and it was a film called escape from Sobibor (Sobivor?h I watched it all at home and returned it the next day!

I watch all mutder documentaries and serial killers and all kinds of stuff so suppose my early years formed that. "

You're correct with Sobibor. It was in Poland.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"And Brother's Grimm fairy tales. Sorry, these just keep popping into my head

Did you ever watch Grim Tales with Rik Mayall?

Never heard of it, but after looking it up, I wish I did "

Don't worry! They are on Youtube and it's never too late dude!

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *isfits behaving badlyCouple
over a year ago

Coventry

The Readers Digest atlas of Great Britain. Seriously.

Being dyslexic kind of turned me off reading books because they were too hard. But maps I could tottally read and understand. Maps are logical, ordered and reliable. Something I took a knee intrest in as a kid. I could spend hours in an atlas planning routes and imagining what places are like and where I should stop off along the way. This love of maps was spotted by my parents and my dad who was very intelligent and dyslexic too taught me everything I needed to know (to be fair I would bug him to share his knowledge with me). From the age of 10 I was doing all the route planning and navigation on our frequent road trips around the country. I absolutely adored my road atlas as kid. I was a strange kid, to be fair I'm an odd adult.

Mr Misfit

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"And Brother's Grimm fairy tales. Sorry, these just keep popping into my head

Did you ever watch Grim Tales with Rik Mayall?

Never heard of it, but after looking it up, I wish I did

Don't worry! They are on Youtube and it's never too late dude!"

So they are! Know what I'm watching tonight. Sleep's overrated anyway

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *amie HantsWoman
over a year ago

Atlantis

Beatrix Potter books!

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have all the books I loved as a kid... The House at Pooh Corner, The Wishing Chair and The Magic Faraway Tree books were my favourites... And the books we read at school too... Loved Cider with Rosie

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There was a horse series i adored .. I can't remember the name of it now

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was a sucker for the Steve Jackson/Ian Livingstone 'Fighting Fantasy' books, the 'choose you own adventure' type where the end of each page took you to a different part of the book depending on your choice, some you win, some you lose.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"There was a horse series i adored .. I can't remember the name of it now "

The Saddle Club? Used to adore those!

Also anything by Beatrix Potter, Roald Dahl, Enid Blyton. I loved Charlotte's Web, The Sheep Pig, the Mallory Towers series. The Worst Witch. I spent most of my waking hours (including those where I was meant to be asleep) with my head in a book. I used to have a secret torch for bedtime reading

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *xydadbodMan
over a year ago

Milton keynes

I love the Enid Blyton books. The wishing chair, the faraway tree.. Great classics

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *mwirralMan
over a year ago

wirral

My absolute favourite was watership down

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Around the ages of 10 and 11 I loved Judy Blume books.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Moomins have a surreal quality I've always loved. Timeless and universal.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *ucksguy2000Man
over a year ago

aylesbury

Biggles by W E Johns

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *offiaCoolWoman
over a year ago

Kidsgrove


"There was a horse series i adored .. I can't remember the name of it now "

Black beauty ?

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *itzimadCouple
over a year ago

harwich

arthur ransome all of them

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"There was a horse series i adored .. I can't remember the name of it now

The Saddle Club? Used to adore those!

Also anything by Beatrix Potter, Roald Dahl, Enid Blyton. I loved Charlotte's Web, The Sheep Pig, the Mallory Towers series. The Worst Witch. I spent most of my waking hours (including those where I was meant to be asleep) with my head in a book. I used to have a secret torch for bedtime reading "

I had a torch and used to read for hours under the sheets

I alao loved the secret garden +faraway tree..then as a teen, Dune + lord of the rings /the hobbit

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London


"The Readers Digest atlas of Great Britain. Seriously.

Being dyslexic kind of turned me off reading books because they were too hard. But maps I could tottally read and understand. Maps are logical, ordered and reliable. Something I took a knee intrest in as a kid. I could spend hours in an atlas planning routes and imagining what places are like and where I should stop off along the way. This love of maps was spotted by my parents and my dad who was very intelligent and dyslexic too taught me everything I needed to know (to be fair I would bug him to share his knowledge with me). From the age of 10 I was doing all the route planning and navigation on our frequent road trips around the country. I absolutely adored my road atlas as kid. I was a strange kid, to be fair I'm an odd adult.

Mr Misfit"

We had a huge Readers Digest World Atlas including geography, stars and planets. I loved that book.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"There was a horse series i adored .. I can't remember the name of it now

Black beauty ?"

No it was wild ponies.. Omg its gonna drive me insane

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *offiaCoolWoman
over a year ago

Kidsgrove


"There was a horse series i adored .. I can't remember the name of it now

Black beauty ?

No it was wild ponies.. Omg its gonna drive me insane "

Google.....children's book series with horses

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London


"The Moomins have a surreal quality I've always loved. Timeless and universal."

Oh yes, I loved The Moomins too.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"And Brother's Grimm fairy tales. Sorry, these just keep popping into my head

Did you ever watch Grim Tales with Rik Mayall?

Never heard of it, but after looking it up, I wish I did

Don't worry! They are on Youtube and it's never too late dude!

So they are! Know what I'm watching tonight. Sleep's overrated anyway "

Enjoy!

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The Moomins have a surreal quality I've always loved. Timeless and universal.

Oh yes, I loved The Moomins too."

Oxfam have a great range of Moomins gifts at the moment if you know any young fans.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"There was a horse series i adored .. I can't remember the name of it now

Black beauty ?

No it was wild ponies.. Omg its gonna drive me insane

Google.....children's book series with horses "

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

oor wullie

the broons

Still love them to this day

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *ecadent_DevonMan
over a year ago

Okehampton

The wind in the willows

The Earthsea Cycle

The rats of NIMH (national institute of mental health)

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *inkyInkedBiWoman
over a year ago

.

Stig of the dump

The owl who was afraid of the dark

The secret garden

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I love the Enid Blyton books. The wishing chair, the faraway tree.. Great classics "

I still have these and bought them for my granddaughter.... Oohh loved James and the Giant Peach too!

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *adbury girlWoman
over a year ago

Lanarkshire


"My absolute favourite was watership down"

Awe we have a nice set of water shop down books that I read to my young nephews who stayed over at the weekend, they loved them

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *inkyInkedBiWoman
over a year ago

.

Ooh the wishing chair! Loved that

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The Moomins have a surreal quality I've always loved. Timeless and universal.

Oh yes, I loved The Moomins too.

Oxfam have a great range of Moomins gifts at the moment if you know any young fans."

Went to Finland with work once, flew into Turku, they may as well have called it Moomin Airport, in fact I think there was a Moominland nearby; They're awfly proud of their Moomins the Finn's

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *inkyInkedBiWoman
over a year ago

.

Charlottes web

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London


"The Moomins have a surreal quality I've always loved. Timeless and universal.

Oh yes, I loved The Moomins too.

Oxfam have a great range of Moomins gifts at the moment if you know any young fans."

All my grandchildren are too old for Moomins now.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Flambards and the Silver Brumby series. Oh and My Friend Flicka. Lots of horses!

F

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *adbury girlWoman
over a year ago

Lanarkshire

Sweet Valley High I think was the series we all read as pre teens

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was raised by Biggles books..

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The Moomins have a surreal quality I've always loved. Timeless and universal.

Oh yes, I loved The Moomins too.

Oxfam have a great range of Moomins gifts at the moment if you know any young fans.

Went to Finland with work once, flew into Turku, they may as well have called it Moomin Airport, in fact I think there was a Moominland nearby; They're awfly proud of their Moomins the Finn's "

Now I want to go to Moominland ! Will take my old Nokia phone with me.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Charlottes web "

Another timeless one.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The Moomins have a surreal quality I've always loved. Timeless and universal."

Yes !

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *inkyInkedBiWoman
over a year ago

.

I loved all the goosebumps books, I'd read so many, just devour them

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *he Regina PhalangeWoman
over a year ago

Lanarkshire


"oor wullie

the broons

Still love them to this day "

Yes, I got one every year for Christmas. The alternated them year about.

Also read Enid Blyton but my absolute favourite was a ladybird book, Snow White and Rose Red.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Judy Blume was my favourite author, she wrote loads of children's books, I think I read most of them.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *tockinglover2018Man
over a year ago

Warrington

Loved the famous five, and the lion,the witch, and the wardrobe.still read all the time now, fantastic way to relax,other than fucking x

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"oor wullie

the broons

Still love them to this day

Yes, I got one every year for Christmas. The alternated them year about.

Also read Enid Blyton but my absolute favourite was a ladybird book, Snow White and Rose Red. "

Yes they do that till this day I still get one every year off my gran as a Xmas present lol

I remember a ladybird book in the school library

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *aughty_tonyMan
over a year ago

King's Lynn

The only books I would read were Game books, where you pick the path of the hero and had to fight enemies by rolling dice.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"My absolute favourite was watership down"

The first book I cried reading... I love it!

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *he Regina PhalangeWoman
over a year ago

Lanarkshire


"oor wullie

the broons

Still love them to this day

Yes, I got one every year for Christmas. The alternated them year about.

Also read Enid Blyton but my absolute favourite was a ladybird book, Snow White and Rose Red.

Yes they do that till this day I still get one every year off my gran as a Xmas present lol

I remember a ladybird book in the school library "

Grans are the best!

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"oor wullie

the broons

Still love them to this day

Yes, I got one every year for Christmas. The alternated them year about.

Also read Enid Blyton but my absolute favourite was a ladybird book, Snow White and Rose Red.

Yes they do that till this day I still get one every year off my gran as a Xmas present lol

I remember a ladybird book in the school library

Grans are the best! "

They are that lol

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *iger4uWoman
over a year ago

In my happy place

Ladybird books featured a lot

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *ose and her beastCouple
over a year ago

Watford

Anything by Darren Shawn love all his series

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *inkyInkedBiWoman
over a year ago

.

Supergran books

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *gent CoulsonMan
over a year ago

Secret hideaway in the pennines

Treasure Island was one of the first books I read, followed by the three musketeers and the man in the iron mask, I read most of the Sherlock Holmes stories by the time I was 14, I discovered Agatha Christie and Ian Fleming at about 16

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Loved Enid blyton.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Wormball. It was the charming story of a worm-like creature that was addicted to consuming spherical objects. Each time it ate, it grew bigger.

In the end it grew so big that it was decided to put him on a rocket and send him off to the moon.

The final line, which I’ll never forget, was something like, ‘…..if you ever look up into the night sky and see a crescent moon, you’ll know that Wormball has arrived.’

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The folk of the far-away tree by Enid blyton.

The only book I actually wanted to pick up and read more as a kid.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *oubleswing2019Man
over a year ago

Colchester

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was my first book. I still have it somewhere.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach was my second book, which I still have.

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien was the third book, which I also still have.

Sadly the person who gave them to me 40 years ago is no longer with me, but her literal gifts continue to live on and inspire to this very day.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

I LOVED the Mallory Towers series by Enid Blyton.

Also enjoyed the series of books about two twin cheerleaders in an American High School but can’t remember the names now. Full of romance and teen angst!

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

the Rainbow Fish Px

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"And Brother's Grimm fairy tales. Sorry, these just keep popping into my head

Did you ever watch Grim Tales with Rik Mayall?"

I.used to.love it and that one that John Hurt did, think it was the storyteller

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had "Danny, champion of the world" read to me at school by a great teacher. Closed my eyes and it was like watching a film in my head. Stuck with me, one of my fondest childhood memories

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Happy Prince by Oscar wilde. I cannot read it without crying lol. Same with the Velveteen rabbit. Tales of unconditional love and sacrifice get me every time

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

Like LeoBlooms I loved Spike Milligan - there was something so anarchic about his poetry that it really sparked my imagination.

I loved the What Katy Did series, particularly What Katy Did at School, in spite of its saccharine moralizing.

I loved The Hobbit and the Weirdstone of Brisingamen, the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for fantasy.

I also liked stories about people who were a bit different (Flat Stanley, or Mrs Pepperpot), and I really enjoyed the way Roald Dahl had a bit of darkness in his books.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Was never a book reader as such but growing up as a kid l just love my comic's , would get 3/4 different ones every week.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Jill pony series, Shantih, famous five, the Faraway tree, Mallory Towers, Anne of Green Gables. I read all the time.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I LOVED the Mallory Towers series by Enid Blyton.

Also enjoyed the series of books about two twin cheerleaders in an American High School but can’t remember the names now. Full of romance and teen angst! "

Sweet valley high! I’d forgotten about that one, loved it

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Old school Thomas the tank engine books...and especially his narrow gauge friends skarloey and rheneus based on a true life railway in Wales

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *eliWoman
over a year ago

.

The Selfish Giant and The Happy Prince, both by Oscar Wilde. My great grandmother would read them to me as I sat by the fire and I remember losing myself in the rich, evocative language.

Later I loved His Dark Materials, Harry Potter, Goosebumps, The Worst Witch. The Hobbit. All of the Narnia books. The Princess Diaries, Earthsea. Lots of books.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *riar BelisseWoman
over a year ago

Delightful Bliss

I started off with the famous five, then moved onto the wild magic series by Tamora Pierce, then Northern Lights series by Philip Pullman, this lead into Point Horror books and started my love of James Herbert

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *he_Last_TitanMan
over a year ago

Bristol

Some I remember well:

Bears in the night

Wind in the willows

The Hobbit

Nania

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *he_Last_TitanMan
over a year ago

Bristol


"I started off with the famous five "

Yes, also remember the secret seven.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *olden PoleMan
over a year ago

Kent

Meg and Mog.

I loved those books and intend finding a few.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in Co. Down


"I love the Enid Blyton books. The wishing chair, the faraway tree.. Great classics "

I loved all of those as well .And the lion the witch and the wardrobes as well.

I also got a book from my parents for Christmas when I was 9 called tales of magic and enchantment which I still have to this day.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Stig of the dump,

Judge dread comics

Commando comics

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Some I remember well:

Bears in the night

Wind in the willows

The Hobbit

Nania "

How could I forget Narnia. Then I saw the TV series.. Still in love. Some books you never grow out of

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *iss LovelyWoman
over a year ago

Here and There

As a child I really loved Roald Dahl books. As a teenager I read lots of the Point Horror or Point Romance books.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Loved the famous five, and the lion,the witch, and the wardrobe.still read all the time now, fantastic way to relax,other than fucking x"

Omg the lion,the witch, and the wardrobe! I loved and breathed those books.. I won't tell you how much time i spent fumbling around in wardrobes desperately trying to find a secret door

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Anything by Enid Blyton

Lord of the Rings and Hobbit

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Some I remember well:

Bears in the night

Wind in the willows

The Hobbit

Nania

How could I forget Narnia. Then I saw the TV series.. Still in love. Some books you never grow out of "

Oh yes, absolutely LOVED the whole series

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *hrough the looking gla55Couple
over a year ago

Epsom


"As a child I really loved Roald Dahl books. As a teenager I read lots of the Point Horror or Point Romance books. "

I love the Point Horror collection books but their so hard to find now but there is a version for adults on Amazon

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

KES, was my favourite book at school, it takes me back to the only moment I actually enjoyed school.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *eyond PurityCouple
over a year ago

Lincolnshire

Millie Molly Mandy

Born Free

The Secret Garden

Magic Faraway Tree series

...all very old style England these days.

Books I've thoroughly enjoyed reading to my kids, who've loved them too:

Katherine Rundell - Roof Toppers, The Wolf Wilder

Simon Nicholson, Young Houdini

All Eva Ibbotson books, particularly Journey to the River Sea, the Abominables

Michael Buckley, The Sisters Grimm series

C

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

One of my favourite Christmas presents was a hard back book that contained the start to a load of stories, the aim of encouraging you to find and read the full book

Gave me my love of the chronicles of narnia and the little house on the prairie series

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *hilloutMan
over a year ago

All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest

Dr Seuss was among my favourites

I loved the Asterix and Obelix tales. Sooo funny

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Dr Seuss was among my favourites

I loved the Asterix and Obelix tales. Sooo funny "

Ah yes, and Tintin.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Redwall series by Brian Jacques

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *obytailsMan
over a year ago

wolverhampton

Famous 5 were awesome as was the Hobbit and Lord Of The Rings

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jills ponie series. I was a typical Pony Club brat as a kid and still the same! These books are what got me into being a bookworm all my life

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pony*

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *iltopbearMan
over a year ago

Norfolk

Dr Suess books were my favourite books from childhood

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *ily WhiteWoman
over a year ago

?

Roald Dahl - The Twits was my favourite.

Although I read my first Stephen King book when I was eleven, and instantly fell in love with him as an author.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

I got really into Agatha Christie when I was about 13. I read every AC book in the local library over the summer hols

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *lassy lady 216Woman
over a year ago

Craigavon

I absolutely loved winning the pooh Enid Blyton and Dr sesus books we used to have a mobile library that came round once a fortnight god the excitement

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There was Moonfleet, all the Enid Blyton Famous Five and Secret Seven then Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Also read the classic books like Treasure Island and Robinson Crusoe before I reached my teens

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

Too many to mention but I still have most of them. Disney story book like Herbie Rides Again or The Strongest Man; Hans Christian Andersen; Enid Blyton - secret seven, famous five, St Claire’s, the wishing tree set; the secret garden; Chronicles of Narnia; collections of classic fairytales or European tales like Heidi, The Three Shoemakers. We lived abroad so a lot of books came from the penguin book club via school, we’d pick two from the catalogue and they’d arrive about a month later, that was always a good day at school.

Around 8/9 I got into history, thanks to my dad’s books which I’d sneak a look at when he wasn’t around, along with sci fi and fantasy. So the Hobbit, lord of the rings which progressed into James Herbert & Stephen King on my 12th Birthday. Plus adventure books where at the bottom of the page you decide which page to go to next. Dickens came into my life around this age to and I got lost in Victorian world, Great Expectations, Tale of Two Cities. Along with Dracula, Frankenstein and alike thanks to my grandmother. The lighter side of my reading was Asterix, Tin Tin & Snoopy, I never got on with traditional girl / female fiction

It’s been great rereading some of these lately as my mum delivered three boxes of my books just before lockdown from the 70s, invoking some lovely memories of past times…. but damn the print was small back then even in children’s books.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *inky Biscuit DunkerMan
over a year ago

Gloucestershire

Stig of the Dump.

First book what got me into reading.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago

Derbyshire village

Redwall, all the discworld novels and the star wars extended universe

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *ickshawedCouple
over a year ago

Wolverhampton

Books by Roald Dahl, Dick King-Smith, the Animals of Farthing Wood series, the Redwall series. Getting older Judy Bloom and the classics like The Borrowers.

Fell in love with Terry Pratchett books when I read Truckers, Diggers and Wings. Think it's called the Bro_eliad trilogy. Led me to the Discworld for which I am forever grateful.

I read any book I got my hands on to be fair. Some crazier than others. Robin Jarvis books still give me the willies.

There's some great new writers too. The Percy Jackson books and Artemis Fowl books are pretty good

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *iddlesticksMan
over a year ago

My nan’s spare room.

I must have been a dull child.

The observer book of birds.

The observer book of butterflies and moths.

The Guinness book of records.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *he Queen of TartsWoman
Forum Mod
over a year ago

My Own Little World

Enid Blyton The Famous Five.

I really wanted my own island like George.... but was afraid of boats

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago

Derbyshire village


"I must have been a dull child.

The observer book of birds.

The observer book of butterflies and moths.

The Guinness book of records. "

The observers books were cool, as we're Collins grm

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *issmorganWoman
over a year ago

Calderdale innit

Loved the little vampire books and the magic faraway tree.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

White Fang was my 'go to' bedtime story. Not thought about this in year's - thank you

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The worst witch books! Anything fantasy like the hobbit. We used to go to a cute little bookshop that had books that weren't that popular. I remember reading one called Waldorf and the sleeping granny which I re-read over and over and a book called Obernewtyn by Isobel Carmody.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Teddy Robinson, Mrs Pepperpot, Milly Molly Mandy

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *wist my nipplesCouple
over a year ago

North East Scotland, mostly

Oh, so many. Always loved a good mystery - Famous Five, Nancy Drew, then onto Agatha Christie. Roald Dahl - particularly Boy and Danny, champion of the world. School stories - Worst Witch, St Claire's, the Chalet School and Trebizon series. Ramona Quimby, Judy Blume, Sweet Valley High. Many a happy hour spent choosing with the book tokens I got for Christmas!

Mrs TMN x

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Adrian Mole, the first 2, I didn't want to read the one when he was older.

Tintin and Asterix.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *evil-AngelWoman
over a year ago

...

I used to love Black Beauty and the Little Women series.

Nancy Drew and Enid Blyton were some other favourites

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I must have been a dull child.

The observer book of birds.

The observer book of butterflies and moths.

The Guinness book of records. "

Not at all ! I loved factual books like those and also encyclopedias.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm loving this thread. I had forgotten about those books where you choose what happens next. Need to buy some.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch


"I must have been a dull child.

The observer book of birds.

The observer book of butterflies and moths.

The Guinness book of records. "

Reference books were always great. I’ve still got my two volumes of encyclopaedias from the mid 70s. One year I got given the red bound 24 piece set, I was in heaven.

Loved an i-spy book too, always had one on the go and ticking things off

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Oh, so many. Always loved a good mystery - Famous Five, Nancy Drew, then onto Agatha Christie. Roald Dahl - particularly Boy and Danny, champion of the world. School stories - Worst Witch, St Claire's, the Chalet School and Trebizon series. Ramona Quimby, Judy Blume, Sweet Valley High. Many a happy hour spent choosing with the book tokens I got for Christmas!

Mrs TMN x"

What was the naughty Judy Blume one? I got in SO much trouble for getting that out of the library.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *stella OP   Woman
over a year ago

London


"Oh, so many. Always loved a good mystery - Famous Five, Nancy Drew, then onto Agatha Christie. Roald Dahl - particularly Boy and Danny, champion of the world. School stories - Worst Witch, St Claire's, the Chalet School and Trebizon series. Ramona Quimby, Judy Blume, Sweet Valley High. Many a happy hour spent choosing with the book tokens I got for Christmas!

Mrs TMN x

What was the naughty Judy Blume one? I got in SO much trouble for getting that out of the library. "

Do you mean Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret…with Ralph?

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

I enjoyed the Narnia series of books.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *ussexualMan
over a year ago

Brighton

In addition to others already mentioned, I liked the Lone Pine series by Malcolm Saville. Similar kind of adventure/mystery stories to the Famous Five and Secret Seven, but all set in real places, mostly around The Long Mynd in Shropshire. One day I will actually visit the area.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *wist my nipplesCouple
over a year ago

North East Scotland, mostly

[Removed by poster at 14/10/21 16:57:48]

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *wist my nipplesCouple
over a year ago

North East Scotland, mostly


"Oh, so many. Always loved a good mystery - Famous Five, Nancy Drew, then onto Agatha Christie. Roald Dahl - particularly Boy and Danny, champion of the world. School stories - Worst Witch, St Claire's, the Chalet School and Trebizon series. Ramona Quimby, Judy Blume, Sweet Valley High. Many a happy hour spent choosing with the book tokens I got for Christmas!

Mrs TMN x

What was the naughty Judy Blume one? I got in SO much trouble for getting that out of the library.

Do you mean Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret…with Ralph? "

Yes! So risqué

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *toC Thats MeWoman
over a year ago

Sheffield

All of the roald dahl books, fantastic mr fox was my favourite. Goosebumps, sweet valley high, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, mercedes ice, kasper in the glitter. I’ve not got stuck into a good book in too long.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *abs..Woman
over a year ago

..

Heidi was a firm favourite as a youngster.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I was a sucker for the Steve Jackson/Ian Livingstone 'Fighting Fantasy' books, the 'choose you own adventure' type where the end of each page took you to a different part of the book depending on your choice, some you win, some you lose."

I loved these! I managed to find some for my kids too and they love the fe aspect of the book!

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My favourite book as a kid remains my favourite book to this day, Danny The Champion Of The World, by Ronald Dahl.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

J. R. R. Tolkien‘s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West


"My favourite book as a kid remains my favourite book to this day, Danny The Champion Of The World, by Ronald Dahl. "

This is one of my favourites. I also love "Boy" and "Going Solo".

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *wist my nipplesCouple
over a year ago

North East Scotland, mostly


"My favourite book as a kid remains my favourite book to this day, Danny The Champion Of The World, by Ronald Dahl.

This is one of my favourites. I also love "Boy" and "Going Solo". "

Oh, yes! My top three too. Did anyone read "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar?" Loved those short stories x

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *.D.I.D.A.SMan
over a year ago

London/Essex... ish... Romford to be exact

Freemans catalogue

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Some great and forgotten reads some to revisit!!

The rats of Nimh

Lord of the flies

Little women

Gulliver travels

Black beauty

Bride of the wilderness

Boy in the bubble

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *.D.I.D.A.SMan
over a year ago

London/Essex... ish... Romford to be exact

I think I was 7 or 8. I'd read all of Roald Dahl by then. One day the teacher made everyone pick a book from a bunch which she had chosen. One of the last ones left was quite a substantial book to my young mind. I opened it and the text was smaller than I was used to. The cover was of some children and stood next to a lion. It looked boring as hell! No wonder nobody had picked this book. The other remaining books would probably have only taken me two days to finish but as I was a voracious reader I stuck to my boring looking lion book.

A few days later I told my teacher what I had read. It is an amazing book I told her. I can't believe nobody else in class has read this story.

I think it might have been the first time I felt I had a profound experience from reading once I had reached the last page. That book was The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

“Did anyone read "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar?" Loved those short stories”

I tried to do the same experiment but stopped when I thought I’d burnt my eyes out!

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Let me add a few more:

Arthur C Clarke

H G Wells

Georgette Heyer (when I was 13)

When I was reading Heidi, I made my sister sit in the garden and eat bread and cheese with me

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago

Derbyshire village


"Freemans catalogue"

Just a certain section by any chance?

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *onb21Woman
over a year ago

Cardiff

Astrid Lindgren books ruled my childhood.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *nked_kittenWoman
over a year ago

Ankh Morpork


"Stig of the dump

The owl who was afraid of the dark

The secret garden "

The owl who was afraid of the dark is one of my favourites

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *wist my nipplesCouple
over a year ago

North East Scotland, mostly


" “Did anyone read "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar?" Loved those short stories”

I tried to do the same experiment but stopped when I thought I’d burnt my eyes out! "

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *isfits behaving badlyCouple
over a year ago

Coventry


"The Readers Digest atlas of Great Britain. Seriously.

Being dyslexic kind of turned me off reading books because they were too hard. But maps I could tottally read and understand. Maps are logical, ordered and reliable. Something I took a knee intrest in as a kid. I could spend hours in an atlas planning routes and imagining what places are like and where I should stop off along the way. This love of maps was spotted by my parents and my dad who was very intelligent and dyslexic too taught me everything I needed to know (to be fair I would bug him to share his knowledge with me). From the age of 10 I was doing all the route planning and navigation on our frequent road trips around the country. I absolutely adored my road atlas as kid. I was a strange kid, to be fair I'm an odd adult.

Mr Misfit

We had a huge Readers Digest World Atlas including geography, stars and planets. I loved that book."

Providing it has lots of pictures in it I'm sure it would have been right up my street. I still many buy books with pictures. Especially photographic history. I analyse and pick apart photos to death. They tell you so much.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

'The animals of farthing wood' i liked adder the snake

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Astrid Lindgren books ruled my childhood. "

The six Bullerby children

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *ave1963BarnsleyMan
over a year ago

Barnsley

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Joby by Stan Barstow

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Faraway Tree 3

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 

By *yronMan
over a year ago

grangemouth

The whole Narnia series, but especially 'A Horse and his Boy'. Has some really awesome moment in it.

As a teen, though, nothing beats 'The Tripods'.

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
 
 

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Many years ago an aunt bought me A Childs Garden Of Verse. I loved it and read it over and over again. One verse i learnt and can still say it all now.

I still have the book, plus a modern version

Reply privatelyReply in forumReply +quote
Post new Message to Thread
back to top